Dr. Paul Francis Ryan is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist practicing in New York City and Port Jefferson, New York.
With over 20 years of clinical experience in China and the USA, Dr. Ryan offers patients effective acupuncture, osteopathy informed manual therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, nutritional supplements and meditation guidance. These are among the most beneficial and sustainable wellness achieving modalities available in medicine.
During his 18 years China, Dr. Ryan was fortunate to be taken under the wing of several masters of Chinese medicine. As an inner circle apprentice, he received specialized training from the founders of Abdominal Acupuncture and Zuo Acupuncture. As the most advanced practitioner of these lineages in North America, he serves patients in a unique capacity and lectures to fellow practitioners around the world.
Education
Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Degree (DACM), Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 2018
MS in Acupuncture, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 1999
Senior Apprentice of Zuo Chang-bo, founder of Zuo Acupuncture, China, 2000-2012
Master Apprentice of Bo Zhi-yun, founder of Bo’s Method of Abdominal Acupuncture, China, 2005-2012
Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, University of Vermont, 1994
Certifications
Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist by California Acupuncture Board, 2004 – Present
Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist by National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 2004 – Present
Certified instructor of Zuo Acupuncture and Bo’s Method of Abdominal Acupuncture, 2008 – Present
Experience
Owner – Founder, Paul Ryan Acupuncture – East-West Integrated Wellness, New York City, Oct 2014 – Present
Acupuncture Clinical Instructor, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York City, Jan 2014 – Present
Vice President, American Abdominal Acupuncture Medical Association, Feb 2013 – Present
Lecturer and Clinical Instructor, Beijing Bo’s Abdominal Acupuncture Medical Academy, 2007 – Present
Acupuncture Preceptor, Lutheran Medical Center, Dec 2012 – Dec 2015
Acupuncture Specialist, Clinician, Clinical Instructor, Lecturer, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Jul 2011 – Jul 2012