Experience & Training

I have been practising acupuncture full-time for more than 11 years and I have had the pleasure of helping hundreds of patients.

• Acupuncture Nancy Mongrain, private clinic in downtown Montreal since 2008.
• Centre Médical Intégré, Saint-Laurent in 2010-11. Team work with doctors, occupational therapy and physical therapists. More than 1800 treatments delivered to those injured while at work or on the road (CSST, SAAQ).
• Replacement in private clinic of acupuncturists and College Rosemont’s teachers, Mrs. Alice Granger and Mrs. Monique Comtois, 2008.
• Clinical assistant to Karin Robinette, Ac., 2008.

Professionnal education

• 3-year technique in acupuncture program at Collège de Rosemont (certified by the Ordre des Acupuncteurs du Québec). Includes occidental pathology, first aid and CPR, third year at school clinic, 2005-2008.

Continuing education

• J.Yuen Teachings & Use 8 Wonderful Vessels for Emotional & Constitutional Disorders with Avi Magidoff, Accredited by OAQ.2022

• Dealing with Shen through the body - treatment protocols for anxiety, stress, nervous system disorders with Avi Magidoff, Accredited by OAQ. 2022
• Infertility: acupuncture to support infertile couples with Edith Charbonneau. Accredited by OAQ.2021
• Integrative Fertility Symposium 2016. 50hrs of online conferences. https://ifsymposium.com/

• Fertility and prevention of misscariage by Jake Fratkin OMD, L.Ac. 2017

• "Dr. Mussat's Energetics of the Living Systems Applied to Acupuncture" by Lise Tousignant Ac.  Accredited by OAQ. 2016-17

• Safely Treating Conditions in Early Pregnancy, by Sarah Budd, (Acupuncture Professionnals), accredited by OAQ. 2015-16

• Safely Treating Conditions In Later Stages of Pregnancy, by Sarah Budd, (Acupuncture Professionnals), accredited by OAQ. 2015-16

• Safely Using Acupuncture In The Final Stages of Pregnancy, by Sarah Budd, (Acupuncture Professionnals) accredited by OAQ. 2015-16

• Using Acupressure in Pregnancy, by Sarah Budd, (Acupuncture Professionnals), accredited by OAQ. 2015-16
• Obstetric Complications in Pregnancy The Red Flags for Acupuncturists, by Sarah Budd, (ProD seminars), accredited by OAQ. 2015-16

• Obstetric "Acupuncture: from pregnancy test to post-partum" by Jean Levesque Ac.,  accredited by OAQ.  2014.

• "Quand les produits naturels et les médicaments ne font pas bon ménage" by pharmacologist Jean-Louis-Brazier http://pilule.telequebec.tv/rubrique.aspx?id=20 , accredited by OAQ. 2013.

• "Master Tung's  Extraordinary Acupuncture System " by Michael Chung,  Accredited by OAQ. 2012.
• « 70 Essentials Formulas » by Dr. Jake Paul Fratkin, OMD, L.Ac http://drjakefratkin.com/ Accredited by OAQ. 2012.
• « Herb Toxicity and Drug-Herb Interactions with Chinese Medicine » by Bob Flaws. Accredited by OAQ. 2012.
• Seminar: The Shén and pain, our patients’ and ours. Association des Acupuncteurs du Québec, 2010.
• Neurophysiology of pain, musculoskeletal pain, myofascial problems and trigger points. 96 hrs. Accredited by OAQ. Sylvain Cardinal, Ac., 2009.
• “Introduction to problems related to ethic, rules of professional conduct and record keeping”, OAQ, May 2009.
• Face-lift acupuncture / Cosmetic acupuncture, by Monique Maranda, Ac., 2009.
• Seminar: Allergic rhinitis, Association des Acupuncteurs du Québec, 2008.
• Introduction and LASER protocols, E. Francoeur, Collège de Rosemont, 2008.
• Seminar: Depression, Association des Acupuncteurs du Québec, 2007.
• Seminar: Japanese acupuncture with Kiiko Matsumoto, 2006.