Dr Shain is a practitioner of Traditional East Asian Medicine, also known as Traditional Chinese Medicine. After completing a Bachelor's degree at UCONN, he moved to China for 5 years to dive deeply into Chinese language, martial arts and culture as well as the study of Chinese medicine. Since then he has attained a Master's degree and Doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine as is currently engaged in undertaking an advanced diploma in TCM dermatology.
In 2015, Dr Shain has maintain a position at the University of Bridgeport Acupuncture Institute, first as adjunct faculty, then from 2017-2021 as full-time faculty. Dr Shain still maintains a presence as a Clinical Educator at for the University of Bridgeport College of Health Science. Currently Dr Shain's private office is closed for acupuncture, he is only making house-calls for herbal consultations for dermatological conditions.