About Dr. Heidi

Dr. Heidi is Nationally Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and specializes in Regenerative root cause Internal Medicine.

As the daughter of a 100% Disabled Navy Seal, I made it a priority to address military, veterans and family members, as well as the range of health concerns that arise in this population and go untreated.

Growing up on the Big Island of Hawaii, I had a deep reverence for nature and the healing arts. As a child with unexplained nutritional deficiencies and health issues, my mother and grandparents always taught me about nutrition. Throughout high school, I missed a record amount of days due to respiratory illness and pain. At 18 years old, my grandmother gifted her a library of natural healing books from East Asian Medicine and Nutrition that had found food to be one of the main sources of disease. From that moment on, my healing journey began as a road to self discovery and guiding others.

My grandmother always talked fondly about how acupuncture healed her scar after surgery back in the 1980s. In 2014, I dared myself to try acupuncture and immediately felt my calling. Within 2 months I had signed up for a 5 year acupuncture program and never looked back.

While completing my Doctorate degree externship in 2018, my house flooded from a plumbing leak while interning with Dr. Humiston, “the toxic mold and candida specialist of San Diego”. Expecting to be ready to start a practice with my post graduate energy and enthusiasm, I experienced feeling the sickest she had ever felt in her life. Shortly after interning, I started working at the Center for Health and Wellbeing as a practitioner where each patient had 3-10 practitioners monitoring their progress and metrics with some of the top functional medicine practitioners in San Diego. This insight and experience working with Chinese medicine and functional medicine with western medicine changed my view on the future of medicine and potential of healing others with extra care and seeing labs with using Chinese medicine.

In 2019, I founded Gem & Tonic with the vision to change medicine, and I continue to do so with my mission to educate on the health risks of common lifestyle choices and health hazards.

In 2025, I finally decided to make the move to Idaho I had been dreaming of since I was in high school 20 years earlier.

In my spare time I enjoy camping, working on my VW Van, water sports, and listening to music.

Education:

Pacific College of Health & Science - Doctorate Degree

Pacific College of Health & Science - Masters Degree

Pacific College of Health & Science - Massage Therapy Certification

Internships:

Internship: FACE Facial Acupuncture Program, New York (2024)

Internship: Dr. Humiston, “Candida MD”, Center for Health & Wellbeing (2018)

Internship: UCSD Cancer Center, Encinitas, (2018)

Internship: Veterans Clinic American Legion Post San Diego (2017-2018)

Internship: Stand down for Veterans, Acupuncture (2017- 2018)

Internship “The Global Clinic” Dominican Republic Medical Mission (2017)

Internship Pacific College of Health & Science (2016-2018)

training & certifications:

FACE Certification, Pacific College of Health and Science (2024)

Cellcore Muscle Testing Level 1 & 2 Practitioner (Feb 2024)

Introduction to Corneotherapy (Feb 2024)

Qi Beauty Gold Magnet Facial Certification Level 1, 2, 3 ( Jan 2024)

Lonny Jarrett Two Year Clinical Internship (2023-2025)

Clean Needle Technique NCCAOM (2022)

MeiZen Cosmetic Acupuncture Program (2022)

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Training (2020-2021)

Facial Sculpting Certification, Yakov Gershovich (2021)

Functional Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jake Fratkin (2021)

Microneedling Certification, MD Pen (2020)

TCM Dermatology Certification, Mazin Al-Khafaji of Avicenna UK (100 hours) (2017)

Lymphatic Drainage Vodder Technique Upper Body Certification, Klose Institute (2019)

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture Certification, Dr. East Haradin (2016)

Reiki Master Certification (2018)

UCSD Cadaver Lab Low Back: Sports Medicine Acupuncture Program (2017)

SDSU Cadaver Lab (2016)

Acupuncturists Without Borders Community Trauma Relief Certification (2017)

Lomi Lomi Massage Level 1 & 2 (2017)

Craniosacral Therapy (2017)

Neurological Scalp Acupuncture with Michael Akong L.Ac (2016)

Dr. Tan’s Balance Method intro (2016)

Paraspinal Release Techniques with Brian Utting (2015)

Employment:

Self Employed (2017-Present)

Gem & Tonic, Owner & Acupuncturist (2019-2025)

Center for Health & Wellbeing, Acupuncturist (2019-2021)

San Diego Cosmetic Acupuncture, Cosmetic Acupuncture Assistant & Consultant (2016-2018)

San Diego Herbal Medicine, Front Desk & Pharmacy (2016)

MWR Military Lifeguard & Swim Instructor (2005-2015)

Professional Nanny (2008-2015)

extracurricular:

President of Student Council, Pacific College 2017-2018

Academics Excellence Officer of Student Council, Pacific College 2016-2017

Workshop and Social Events Officer of Student Council, 2015-2016

Rady’s Childrens Hospital Summer Medical Academy 3x Speaker, 2016-2019

Cupping and Chinese Medicine talk at Eve Encinitas, 2019

as seen in:

Digital Party

https://thedigitalparty.com/dessert/acupuncture-face-lifts/

Groomed LA

https://groomed-la.com/embracing-holistic-healing-with-dr-heidi-keating/Drop it Like it’s Doc Podcast

Drop it like it’s Doc Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/54-what-your-face-is-saying-about-your-health-with-dr/id1653265378?i=1000643410125

Everyone has shit Podcast

https://www.listennotes.com/et/podcasts/everybody-has-shi/dr-keating-joins-us-for-a-8IsrLChqxO9/#google_vignette

Shoutout Socal

https://shoutoutsocal.com/meet-heidi-keating-doctor-of-east-asian-medicine/

Bay Park Realty, 2020

San Diego Magazine, 2020