Specialties: Medical Cannabis & Acupuncture

Position: Part Time Practice

Practice Locations: Albuquerque

Joined NMOHC: September, 2020

Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College, 2002

Medical School: Dartmouth College, 2006

Residency: Family Medicine with a focus on underserved communities, completed in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Board Certification: Family Medicine, Medical Acupuncture

Experience & Interests: Dr. Jean-Paul Dedam grew up in a very small, coastal Maine town. He is a member of the Aroostook and Listuguj Band of Mi’gmaq. He met his beautiful wife, Tamara while living in Lawrence. After moving to New Mexico he worked for 4 years in Indian Health Service as a primary care doctor before switching to hospital medicine in Albuquerque. He has always had a special interest in alternative medicine and has trained and become board certified as a Medical Acupuncturist.  On his own he began studying medicinal cannabis and was amazed at its potential for treating conditions with which traditional medicine struggles.  He is helping to pioneer the field of clinical Cannabis Medicine with the support of patients.