Jim Ventresca

Dr. Jim teaches acupuncture to health care professionals.

He has trained thousands of Oriental medical students, chiropractors, medical doctors, doctors of Oriental medicine, nurses, and other health care professionals in virtually all aspects of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

As the director and prinicple instructor for AcuPractice™ Seminars, Dr. Jim teaches acupuncture programs in various locations throughout the US.

A 1984 graduate and past faculty member of the New England School of Acupuncture, Dr. Jim was among the first group of acupuncturists in the United States to achieve the status of board certified Diplomate of Acupuncture, and was one of the first acupuncturists licensed in the state of Massachusetts, and curently holds licensure in New Mexico as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine.

In addition to practicing in busy clinical settings and teaching acupuncture and Oriental medicine, Dr. Jim is a co-founder of a publicly funded HIV/AIDS Substance Abuse Treatment Center.

He served as Academic Dean at the Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico campuses for Southwest Acupuncture College from 1995 through 2001. He has also held the positions of Full Professor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and Campus Director at Southwest Acupuncture College, served on the Faculty of the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture in Carefree, Arizona, and served as the Medical Director for Integrative Medicine at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.