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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
~ CONSULTANTS
NEIL BAUM, MD JOHN G. COLLINS, ND, DHANP
teaches at Tulane Medical School and serves on the teaches homeopathy at the National College of
staff of Touro Infirmary and Memori al Medical Center Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He
in New Orleans. He is a board-certifi ed urologist also has a private practice in Portland, Oregon.
wit h expertise in male sexual dysfunction , urinary
incontinence , and male infertility; he has written STEPHANIE S. COVINGTON, PhD, LCSW
extensively in these areas. Dr. Baum is the author is a psychotherapist and codirector of the Institute
of Impotence - It's Reversible. for Relational Development in La Jolla, California.
She has taught at the California School of Profession
HERBERT BENSON, MD al Psychology and has written extensively on the
teaches at Harvard Medical School and is chief of subject of addiction. Two of Dr. Covington 's recent
the Division of Behavioral Medicin e at the Deaconess p·ublications include A Woman 's Way Through
Hospital. He is also founding president of the Mind/ the Twelve Steps and Helping Women Recover:
Body Medical Institute , which specializes in the A Program for Treatment Addiction. She formerly
treatment of stress-related illnesses. Dr. Benson has chaired the Women's Committee of the International
helped draw attention to the field of mind/body Council on Alcoholism and Addiction.
medicine through his pioneering work on the relax
ation response. KYLE H. CRONIN, ND
specializes in women's healthcare in her medical
ZOE BRENNER, LAc, Dipl Ac, Dipl Ch practice in Phoenix. Dr. Cronin is a cofounder
(NCCAOM ), FNAAOM and former academic dean and currently dean of
has practiced acupuncture since 1977 and Chinese Curricular Development at Southwest College of
herbal medicin e since 1984. She teaches oriental Naturopathic Medicin e and Health Sciences.
medicine and the history and philosophy of Chinese
medicine at the Traditional Acupun cture Institute TIMOTHY B. DEERING , MD
in Bethesda, Maryland. is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist
who practices with Ashevi I le Gastroenterology
DWIGHT C. BYERS Associates in North Carolina.
is a leading authority in reflexology. He began teach
ing with his late aunt, Eunice Ingham, who pioneered PALI C. DELEVITT , PhD
and developed the original Ingham method of reflex consults on alternative therapi es at the cancer center
ology. Byers travels throughout the world to teach of the University of Virginia, where she also teaches
reflexology, and he serves as president of the I nterna in the School of Medicine . Dr. Delevitt has consulted
tiona l Institute of Reflexology in St. Petersburg, on curriculum developmen t for the medical schools
Florida. of Columbia University, Emory University, and
Indiana University.
BARRIE R. CASSILETH, PhD
is chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at JAMES A. DUKE, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. was an economic botanist with the Agriculture
She was a member of the founding council of the Research Service, United States Department of
Office of Alternativ e Medicine at the National Agriculture, in Beltsville, Maryland, for much
Institutes of Health, and she is now a board member of his career. Dr. Duke advises many organization s,
of the American Cancer Society. including Nature's Herbs and allherb.com.
EFFIE CHOW, PhD, RN, CA KATHLEEN FR Y, MD, MD(H)
is president of the East West Academy of Healing is a board-certified gynecologist specializing in holis
Arts in San Francisco. A registered nurse, certified tic healthcare for women. She is a licensed classical
acupuncturist, and qigong master, Dr. Chow has homeopath and current president of the American
practiced and taught qigong for more than 30 years. Holisti c Medical Association. Dr. Fry has a private
medical practice at Alternatives for Women in Scotts
dale, Arizona.
