Licensed Acupuncturist (Maine) more info
Diplomate in Acupuncture (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine) NCCAOM

Master of Acupuncture (Japanese acupuncture) -- New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, Mass.
pre-med coursework at University of Maine, Orono (4.0 average)
Bachelor of Science (physics major, mathematics & education minors) -- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga. Elected Sigma Pi Sigma, physics national honor society.
attended Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Maine Association for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine -- Life Member MAAOM
American Association for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine AAAOM

Beyond my degree from NESA, I have taken over 900 hours of continuing education.
In September 2010, I completed a year-long class in sports medicine and orthopedics at NESA.
In May 2007, I went to China to study Medical Qi Gong. I have continued Qi Gong study at AIMC in Berkeley, CA.
In March 2007, I took a class in Sacramento, CA, in Traditional Japanese Acupuncture with Ikeda Masakazu from Japan, with whom I also studied in 2000 and 2001 when he came to Boston. Ikeda Sensei is the author of The Practice of Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Classic Principles in Action.

In March 2006, I took a 3-day class on Acupuncture for the Cancer Patient at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
In July 2005, I completed a 2-year, 120-hour class in Japanese Acupuncture with Miki Shima, OMD, ND, LAc, in San Francisco, with certification by the Japanese-American Acupuncture Foundation. I also attended the Japanese Acupuncture Conference in Hawai’i.
In October 2005, I took a Shiatsu Intensive with Ken Nelson at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts.

I became certified as a Yoga Teacher by the White Lotus Foundation in 1998, and by the Tallapoosa Center for Inner Arts in 2006.
My herb gardens are certified organic by the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association.