Photo Mel Drisko

Mel Drisko is a board-certified acupuncturist with over 25 years experience in academic and clinical medicine.  After completing his master’s degree in traditional Chinese medicine he served as a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner at the University of Colorado Hospital, performing acupuncture in outpatient and inpatient settings and developed one of the nation’s first hospital-based Chinese herbal pharmacies.   Currently he teaches at the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.