Of Chinese descent from Malaysia, Ko Tan has had a passion and fascination for Traditional Chinese Medicine since his youth. As a teenager, he would run to the local Chinese herbal pharmacy and ask how to utilize different herbs and about their various purposes. After graduating with a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Nebraska, he went back to school, studying TCM at Samra University of Oriental Medicine in Los Angeles for 2½ years. He then left the field of architecture to open his own practice. Since 1994 Ko Tan has been teaching TCM theory.