About Us

The Australian Acupuncture Centre (AAC) is a multi-bed acupuncture and Chinese medicine clinic in Geelong, led by veteran acupuncturist, Paul McLeod. With 30 years experience, Paul has the skills to manage a wide variety of conditions using the diagnostic and treatment methods of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. You won’t find a more experienced and skilful acupuncturist in Geelong!

Premier Real-World Teaching Clinic

Apart from a strong focus on patient care and treatment outcomes, AAC is also one of Australia’s premier, real-world teaching clinics. This means we offer high quality intern opportunities for new and established graduates of the Acupuncture and Chinese medicine profession in Australia. Paul has offered this program to the professionals in Australia since 2004. This means that at any given time, patients at AAC will have the opportunity to interact with interns and learn something about what it’s like to study acupuncture and Chinese medicine. More importantly, patients will also get to benefit from the skills and experience of the interns as they engage in aspects of treatment under the guidance of Paul and his team.

One of the primary roles of interns is to take the time to answer patient questions and to provide advise on how to get the most out of their acupuncture treatments with Paul.

Cancellation Policy

While making changes to your appointment times is certainly something we welcome, we ask that you provide us with at least 24 hours notice of any desired change or cancellation.

Please note: Changes to appointment times or appointment cancellations made with less than 24 hours notice will be subject to a 50% cancellation fee. This fee is payable when you cancel your appointment, or will be added to your account for when you come in next.

Appointment reminders are sent the day before your appointment. This is a courtesy reminder of a scheduled appointment. It is not a confirmation. If you have a scheduled appointment with us, we will have made preparations for your visit and will be looking forward to seeing you in clinic.

If you cannot make your appointment, please call us clinic by telephone on 03 5298 1213 to reschedule.

Thank you for choosing Australian Acupuncture Centre.

Meet Our Clinician

Overseeing and directing all clinical aspects of treatment at AAC is our senior consultant, Paul McLeod. A registered Chinese medicine practitioner (AHPRA) with a strong background in mixed martial arts(Goju Kai Karate, Mauy Thai, Boxing, Tai Chi, Medical and Iron Shirt Qigong), Paul has 30 years experience as an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner. During Paul’s work as an acupuncturist he has performed more than 120 000 acupuncture treatments and inserted around 2.25 million acupuncture needles, making him Geelong’s premier acupuncturist.

Paul McLeod

Paul is an acupuncture specialist with extensive clinical experience spanning 30 years. His formal qualifications in Chinese medicine and adult education are similarly extensive. In the early days, Paul served two informal apprenticeships in Classical Japanese acupuncture (one on the Gold Coast, Australia and the other in Tokyo, Japan). More recently, in his capacity as Senior Lecturer for one of Australia’s leading Chinese medicine schools, Paul spent 2 months as a visiting academic in Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University in Nanning, China. During his tenure, Paul chaperoned 30 final year undergraduate students from Australia through their clinical internship in a number of busy teaching hospitals and took the opportunity to attend university lectures and hospital rotations on a daily bases.

Paul’s broad ranging local and international experience has helped him develop a balanced and considered view of the role that both traditional and Western medicine play in the maintenance of health and well-being. Paul believes that this balanced view provides him and his team with an important edge when it comes to safely guiding patients through their healthcare journey at AAC.

Paul worked in a multi-modality clinic on the Gold Coast, Queensland for a period of ten years before moving to Geelong, Victoria with his family to open the Australian Acupuncture Centre.

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