Mary Anne Matta combines functional medicine and acupuncture for total wellness. Working with her physician husband, Dr. Steve Matta, DO - they bring a true East meets West approach to holistic care.

DECA is a community acupuncture clinic between Bucksport and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge which offers $15-$35 sliding scale treatments in a comfortable community setting five days a week. Please visit our website - jam-packed with information - and nice to look at too. Schedule you appointment on-line at www.downeastca.com -- easy and convenient!

The hours listed are those in which you may book an appointment. The clinic closes an hour after the last available appointment time of each shift. Appointments are encouraged. Walk-ins are accepted on a space available basis. DECA is a proud member of the People's Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA), a multi-stake holder cooperative whose mission is to make acupuncture affordable and accessible.

Licensed since 1991, Brenda Loew is an adjunct faculty member at Bastyr Center for Natural Health and she teaches Japanese acupuncture seminars at various venues throughout the U.S. and Canada. She sees patients in her private family practice in Seattle, is an authorized Toyohari Meridian Therapy Instructor, a co-founder and instructor for the Japanese Acupuncture Institute, and co-founded and volunteers at Seattle Acupuncture for Veterans Clinic [a free clinic]. Brenda is the assistant editor of Keiraku Chiryo: International Toyohari Meridian Therapy News (2005-present).

Using ancient medicine with modern wisdom, I strive to help my patients achieve their health goals. My ultimate goal is to prevent diseases and illness from arising. Through detailed discussion about ones health history, I gain a clearer understanding into how an individuals body works and create a treatment plan specifically for them.

Conditions I treat: Pain, headaches, gynecological health, sleep disorders, eye diseases, digestive disorders, common cold, flu, MVA recovery, cardiovascular disease, just to name a few.

Katie is a pain specialist, having trained in pain management at Tufts University School of Medicine and receiving a Masters of Science in addition to earning her Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAOM) from the New England School of Acupuncture. Katie's passion is using acupuncture and herbal medicine to treat all facets of a patient's pain condition so that patients can improve their overall quality of life. In addition to working at KenkoDo, Katie currently holds a part-time position as a research acupuncturist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she works with a team of researchers investigating acupuncture's effect on pain modulation via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Katie also serves as Adjunct Faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine, and recently designed her own research study investigating the effects of acupuncture on pre- and postoperative pain, which she is currently conducting at Tufts Medical Center in coordination with the Anesthesia and Orthopedic departments.