Academic Stuff

Giannis Dimitriou studied at the School of Physiotherapy of Charles University in Prague from 1998 to 2001 and at the School of Physiotherapy at the TEI of Lamia from 2001 to 2002. From 2002 to 2003 he studied at the Tian Jin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. , from 2003 to 2005 he studied Chinese at the Tian Jin Institute of Culture and Foreign Languages ​​and at the same time practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine in various hospitals and clinics in China. From 2005 to 2011 he studied Medicine at the Medical School of the University of Athens. At the same time from 2006 to 2008 he studied homeopathy at the National Society for Homeopathic Medical Cooperation. From 2009 to 2012 he studied in the postgraduate program “Acupuncture and Tui Na” of the Tian Jin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After three years of research (2012-2015) in Chinese Medicine as a Chinese Fellow at the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in 2015 he received his PhD from the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In 2017, after two years of study, he received a Diploma in Medical Osteopathy and became a member of the College of Medical Osteopathy in London. Recently he has completed MSc in Mental Health Promotion and Prevention of Psychiatric Disorders, in the 1st Department of Psychiatry in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and published the paper “Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial for Assessing the Efficacy of Acupuncture on Emotion of Stress and Quality of Life ”

George Tzigounakis completed his studies in the United Kingdom, where he graduated with First Class Honours/Distinction from the Department of Acupuncture of the University of East London – BSc (Hons) Acupuncture – completing a clinical placement of over 400 hours in the university’s clinic.

He continued his studies graduating also with a First Class Honours/ Distinction from the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Coventry – BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy.
He then completed a three-year MSc degree at the University of Tianjin, China (MSc – Master of Medicine in Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tuina – Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) with a specialization in Acupuncture.

In 2017 he was awarded an honors by Aegean College – Omiros Educational Group for the innovative and pioneering research dissertation “Effect of Sound as a Pseudo-drug”.
He holds a Diploma in Nutritional Psychology (Cert. Nutritional Psychology) from John F. Kennedy University and is currently completing his MSc in Nutritional Medicine at the University of Surrey.

He is responsible of the educational programs of the implementation of the NADA Acupuncture protocol (post-traumatic stress management and detoxification) in Greece.
He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A. – UIBS, Barcelona), is an active member and volunteer at Doctors of the World Greece (MdM), holds a Lifeguard, Gym Instructor, and Capoeira Instructor diploma.

Professor Zhong Qiang-wei graduated in 1983 from the Department of Chinese Medicine at Tianjin College of TCM, and worked as a professor in the acupuncture department. In 1988, he graduated with a postgraduate degree (MSc) in acupuncture and worked at the same college until 2002 in the education of international students.

Since 2003 he has been working as a professor at Tian Jin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China in undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) departments.

He has more than 30 years of work experience, focusing on teaching the Basic Theory of Chinese Medicine, diagnosis, and acupuncture.

Clinically specializes in the treatment of diseases of the digestive system, cerebrovascular diseases, and mental disorders.

Bartosz Chmielnicki is a physician, scholarship fellow of Oxford University, an experienced acupuncturist, popular and respected teacher and also a founder of Acuart. He has run his own acupuncture practice for more than ten years. He has taught acupuncture in Poland, Czechia, Germany, Great Britain and Israel.

He is well known as the author of unique didactic materials, which helps students from Europe. He wrote a book on twenty basic eight pulses known in Chinese Medicine, which was translated into German and English. Doctor Chmielnicki regularly publishes in leading journals in Poland, United States and Germany. He is the founder of the research project Gates of Life, in which cooperated with Rani Ayal and Yair Maimon. He also started a project known Evidence Based Acupuncture, which is the most comprehensive database, collecting texts on mechanisms and safety of acupuncture. He is a co-author of the Acuart teaching programme and is responsible for everyday supervision of classes.

Alberto Cantidio Ferreira is a physiotherapist from Brazil, with a three-year postgraduate degree (MSc) in Acupuncture, in the Department of Chinese Medicine at Tian Jin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

He was a personal student of Shi Xue-min whose acupuncture technique became the main technique for repairing neurological diseases in China.

Alberto Cantidio Ferreira studied and practiced in many different hospitals and cities in China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Mian Yang and Kun Ming. He returned to Brazil after completing his Master’s degree in 2016 and since then has been teaching acupuncture seminars related to the rehabilitation of neurological diseases.