JILL BLAKEWAY M.Sc. L. Ac.

Jill Blakeway is the Clinical Director of the Yinova Center. A licensed and board certified acupuncturist and clinical herbalist she specializes in the care of women and children. Before focusing on her busy private practice in Manhattan, Jill was an Associate Professor of Asian Medicine at Mercy College and the Head of the Acupuncture Service at Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn, where she provided pain relief to mothers in labor.

A gifted acupuncturist and herbalist, Jill's skill is in taking a system of medicine that is 3,500 years old and focusing this wisdom on the problems of modern women living in New York City. She addresses a variety of gynecological and obstetric conditions.

In 2005 the New York Times named Jill as one of the top acupuncturists of the year, calling her a “fertility goddess”. Jill is known for her work enhancing the fertility of women who are having trouble conceiving to pre-conception care. She has helped countless women to achieve a healthy pregnancy. Some of their stories can be found here.

"My first task is to reconnect women with their reproductive cycle" says Jill, "I teach them how to recognize their most fertile period and give diet and lifestyle advice. From there I begin to help them improve their general health, lowering FSH, building the uterine lining, eliminating premenstrual symptoms and regulating the menses. Often this is all that is needed for conception to occur. If assisted reproduction techniques are needed, however, research has shown that acupuncture can increase the efficacy of IVF by up to 50%."

Jill divides her time between New York City and Upstate New York where she lives with her husband Noah, daughter Emma, cat Jasper and dog Louie.