Dr. Kevin Ergil is an anthropologist and has been a clinical acupuncturist since 1990. He has served as President of the American College of TCM in San Francisco, Founding Dean and Director of the New York Campus of Pacific College of Health and Science, and Director of Research for the NY College of Health Professions. He was a Professor at the Northeast College of Health Sciences from 2006 to 2019 and served as Acupuncture Clinical Lead at the Canandaigua VA from 2008 to 2019. He was most recently the Director of Health Sciences at Wells College, where he also served as Director of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program. Dr. Ergil is Chair of the New York State Education Department Acupuncture Board. Over the years, Dr. Ergil has worked to develop acupuncture services in several integrative programs at hospitals and outpatient facilities. Presently he teaches at several programs and maintains a consultancy (Ambit Informatics Ltd.) which provides guidance and support to clients in the areas of education, health, and technology. 

Dr. Ergil’s research interests include Tibetan medicine, safety and efficacy issues related to single substance phytopharmacy, drug-herb interaction and toxicity issues in herbal medicine, the assessment of clinical outcomes in complementary and alternative therapies, and the clinical management of chronic pain. He has been an invited teacher in Australia, Germany, and the Republic of China and has numerous publications, including two textbooks.