Joe supervises instructors teaching courses and clinics in the Japanese acupuncture styles curriculum. He also serves as an escalation point for issues within the department.

Joseph Kay has been practicing acupuncture for over twenty years in the Boston metropolitan area, utilizing both Chinese and Japanese styles to treat patients. After graduating from Kent State University with a bachelor’s in business administration, Joseph managed a natural food store in Ohio and a natural food restaurant in Arizona. While studying martial arts, he became interested in Oriental medicine.

After attending NESA, Mr. Kay traveled to China to study Chinese herbal medicine and to Japan to study Toyo Hari style acupuncture. He is a founding member of the Toyo Hari and Shakuju Associations in North America. Joseph has consulted and participated in a number of acupuncture research studies, including work with the Harvard Osher Institute. He is currently the co-chair of the JAS department at NESA and a clean needle technique instructor for the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

See me:

• With questions or issues regarding the JAS program
• To discuss the JAS curriculum, faculty and TA's
• With questions regarding JAS Comprehensive exam material

Courses:

• Introduction to Japanese Acupuncture Styles
• Root Treatment Strategies I (Honchiho)
• Root Treatment Strategies II (Honchiho)