Jerry M. Kantor is the author of Sane Asylums, The Success of Homeopathy Before Psychiatry Lost Its Mind. His previous books: are Interpreting Chronic Illness: The Convergence of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy, and Biomedicine; The Toxic Relationship Cure: Clearing Traumatic Damage from a Boss, Parent, Lover, or Friend with Natural, Drug-free Remedies; Autism Reversal Toolbox, Strategies, Remedies, Resources; and under the pseudonym Chaim Yankel, Heymischer Homeopathy, the Schmendrick’s Guide to Remedying Yiddish Kvetches. A forthcoming book will detail the relationship between existential quandaries and chronic illness.

He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Queens College, CUNY; a master’s in the management of human services from Brandeis University; and is a graduate of the Advanced Acupuncture Program for Foreign Students, Nanjing College of Traditional Medicine, People’s Republic of China.

Jerry's Boston-area acupuncture and homeopathy practice specializes in pediatrics, mental illness, autism spectrum ailments, autoimmune conditions, and infertility. He lectures and teaches across North America and is a faculty member of the Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine. He was the first acupuncturist granted an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Anaesthesiology. A longtime practitioner of qi gong and tai qi, Mr. Kantor holds a fourth-degree black belt in the Japanese martial art aikido.