Michael Domeny, MS,L.Ac,CD/N

Michael Domeny graduated from Brooklyn College Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Nutrition and is a licensed Nutritionist/Dietitian in New York State. He continued his studies for next four years at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, earning another BS and eventually MS in traditional Chinese medicine and is a licensed acupuncturist and board certified herbalist.

Mr. Domeny has strong background in Western medicine and is an advocate of integrating traditional Chinese medicine with Western biomedicine. In keeping with this, Mr. Domeny continued his training at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, graduating from the program as the first non-physician participant in the United States. While at Harvard, he was fortunate to receive instructions from distinguished experts in the field of neurology and pain modulation, as well as leaders in the field of Japanese acupuncture. Currently Mr. Domeny is on the official list of US practitioners who are allowed to incorporate Kiiko Matsumoto's style of acupuncture into their practice.

Mr. Domeny's clinical practice is very versatile, but focuses primarily on the treatment of orthopedic disorders, rehabilitation medicine, pain management, and the treatment of neurological diseases.

To further his understanding of the relationship between disease, dysfunction, and pain, Mr. Domeny was selected as one of only 40 physicians who have the opportunity  each year to study specific style of Japanese acupuncture directly under its founder Dr. Yamamoto at his hospital and rehabilitation center in Japan.

Returning from his training in Japan, Mr. Domeny was selected as one of the first 20 acupuncturists to participate in a hospital-based acupuncture fellowship at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.

In the course of this one year program he worked as a part of rehabilitation medical team and treated pre and post-operative patients. He also worked in the busy outpatient rehabilitation clinic and treated patients referred by their rehabilitation doctors using modern research treatment protocols along with other acupuncture techniques. His clinical rotations at St. Vincent’s hospital included the rehabilitation department, internal medicine, cancer unit, and geriatric department.

St. Vincent’s Hospital is ranked amongst top US hospitals for quality care in stroke recovery. Mr. Domeny treated many patients recovering from stroke during his rotation in impatient rehabilitation department.  Other neurological disorders that Mr. Domeny treated at St. Vincent’s Hospital were Parkinson and Multiple Sclerosis.  The combination of Traditional Chinese acupuncture along with newer Japanese acupuncture style produced remarkable results in the treatment of these neurological diseases. 

Mr. Domeny has many years of experience as a Nutritionist/Dietitian and believes that in the area of internal medicine, it is necessary to employ nutrition and herbal medicine as the primary form of treatment, along with acupuncture as the supportive measure.