Par Rufus Scott, CMT, MAOM, LicAc
Par Scott has been practicing massage and bodywork in Massachusetts for almost twenty years. Initially, he worked with performers and student dancers at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, followed by members of the Boston Ballet, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Riverdance performers while in Boston. He graduated from NESA in 2002 and started using Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture as part of his practice, with a special focus on anxiety and insomnia conditions.
Par served as executive editor of the New England Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine for three years, doing translation and editing, and is in the process of researching a book on the historical evolution of Chinese medical theory. He has been a consultant for the National Science Foundation Faculty Development Program and participated in the Harvard Yenching translation group. Par has a small private practice in Brookline, MA.