Specialist in Integrative & Chinese Medicine
Dr. Martin Fitzgerald
Dr. Martin Fitzgerald is a PhD-qualified Chinese medicine practitioner and researcher who combines 12 years of pharmaceutical science with extensive clinical expertise to provide evidence-based acupuncture and herbal medicine in Cork, Ireland.
Biography
Dr. Martin Fitzgerald is a highly experienced Chinese medicine practitioner, researcher, and lecturer. Before training in Chinese medicine, he spent 12 years as a research scientist in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia. In 2005, he graduated in Chinese acupuncture from Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Hangzhou, China, where he also undertook clinical study and hospital-based training at Zhejiang University Hospital. He later completed postgraduate certifications in Korean and Japanese acupuncture systems, and went on to earn a PhD in Ethnopharmacology (Chinese Herbal Medicine) from the University of Westminster.
Dr. Fitzgerald has worked and studied at several leading Chinese medical institutions, including Zhejiang University Hospital in Hangzhou and Beijing Jiaotong Hospital, gaining hands-on clinical experience in both acupuncture and herbal medicine.
He has been a lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the National University of Ireland, Cork, for over 15 years, where he teaches integrative and Chinese medicine. He has also been invited to lecture at prestigious institutions in China, including Shanghai University, Beijing Jiaotong Hospital, and the China Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing.
His research focuses on the quality and authenticity of Chinese herbal medicine, with over 15 peer-reviewed publications and articles addressing issues of purity, safety, and supply chain integrity.
Dr. Fitzgerald is currently deepening his clinical expertise through part-time study of Jing Fang classical formulas with Dr. Salustino Wang and Professor Huang Huang of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. He is also undertaking a second PhD in Clinical Chinese Medicine, part-time, at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He practiced Chinese medicine for 10 years at the prestigious 1 Harley Street Clinic in London before returning to his hometown during the COVID-19 pandemic. He now continues to see patients at his Ashdale Chinese Medicine Clinic in Cork, Ireland.
Speaking Session
The Six Essentials:
A Six-Formula Herbal System for the Non-Herbalist Practitioner Addressing 75% of Everyday Clinical Presentations
Although Chinese herbal medicine contains hundreds of classical formulas, most clinical presentations arise from a relatively small number of physiological regulatory systems. Classical physicians recognised the principle of 少方治多病 (“few formulas treat many diseases”). In much the same way that acupuncturists rely on a small number of key points in everyday practice, The Six Essentials introduce six carefully selected herbal formulas derived from classical prescriptions and reformulated for modern clinical practice and Western constitutions. Designed specifically for non-herbalist practitioners, this lecture introduces these formulas so they can be applied confidently and safely in everyday clinical practice.