Ricardo Rodeia is an accomplished Assistant Professor, nurse, Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialist with extensive experience in teaching, healthcare, and clinical practice. He currently serves at the Northern Health School of the Portuguese Red Cross, where he coordinates the post graduation course in Complementary and Integrative Therapies in pain management and lectures several curricular units and classes in BSc Acupuncture courses. Ricardo has a robust educational background, including Specialization in Master course in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academic Training & Internship in TCM at Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China, and has earned a scholarship Master´s in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has authored several publications and contributed to numerous academic and community projects, emphasizing the integration of complementary therapies in healthcare.