IVAN IRIARTE, M.D.
		Dr. Ivan Iriarte received his MD degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He did his residency in Family Practice also at the University of Puerto Rico. In the early eighties he lived for three years in Iowa City, Iowa where he was a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow in Family Practice and completed a Master in Science in Preventive Medicine. He is Board-Certified in Family Practice and General Preventive Medicine.

For the last fifteen years, Dr. Iriarte has been on the faculty at Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, where he has a position of Associate Professor. He teaches Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is also the coordinator for the Medical School's Bioethics course.

In 1995, Dr. Iriarte graduated from the HMI/UCLA medical acupuncture course. He is a member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and the Puerto Rico Medical Acupuncture Association. He served as President of the latter during 2001. At present his part-time medical practice is limited to Medical Acupuncture at the Center for Complementary and Integrative Healthcare in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He has combined his passions for teaching and
acupuncture by his regular participation as a preceptor in the HMI Medical Acupuncture for Physicians clinical units. In addition, he teaches frequently in Medical Acupuncture seminars offered by the Puerto Rico Medical Acupuncture Association.