Biography
Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc’s passion is to bring effective holistic healing to the practice of mental health. He has thriving practices in New York City and Long Island established in 2004. Prior to earning his naturopathic doctorate from Bastyr University, he researched as a pre-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Mental Health (Department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology) and Yale University's Department of Pharmacology where he studied the effect of stress on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Peter authored the first textbook on integrative medicine for depression in 2008 (Healing Depression- CCNM Press). His latest text for professionals is Holistic Solutions for Anxiety and Depression (Norton). He has also authored of numerous papers, textbook chapters, and public books on the topic of integrative medicine. More information can be found at drpeterbongiorno.com and @drpeterbongiorno.