Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc’s mission is to improve health by using the most natural means possible, and to change the model of healthcare in the process.  He brings a special blend of compassion, warmth, and intelligent common sense to each patient visit which allows for optimal individualized care. 

 

Dr. Peter has been in practice since 2003 with thriving practices in both New York City, Long Island. He also works virtually with people around the world. A known expert in the field he consults with medical practices teaching naturopathic and integrative care, offering his near two-decade experience to help create integrative medicine programs throughout North America.

 

In the early and mid 1990’s Dr. Bongiorno was a research assistant first at Yale School of Medicine, and then at the NIH’s National Institutes of Mental Health’s department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology before training at Bastyr University in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture. He is a past president of the NY Association of Naturopathic Physicians and has been active in working towards gaining naturopathic licensing in NY.

 

Dr. Peter is a sought-after lecturer and has been a featured speaker at the top integrative medicine conferences worldwide, including Shakti, the first functional medicine conference in India. He also has keynoted at A4M Antiaging Conferences in Las Vegas, The Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York, and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Conferences throughout the country.

 

He enjoys teaching functional medicine doctors, naturopathic doctors, and health care practitioners who want to learn how to use natural medicines with their patients though his webinars. Peter formulates physician grade nutraceuticals for health and mood support which have supported scores of patients throughout the world over the last decade.

 

Peter has been playing the drums since he was 11 years old and feels like his best self while playing and recording music. He enjoys live music of all types, reading classic literature, and just sitting on a Sunday with a cup of coffee reading an actualphysical newspaper.  He most loves spending time with his teen daughter Sophia, who is teaching him how to golf.​