Peter Valaskatgis has been practicing acupuncture since 1979, utilizing mainly Chinese acupuncture and herbal medicine. He graduated from NESA in 1977, from the International College of Oriental Medicine (Sussex, England) in 1979 and from the “First International Course for Further Study on Acupuncture and Moxibustion” at Nanjing College of TCM in China in 1982.

Peter has been a faculty member of the CAS Department since 1981 and holds the rank of professor. Peter’s research endeavors include consulting on the SHARP study, an acupuncture/hypertension study funded by the NIH that involved MGH and New England Research Institute. He also was a co-investigator for a multi-centered acupuncture/menopausal hot flash pilot study funded by the NIH, including MGH, Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and has had multiple works published.

Courses:

• Traditional Chinese Medicine Etiology and Pathology of Disease I
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Etiology and Pathology of Disease II
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Etiology and Pathology of Disease III