Poney received a Doctoral degree in biomedical research from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto in 2006, followed by a Master’s degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York in 2009. Poney is an adjunct professor and director of the Integrative Acupuncture Certificate Program for the Faculty of Health at York University (Toronto). He is also a professor at the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute in New Mexico that offers training in treating CNS disorders with acupuncture.
Poney has been invited to lecture at the World Federation Acupuncture Society, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, Canadian PhysiotherapyAssociation, Walter Reed Medical Center, Order of Acupuncture of Quebec as well as physician and physical therapist organizations in Europe and South America.
He is an expert in peripheral neuro-anatomy of acupoints and their associated neuro-modulation needle techniques. His research interests include cadaver-dissection and MRI-based research of the neuro-anatomy of acupoints. Poney is currently focusing on writing an integrative acupuncture textbook with Paradigm publication.