Joseph Alban is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Board Certified Herbalist known for combining a caring relationship with exceptional treatment skills.  He completed a hospital residency at the First Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Hospital of the Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in 2006.   He trained with leading physicians in the acupuncture, Chinese Herbal medicine, and tui na (medical massage) departments.  “In China I saw how the traditional doctors use both their clinical treatment skills and the clinical relationship to help their patients. This training still influences me today and remains the backbone of my practice.”

In 2009-2010, Joseph received a prestigious training grant from the National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine research.  He completed this training in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Pediatric Allergy and Immunology department.  His research focused on the holistic aspects of Chinese medicine to heal the whole person, by treating the main illness as well as addressing the depression and anxiety that often accompany it.

Joseph has authored many journal articles and has been feature in magazines such as Time Out New York, Acufinder Magazine, and Acupuncture Today. He lectures regularly on using Chinese medicine for self healing.

He graduated from Touro College’s clinical Masters of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.  In addition to clinical training in China, he has worked in the Touro College Acupuncture Clinic as well as at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

In addition to maintaining a busy clinical practice and academic interests, Joseph practices Wu Style Tai Ji and Qi gong.