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Maura (Mary) Twomey MBA, MAOM, Lic Ac. (born July 1956) manages and practices Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine at Center and Spring Acupuncture in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. She specializes in Women’s Health, including cycle regularity, painful periods, fertility and infertility, menopausal and menstrual issues.

Maura is licensed to practice Acupuncture by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Committee on Acupuncture. She holds diplomas in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She is also a Certified Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist. Maura has interned in several clinics in the greater Boston area, including Center for Women at Mount Auburn Hospital, Pathways to Complimentary Therapies, the AIDS Care Project, Dimmock Community Health Center, and Victory Programs at the Shattuck Hospital Detoxification Center.

Maura has worked part-time at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on a clinical research study investigating the beneficial effects of Tai Chi on Chronic Heart Failure. She was also an acupuncturist on an NIH (National Institutes of Health) funded clinical trial on Acupuncture and Irritable Bowel Syndrome conducted by Harvard Medical School, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

A native of Ireland, Maura holds a BA in Psychology from University College Cork, Ireland, a teaching diploma from St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, a diploma in Theology and Scripture Study from Trinity College, and also spent 8 years teaching in primary schools in working class areas of Dublin.

Maura relocated to the United States in 1987, where she spent 3 years working for a not-for-profit organization in homelessness and housing in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She then went on to obtain an MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management, before embarking upon an 8 year career in corporate America, where she worked for both the Strideright and Polaroid corporations in product development and marketing.

In her personal life Maura is an avid reader, belonging to various book clubs, and also likes to spend time combining her love of swimming with fundraising. Each summer she takes part in the Provincetown Harbor Swim For Life which raises money for AIDS awareness and Women’s Health Organizations, and also participates in various other charity swims helping to raise money for a number of other notable good causes, including the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition. Dublin

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