Neil Gumenick is Founder and Director of The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc., which offers training in this profound system of medicine to licensed acupuncturists, physicians, and students of Oriental medicine. Gumenick has been in private practice since 1981 and holds three degrees and an advanced teaching credential from the College of Traditional Acupuncture (UK), awarded by the late Professor J.R. Worsley. He is a recipient of the AAAOM Pioneers and Leaders in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine award (2007). Gumenick is a Professor at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, has taught at numerous acupuncture schools, colleges, and symposia internationally, and been published extensively in leading acupuncture journals, with nearly 50 articles in Acupuncture Today.