The School of Tibetan Medicine was originally founded in the USA by Professor Namkhai Norbu in 1997 and originates from an ancient lineage of Traditional Tibetan Medicine practitioners who received authentic knowledge of Traditional Tibetan Medicine in the historic oral tradition. There are now branches of the school in the USA, Russia and Spain.
Our Vision
Our school creates opportunities for learning and preserving true knowledge
Tibetan artist of healing.
Our Mission
Our mission is to preserve & spread Tibetan Medicine for the benefit of all.
We believe that modern societies can benefit greatly from the ancient knowledge of traditional healing systems. It is our mission to share the legacy of traditional Tibetan Medicine worldwide, promoting its practice for the benefit of all people today and in our future. Our approach is holistic: we work to foster a better integration between traditional medicine and modern medical science. We provide variety of trainings based on the authentic knowledge of traditional Tibetan Medicine for the benefit of all people!
SSI School of Tibetan Medicine – Founder and Director
Our Founder – Professor Namkhai Norbu
World-Renowned Tibetan Scholar & Dzogchen Master (1938-2018)
Professor Namkhai Norbu founded the International Shang Shung Institute in Italy, in 1989, to preserve and promote Tibetan culture, arts, language and sciences for future generations worldwide. He was considered one of the world’s foremost Tibetan Dzogchen Masters, one of the world’s leading scholars of Tibetan culture, history and heritage. Professor Namkhai Norbu founded the International Dzogchen Community, published a vast array of books, articles and research, as well as founded multiple international non-profit organizations. He was a celebrated professor at the Naples Eastern University from 1964 – 1992. In 2016, Professor Namkhai Norbu was awarded the highest civilian honor of the Italian national government, the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Our Director – Doctor of Tibetan Medicine Phuntsog Wangmo
International Director, World-Renowned Tibetan Scholar
Khewang (Tibetan for Honored Scholar) Phuntsog Wangmo (Ping Cuowangmu) received her advanced degree from the Lhasa University School of Traditional Medicine in 1988 after completing her five-year training program and two-year residency. During that time she studied with the Khenpos Troru Tsenam and Gyaltsen, two of Tibet’s foremost Tibetan Medicine doctors.
Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo had the exceptional opportunity of extensive clinical training under Khenpo Troru Tsenam for four years.
Thereafter, she dedicated many years of work as a doctor of Tibetan Medicine in Eastern Tibet where she collaborated with and directed the implementation of A.S.I.A., the non-profit organization founded by Professor Namkhai Norbu. After that, she worked on behalf of A.S.I.A. setting up hospitals and training centers in the remote regions of Sichuan Province and Chamdo Prefecture.
From 1997-2000, she has been the A.S.I.A. project coordinator in Tibet for the development of Gamthog Hospital in collaboration with expatriate personnel as well as the overall health coordinator and practitioner of traditional Tibetan medicine, supervising healthcare activities throughout the surrounding region of Chamdo Prefecture.
In 2007 she co-founded the American Tibetan Medical Association (ATMA), a national organization representing the Tibetan medical profession within the United States. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the philosophy, knowledge, science and practice of Tibetan medicine for the benefit of humanity.
In 2012 Dr. Phuntsog Wagmo was appointed the International Director of the School of Tibetan Medicine
She is currently in residence at the Shang Shung Institute of America, the international seat of the School of Tibetan Medicine, where she continues in her leadership as Director and International Director of the Institute’s national and international programs in U.S.A., Russia and Tenerife, Spain.
“In order to live and remain in good health, every individual, whether woman or man, young or old, must first of all have an understanding of the nature of the ‘three doors’ and of the nature of the human body that ‘lives’, of the nature of the humours and of the organic components that ‘give life’, and of the nature of the behavior that constitutes life. It is on the basis of a precise knowledge of these factors that we can live in good health. “
– Professor Namkahi Norbu, Birth, Life and Death
Our Team
Ilaria FACCIOLI
Executive Manager
Leticia RECEPTER
Communications & Marketing
Irina Pankevich
Junior Teacher
Medegma BUDAEVA
Junior Teacher
Aldo ONETO
Senior Instructor
Vince LEE (N/A)
Chinese Language Department
