Alexandros Tilikidis was born in Athens in 1966. He graduated from the Medical University of Patra in 1991 and specialized in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2001. He began studying Acupuncture in 1994 in Athens and, in 1996, continued his studies at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China, learning TCM theory, acupuncture, and Chinese herbs under Professors Liu Gongwang and Zhong Qiangwei. Since 1997, he has practiced acupuncture and Chinese herbal therapy in Athens and taught the fundamentals of TCM, acupuncture, and herbs. In 2004, he founded the Akadimia of Ancient Greek and Traditional Chinese Medicine to promote TCM and explore connections with Ancient Greek Medicine. He has published several books, including The Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1999) and Greek Acupuncture, Meridians and Acupuncture Points (2013).
Alexandros Tilikidis
