The Director
The founder and Director, Thomas J Shanahan, is a native of Roosky, County Roscommon. With nearly 50 years of clinical practice, Professor Shanahan is one of the most qualified and experienced TCM practitioners in Europe.
Having studied Acupuncture and TCM in Europe and China and qualified as an Acupuncturist in the early 1980s he set up as a clinical practitioner in Ireland and the UK and, at one stage of his career was running 3 clinical practices. As he was unable to meet the demand for well-trained practitioners on his own, he decided to set up the ICTCM in 1983, in his home country, and opened the first Acupuncture TCM College in Ireland.
He went on to enhance his own range of TCM specialisms and is fully qualified as a practitioner of both Chinese Herbal Medicine and Medical Qigong – both of which branches of TCM he was later happy to introduce into the ICTCM curriculum.
In January 2004 he was appointed as a Consulting Professor of TCM with the International Department of Guangzhou University of TCM. He is the first Irishman to be appointed to such a post, in recognition of his years of experience in, and commitment to, Chinese Medicine.
He brings his appreciation of Chinese Medicine and commitment to preserving the treasures of this ancient and effective medical tradition to his Clinical practice in Dublin, to his teaching and Clinical Director roles within the College and to providing specialist seminars for staff and graduates.
Details of Tom’s background and experience are in the Director’s Profile.