Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani

Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani is well known as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner, lecturer and researcher, who has a private practice in Brockville. Joanne graduated from the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto in 1995. In pursuit of more advanced clinical training in Acupuncture & TCM; she studied at the Canadian School of Natural Health Science, Toronto, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai: Hua Shan Hospital and Longua Hospital, The Academy of Oriental Heritage, Vancouver, B.C. (Herbology) and The Open International University of Alternative Medicine, Medicina Alternativa Institute in Sri Lanka. Joanne’s Doctorate in Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine is from The Open International University of Alternative Medicine, Sri Lanka. Joanne has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Queens University and is also a graduate of St. Lawrence College.

Joanne was the Director of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which she established in 1997-2003. She has taught TCM students, lectured to medical students at Queens University and many other organizations. Joanne historically has been active on a number of community boards such as Britannia House, Tri-County Addictions and was Chair of the Child & Youth Worker Program at St. Lawrence College.

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