Our mission is to help you to reach your optimal health. We understand that it will be a journey. We will be honest, sincere, and enthusiastic in helping you. We will provide you with options for you to reach your goals.

We are responsible citizens. We keep our prices affordable. We donate our time, talent, and money. We donate 10% of our earnings towards humanitarian efforts.

Humanitarian Vision

Our vision is to help those in need domestically and internationally.  Metis Acupuncture Clinics is currently planning to open a free clinic in Portland, Oregon, and a free hospital in Repalle, India.

Founder, Anita Tadavarthy

Metis Acupuncture Clinics’ founder and primary practitioner is Anita Tadavarthy, MAcOM, LAc. Anita is of East Indian descent. Anita was born in the US but was raised between two countries, India and the US.

Anita holds a masters degree in traditional Oriental Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, www.ocom.edu. Anita enjoys practicing a type of acupuncture known as, distal or far-distance needling. Anita traveled the US learning distal acupuncture from notable master, Richard T. Tan, LAc, OMD. CLICK HERE to view a list of Anita’s additional graduate-level coursework.

Anita’s other academic accomplishments include graduating as valedictorian of her high school and graduating Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Virginia. Before practicing acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Anita worked as a financial analyst. Previously, Anita worked as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, in New York City, and also worked as a financial analyst at the Gap, in San Francisco, and Nike, in Portland.

Anita’s Nike job brought her to Portland, Oregon. In Portland, she realized her passion to help others and to own her own small business.

Recently, with the help of friends and family, Anita ran a free clinic in India for four months. From September through December 2007, Anita saw 100+ patients a day and treated 5,000+ during her time in India. Anita now is the primary practitioner for Metis Acupuncture Clinics.