Marie Reilly has over 10 years experience as a medical herbalist. She qualified from the College of Phytotherapy, and subsequently completed the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine Masters Degree Programme, having conducted her research dissertation on the treatment of female functional infertility with herbal medicine.
Marie studied endobiogenic medicine with Dr. Jean Claude Lapraz, and Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad, and has taught on both the BSc Herbal Sciences course at CIT and the postgraduate diploma in clinical herbal medicine at the Irish College of Phytotherapy. She lectured at the Cork Institute of Technology Herbal Science Symposium; at Botanica 2014 (Trinity College Dublin); and at the National Institute of Medical Herbalists Annual Conference. She has also provided numerous CPD seminars on various subjects for practitioners of herbal medicine.
Marie has a special interest in emergency medicine, and is currently the co-ordinator for the Lismore Community First Response Team, which she runs in conjunction with a GP and paramedic. She has also provided integrated orthodox and herbal first aid at festivals in the UK. She currently the Director of The Lismore Clinic, a multidisciplinary health centre in Co. Waterford, Ireland, where she also runs a very busy herbal medicine practice. For more info see here.