Our practice has been voted Best of the Best for many years including the past 4 years in a row.
Meet Dr. Torrey Gorla
Dr. Gorla is Board Certified in Neuropathy and has been practicing in the High Country for over 20 years. He founded Blue Ridge Acupuncture & Integrative Health, and his clinic is frequently voted Best of the Best by the readers of Watauga County. His passion is to serve his patients and do whatever he can to help them reach their healthcare goals. He loves being able to assist patient and watch their transformation as they go from deeply symptomatic and suffering to living with health and energy and feeling great.
Dr. Gorla has been a guest speaker around the country as a wellness expert, including presenting at Harvard University on Type 2 Diabetes and appearing on TV talk shows, like this one in San Diego as a nationally recognized wellness expert. For videos, click here.
Education & Certifications
- DAOM, Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
- NMD, Naturopathic Medical Doctor
- BCN, Board Certified in Neuropathy
- LAc., Licensed Acupuncturist
Meet Dr. Amanda J. Bilyk
Dr. Amanda J. Bilyk is a licensed Acupuncture Physician and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) and joins our practice from the state of Florida, where she is a Primary Care Physician.
Dr. Bilyk holds a Diplomate Certification in Oriental Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and has both a Master of Science as well as a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, holding certificates in injection and laser therapies. She is also Board Certified in Neuropathy (BCN).
She spent her childhood and teenage years learning homeopathy, aromatherapy, traditional remedies, mycology, and herbal medicine. In 2004, she began an immersive apprenticeship in Appalachian Medicine while concurrently completing her dual degree B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology at Warren Wilson College. In 2009, she moved to Peru to continue her education in herbal and alternative medicine traveling throughout Colombia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. Dr. Bilyk has spent the last 14 years in an intensive apprenticeship with a traditional, indigenous doctor, studying traditional plants, the spiritual roots of disease, and the sacred medicine ways.
Her primary goal is an alternative, health education for patients and to create a bridge between the current, Western medical paradigm and the Eastern and Indigenous medical traditions. Dr. Bilyk believes education within the field of Oriental Medicine will instill a better future for the field, dedicating part of her time to burgeoning future physicians at multiple institutions including Lotus Professional College in Richmond, Virginia.
