kacy borba spann, ND, LAc

dr. kacy l. borba spann (androgynous) of Quercus Natural Health, is a Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist practicing adjunctive healthcare in Portland, Oregon at the Opening to Life Building in the SE Hawthorne neighborhood. Adjunctive care means that dr. kacy does not practice primary care. dr. kacy hails from a big family in a small “cow-town” on the central coast of California where her Salinan ancestors have lived for over 6,000 years and live oaks abound. She studied Community Healthcare at UC Santa Cruz — a major she designed — focusing on social inequities in healthcare and biomedical sciences. A few years later dr. kacy journeyed to Portland, OR for graduate school at the National College of Natural Medicine. There she spent time growing, changing, learning, healing and connecting with Naturopathic and Chinese medicine. She thinks that being bipedal is the coolest and likes to be in motion, whether walking, skateboarding, dancing, or hula hooping. dr. kacy loves to be in nature with her bare feet on the earth near bodies of moving water. When she is with the ocean tides on a full moon she feels most connected to our creator. She believes there’s no better dessert than a chocolate chip cookie and that we all deserve to treat ourselves. She strives to find what is to love in each soul she meets, and she looks forward to meeting you! dr. kacy is a generalist at heart and loves seeing all ages and stages though tends to most often treat pain and psychospiritual issues. She is a very hands-on practitioner with a strong belief in the value of therapeutic touch which can include: acupuncture, non-insertive acupuncture, bodywork (myofascial release, channel work, cranio-sacral, abdominal massage, fascial counterstrain), spinal manipulation, and nasal specifics.  dr. kacy enjoys working with people who want agency over their healthcare and want to be informed, active participants in their healthcare decisions. It’s essential to dr. kacy that patients feel supported by this partnership. Whether the healing work spans a day or many years, dr. kacy strives to listen to, support and tend to each person entrusted within her care. Many of her patients have admitted that she is the first doctor they actually look forward to seeing!