About Dr. Neal
r. Neal attended the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where he participated in one of the earliest case-based medical programs in the US and graduated with honors. He received training in Internal Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He currently maintains active licenses in both Western and Chinese medicine.
Early in his career Dr. Neal became interested in East Asian medicine. In the early 1990′s he began training in acupuncture and began incorporating complementary medicine within his work in the allopathic field. He studied acupuncture for four years with Dr. Anita Cignolini of Milan, Italy. His training then continued with post-graduate studies in Chinese languages at Portland State University, as well as advanced studies in classical Chinese language at Heilongjiang University in Harbin, China. He is a graduate of the School of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where he has also been employed as Associate Professor since 2005. As a professor at NCNM, he has taught a variety of classes on subjects such as classical text translation, advanced topics in Classical Jing Luo (channel) theory, Chinese medical diagnostics, integrative Chinese and Western medical diagnostic theory, classical case studies, clinical case studies and Chinese medical ethics.
Additionally, Dr. Neal is an associate faculty member in the department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University.
Dr. Neal’s primary research interest has focused on the study of classical Chinese acupuncture based on direct translations of classical texts, particularly the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic 黃帝內經). He has lectured both locally and internationally in areas related to classical acupuncture and Jing-Luo theory. In 2009, Dr. Neal co-founded the International Society for the Study of Classical Acupuncture with several colleagues and students, and currently serves as Director. He lives in Portland, Oregon and enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking and traveling.