Hamid Montakab graduated from the Medical School of Paris, did his residency in surgery as well as completing a 3-year education in acupuncture in France and further clinical training in China. After practicing for 5 years in America he founded the Academy of Chinese Healing Arts in Switzerland in 86 and was co-founder and president of the Swiss Professional Organization for TCM (SPO-TCM) in 95. Hamid was commissioned by the Swiss National Science Foundation to conduct a research study on Acupuncture and Insomnia. He has been lecturing in Europe and the US and is the author of: (1) Acupuncture and Insomnia/ Sleep and Dreams in Chinese Medicine; 2011 (2) Bridging the Gap/ Acupuncture Point and Channel Energetics; 2014 (3) Chinese Medicine Revisited / A Western View of Chinese Medicine; 2015 (4) Acupuncture for Headaches, Eyes and ENT Pathologies; 2019 (5) Acupuncture for treating the Hidden Roots of Disease; 2020
