His Excellency, Prof. [Dr. of Med.] Charles McWilliams is a doctor practicing integrated medicine who does missionary service around the world. He is the Grand Master of the Sacred Medical Order of the Knights of Hope. He maintains a large medical practice on Nevis Island in addition to his ministerial and teaching duties.
His early career completed studies with a major in Biology at the University of North Carolina (1976); Acupuncture with the Occidental Institute and the North American College of Acupuncture, Oregon (1978); Chinese Herbalism with the North American College of Chinese Herbalism and National Institute of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong; and completed a Doctorate in Homeopathic Medicine with the Institutum Internationale Homeopatiae, Mexico City. In 1981 he established the first state licensed school for acupuncture in Florida, The American School of Oriental and Homeopathic Therapy (1981-86).
In 1988 he relocated the School to Nevis Island and changed the name to the PanAmerican School of Natural Medicine where it remains active and online today, with teaching campuses on Nevis and Ecuador. He received doctorates in Naturopathic Medicine with the Yunami Institute, the International Naturopathic College (Hong Kong) and following with a Doctorate – Medico Naturopata (Medical Naturopath) – La Escuela Superior Politecnic Ecologia Amazonica (La Republica del Ecuador, Feb. 29, 2008). He is a licensed naturopathic physician on Nevis and in the Republic of Ecuador.
Early in his career, Prof. Charles was mentored by Reinhold Voll in Electroacupuncture and remains today one of the world’s leading researchers and experts in EAV [Electroacupuncture according to Voll]. He is the originator of electronically assisted massage (Tui-Na), with his revolutionary system of bodywork called Jade Esthetics which remains active to this day on Nevis with practitioners using the unique system worldwide.
Prof. Charles is married to Susan McWilliams, R.N., since 1975, and his two daughters, Carla and Angela, are board certified medical doctors practicing in the United States.
