Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc

About Dr. Bongiorno

Dr. Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc is a licensed naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist whose mission is to improve health using the most natural means possible. In practice since 2003, he maintains clinics in New York City and Long Island and works virtually with patients around the world, bringing a blend of compassion and intelligent common sense to individualized, root-cause care.

Before training in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture at Bastyr University, Dr. Bongiorno was a research assistant at Yale School of Medicine and the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health in the department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology — where he studied how inflammation and stress affect the brain. That foundation in the science of toxicity, inflammation, and chronic disease is exactly what he brings to Empire's curriculum and to the heavy metals guides he medically reviews in the Anti-Aging Resource Center.

Credentials & expertise

A past president of the New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Dr. Bongiorno is a sought-after lecturer at integrative medicine conferences worldwide, including A4M Anti-Aging Conferences and the Integrative Healthcare Symposium. He is a major contributing author to the Textbook of Natural Medicine (Elsevier) and the author of several books on natural medicine, with numerous peer-reviewed publications.

The course Dr. Bongiorno teaches at Empire

Dr. Bongiorno developed and instructs Empire's heavy metals program for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and functional-medicine practitioners:

Clinical guides medically reviewed by Dr. Bongiorno

Dr. Bongiorno is the medical reviewer for Empire's heavy metals guides — written to teach the science and clinical reasoning behind heavy metal toxicity and detoxification, while the full protocols and hands-on training are taught in his course.