Wellness Experts at Lefay Lago Di Garda

DR CARLO BARBIERI

Head of Medicine

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Verona in 1983, in 1986 he spent his first 6-month period at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Beijing. Back to Italy, he won two two-years scholarships in the medical scientific project on the application of acupuncture in the departments of Civil Hospital Analgesic Therapy of Padua and Vicenza. During 1988 -1990, Doctor Barbieri returned to China and attended the Academy of Harbin, Manchuria where he obtained the specialisation. Back to Italy, he becomes professor at MACME (Medical Association for Chinese Medicine in Europe) and opened two studios in Milan and London, where he joins the British Acupuncture Council. In 2008 he graduated at University "La Sapienza" of Rome in the MA "Integration of Western medicine with Eastern Medicine" and began working with Lefay SPA, where he currently holds the position of chief medical expert in Chinese Acupuncture.

Specialisation: Traditional Chinese Medicine

DR STEFANIA DORIA

Stefania Doria is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and acupuncturist, and is committed to a personal and patient-centred approach. Thanks to the experience she has acquired in the medical field, her knowledge of Oriental/Ayurvedic medicine and integrated medicine she is able to explore, and evaluate with the patient, the most suitable therapies for achieving a state of wellbeing. She is manager and medical director of the Studio Medico Quantico in Milan. Within her Centre she has several collaborators trained and specialised in other fields such as: Nutritionist, holistic medicine doctor, Yoga therapist, Massophysiotherapist, Psychologist specialised in clinical hypnosis, TMS for treatment of addictions.

Specialisation: Traditional Chinese Medicine

DR ANDREA ARMELLINI

Dr Armellini graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Brescia, he then specialised in paediatric surgery, and completed a master’s degree in minimally invasive and robotic paediatric surgery.

He studied with several masters, becoming a great expert in Classical Chinese Medicine and phytotherapy. For years, he has studied On Zon Su reflexology and later qualified as an adult and pediatric Tuina operator and as a Qi Gong practitioner. He was a Feng Shui architecture consultant at the Italian Academy of Architecture of the 73rd generation of Masters. He has studied and still deals with Classical Chinese Medicine first as a student and then as a member of the Italian School of Acupuncture ‘Sida Bai Hui’, headed by Dr Dante de Berardinis. He is an expert and scholar of radiesthesia, geobiology, geopathology and vibrational medicine.

Specialisation: Traditional Chinese Medicine

GABRIELE FILIPPINI

Gabriele began his training in Oriental disciplines in the early 1980s by studying Shiatsu and martial arts. In 1992 he graduated as a Taijiquan instructor at PWKA Italia and as a Tuina operator at the International Educational Centre of the University of Shanghai.  He then specialised in Taijiquan and Qigong in France, Switzerland and Belgium. From 1992 to 2007 he attended Dr Maurizio Corradin and Dr Carlo di Stanislao’s lessons, developing a deep knowledge of Classical Chinese Medicine. In 2000 he founded “Wuwei” Tuina and Qigong School which he still directs. In the meantime, he keeps studying Qigong and Nei Gong Tuina with Masters Wang Zhi Xiang and When Zhog You. In 2011 he obtained the Yiquan teaching professional qualification with Master Yang Ling Shen.

He is a qualified NLP Master Trainer and an Ericksonian Hypnotherapist accredited by Stephen Gilligan and works to integrate the traditional vision of Eastern culture with the most innovative Western discoveries related to the use of mind and intention. He is a Holistic Counsellor and Classical Chinese Naturopath.

Specialisation: Traditional Chinese Medicine