Our Team 

Welcome to our practice! We are a small group practice dedicated to optimizing women’s health and fertility. Together we have almost 50 years of experience in this field. We work closely together and collaborate to make sure you receive the best possible care. 

Lara Rosenthal - Clinical Director, LAc

“I come from a long line of rabbis on one side of my family, and doctors on the other side. This is how I have come to walk the earth: as a bridge, between body and spirit, between Chinese and Western medicine. This is not just a practice or a job for me. It is a mission.” 

Lara is a licensed acupuncturist and board certified Chinese herbologist specializing in women’s health and fertility. Currently, she is the clinical director of Rosenthal Women’s Health & Fertility and runs the acupuncture program at the NYU Langone Health Fertility Center. She has served as a faculty member at her alma mater, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York, and as a clinical supervisor at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases’ in their Initiative for Women with Disabilities. She graduated from Stanford University with degrees in Biological Sciences and Economics. After graduating, she went on to teach English and study Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan, where she was first introduced to acupuncture. She loves to educate the public and practicing physicians about the uses of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to enhance fertilty and treat common women’s health issues. Her writing on acupuncture and IVF has been published in Fertility and Sterility and the Journal of Chinese Medicine. 

Her approach draws upon multiple influences in addition to traditional Chinese medicine. She has studied functional medicine, is a yoga teacher, a Focusing trainer, and a long-time meditator. Depending on the needs of the individual, she regularly brings these resources into her work with patients. 

In what feels like a previous life, Lara was a television producer at Wall Street Journal Television producing business news programs for Europe and Asia including the Chinese language World Economy and Finance Report - the first international business news program to air in China. She has written for many publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Asian Wall Street Journal and Cosmopolitan. 

Christiane Mauro LAc

Christiane Mauro, L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist specializing in women's health (fertility support, assisted reproductive technology, pregnancy/labor prep, menstrual regulation and menopause) and sports medicine/injuries and injury prevention, including neurofunctional acupuncture.

Christiane became inspired at a young age by her mother's visits to an acupuncturist in New York's Chinatown. She earned a Masters Degree of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City, where she has been in private practice since 2004 and has enjoyed working with Rosenthal Women’s Health & Fertility since 2006. 

In addition, Christiane practiced as a doula for 11 years, attending over 100 births both in hospitals and homes. She collaborates with obstetricians, gynecologists, midwives, doulas, reproductive endocrinologists, functional medicine and primary care physicians in the tri-state area. Christiane has extensive training in Western biomedicine, pathophysiology and nutritional counseling. She also has a strong background in martial arts, including studies in Qi Gong as well as in Zheng Gu Tui Na (an orthopedic massage discipline originated to prevent and treat martial arts injuries). 

Christiane makes an annual labor-of-love pilgrimage with the Global Healthworks Foundation to treat rural Guatemalans with limited to no access to medical care.

Christiane is dedicated to helping single women and couples who are experiencing fertility challenges to achieve successful pregnancies through minimally invasive treatment modalities such as acupuncture, moxibustion, Gua Sha, cupping and Chinese herbal medicine. Christiane utilizes these methods in conjunction with Western physicians through a whole-systems-medicine perspective lens in order to boost success rates of IUI and IVF.

Belinda Anderson PhD, LAc

Dr. Anderson is a licensed acupuncturist and certified Chinese herbalist specializing in women’s health and fertility. She is an internationally recognized expert in the use of acupuncture to improve assisted reproductive outcomes, having published the first systematic review of research investigating the use of acupuncture for improving in-vitro fertilization and other related articles in the scientific literature. Dr Anderson has been part of the clinical team at Rosenthal Acupuncture for nine years.

In her academic role, Dr. Anderson is Associate Dean and Professor of Allied Health at Pace University in the College of Health Professions (NY), an Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY), and a Research Professor at Pacific College of Health and Science (NY). She earned her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Sydney (Australia), her Masters in Higher Education from Teachers College Columbia University, and her Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (New England School of Acupuncture). She is an NIH-funded researcher and her current research focuses on implementing acupuncture in community-based clinics, and educating clinicians to use evidence to inform their clinical practice. Dr. Anderson is a member of the NIH National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health, serves as an associate editor for Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, and is co-chair of the Research Working Group of the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health.

Dr. Naomi Hansen LAc, DAcCHM

Naomi is a licensed acupuncturist and board-certified Chinese herbalist. She is especially experienced in treating autoimmune conditions, menstrual dysregulation, reproductive health and fertility, chronic pain, and trauma recovery.

Naom completed master’s and doctoral degrees at Pacific College of Health & Science in New York and San Diego. She has trained at Columbia University, OnPoint – New York Harm Reduction Educators, the Veteran’s Administration, the Yinova Center, and KAMWO Meridian Herbs. Naomi’s treatments are uniquely focused on each patient and utilize all aspects of East Asian Medicine, especially acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition and movement therapy, meditation, and breath.

Outside of this amazing work, she enjoys surfing, being a forever student, exploring nature and neighborhoods, and adventures with her dog. She is also a USA Swimming coach for the 92NY Flying Dolphins and a meditation teacher. Her first career was in international development and human rights, notably reproductive justice and Indigenous women’s rights. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where she studied Political Science and Arabic.