Dr Mary Garvey trained initially in Sydney graduating in 1985, and thereafter at the Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai Universities of Chinese Medicine and their teaching hospitals. She held an academic position at the University of Technology Sydney for 26 years in the TCM bachelor degree programs, and since 2001 has co-authored numerous books and articles with Prof Qu Lifang (of the Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine). She has recently retired from private practice in Auckland.
