Angela Grasso
Dipl. OM, LAc, LMT, CYT
Diplomate in Oriental Medicine*
Licensed Acupuncturist
Licensed Massage Therapist**
Certified Yoga Teacher
Angela began her complementary health care studies learning Foot Reflexology in London in 1985. Since then, she has been consistently studying, practicing and educating in the area of holistic health and healing. She graduated from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in 1988 where she later became a faculty member and clinic supervisor. She then went on to be the Founder and Executive Director of Healing Spirits Massage School in Boulder, Colorado.
In 1994, she began to branch out and study Chinese Medicine with Eliot Cowan. Hungering to dive deeper into the bottomless well of this system of medicine, she went on to receive a Master’s degree in Acupuncture and a certificate in Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Hallandale, Florida in 2004.
Other education includes certificates from the Northeast School for Botanical Medicine, Ithaca, New York and the Body Energy Center, Boulder, Colorado; a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the State University of New York at Albany; and a teaching certificate from Frog Lotus Yoga Studio, North Adams, Massachusetts. Additionally, Angela was co-coordinator of Massage Works, a 'trade-not-aid' program in Kathmandu, Nepal.
In 2008, she became the Director of Clinical Services and Clinical Supervisor at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine's New York campus. The clinic is one of the nation's largest acupuncture clinics seeing approximately 700-800 patients a week plus an additional 100-150 at the nine satellite clinics.
In addition to her practice, Angela currently serves as the Academic Dean at Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Montclair, New Jersey. Eastern School is the first and only Oriental Medicine School in the state of New Jersey.
Angela is able to serve patients who are Spanish speaking.
* Diplomate in Oriental Medicine is the most distinguished and complete certification offered by the nation's regulating organization. It includes competency in acupuncture, herbal medicine and bodywork.** Licensed in NY State and nationally through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).
Angela offers a unique blend of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Five Element styles of acupuncture.
She is committed to working with patients in a way which affects their physical health and the well-being of their mind, spirit and emotions.
Want to read more about acupuncture? Visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/health/08patient.html
to read what Angela had to say in this New York Times article.
Se habla español
Insurance accepted for those who are eligible
