JOHN BALLETTO, NCTMB
 John
Balletto
is a licensed massage therapist in private practice inProvidence, RI. He is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, a member of the AMTA National Sports Massage Team and the massage therapist for the Brown University Track and Field/Cross Country teams. From June-August, 1996 he served as the Massage Therapist for the Swiss Rowing Federation Team that claimed three (3) Gold Medals in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games at Lake Lanier, Georgia. He has served in many volunteer positions with the AMTA including chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and National Vice President. John currently serves as President of the American Massage Therapy Association Foundation. Additionally, John participates in a subspecialty rotation in Alternative and Complementary Medicine with the Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital. He is co-author of “Teaching Residents About Complementary and Alternative medicine in the United States” recently published in the “Journal of General Internal Medicine” (volume 13, August 1998). John resides in Warwick, RI with his wife Janet, rescued Greyhounds “Snow” and “Hud”, and enjoys sculling, cycling, swimming, organic gardening, and beekeeping. |