CONSULTANTS
ADRIANE FUGH-BERMAN, MD KEITH S. HECHTMAN, MD, FAAOS, FAOSSM
is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who is
of Health Care Sciences at George Washington fellowship-trained in sports medicine. He is an
School of Medicine. She is editor of the newsletter associate professor in the Department of Ortho
Alternative Therapies in Women's Health and the paedics and Sports Medicine at the University
author of Alternative Medicine: What Works. Her of Miami in Florida. Dr. Hechtman trains medical
articles have appeared in numerous medical and students, residents, and fellows in the specialty
consumer publications. She is on the executive of sports medicine. He is the team physician for
board of the National Women's Health Network. Florida International University and the University
Dr. Fugh-Berman was formerly with the National of Miami. He is also Medical Director of Athletics
Institutes of Health, at the Contraception and of Miami-Dade County High Schools.
Reproductive Health Branch and at the Office of
Alternative Medicine . VICTOR HERBERT, MD, JD, MACP
teaches medicine at the Mount Sinai-New York
ALAN R. GABY, MD University Health System, where he also chairs
is past president of the American Holistic Medical the Committee to Strengthen Nutrition. A former
Association. He is professor of therapeutic nutrition president of the American Society for Clinical
at Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington, and Nutrition, Dr. Herbert consults in the field of nutri
the author of The Patient's Book of Natural Healing. tion for many organizations, including the World
Health Organization.
DAVID E. GOLAN, MD, PhD
is an attending physician at Brigham and Women's DAVID HOFFMANN, MNIMH
Hospital in Boston and an associate professor of is a member of the British National Institute of
biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology Medical Herbalists and founding president of the
at Harvard Medical School. A board-certified internist American Herbalist Guild. His writings on thera
and hematologist, Dr. Golan directs research on peutic herbalism were a valuable resource during
blood eel I membranes. He has also created a the preparation of this volume.
computer-learning program for pharmacology.
MAURITA HOLLAND, MALS
CONSTANCE GRAUDS, RPh is an associate professor of information and library
is founder and president of the Association of Natural science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Medicine Pharmacists. She is assistant clinical Some of her students provided research for this book
pharmacy professor at the University of California, and are listed individually in the acknowledgments
San Francisco. Grauds is the natural medicine section.
editor for Pharmacy Times and the author of Kava
and Anxiety. As a trained specialist in the field TORI HUD SON, ND
of natural medicines, she is also a consultant to the is a professor at the National College of Naturo
pharmaceutical and natural medicine industries. pathic Medicine and is medical director of A
Woman's Time clinic for women in Portland, Oregon.
ELLIOT GREENE, MA Dr. Hudson specializes in women's healthcare; in
is a past president of the American Massage Therapy 1990, she received a national award for her research
Association and currently serves on the regulatory and in 1999 she was named Naturopathic Physician
Massage Therapy Advisory Committee for the State of the Year.
of Maryland. Nationally certified in massage therapy
by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic GRACE BROOKE HUFFMAN, MD
Massage and Bodywork, he has more than 27 years serves as a primary care physician at two offices
of experience in the field. Mr. Greene maintains a in Maryland and teaches at Georgetown University
private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. A board
certified family practitioner, she has additional certifi
cation in geriatrics.
CONSULTANTS
STEVEN IDELL, MD, PhD, FACP, FACCP ROBERT B. KLEIN, MD, FAAP, FAAAI
is chief of the pulmonary division and chairman of is chairman of pediatrics at the University of Texas
the Department of Specialty Care Services at the Health Center at Tyler. His other specialties include
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler. His allergy, pulmonology, and immunology. Dr. Klein also
research in pulmonary diseases is sponsored by the consults on childhood tuberculosis and asthma in
National Institutes of Health. Croatia for the U.S. State Department.
JENNIFER JACOBS, MD, MPH ROBERT KOTLER, MD, FACS
specializes in homeopathic medicine and has a practices facial plastic surgery in Beverly Hills,
private practice in family medicine in Edmonds, California. Dr. Kotler is a former commissioner
Washington. She conducts research in the use and regional consultant to the Medical Board
of homeopathic medicines in primary care at the of California. He also teaches at UCLA Center for
University of Washington. Dr. Jacobs is the coauthor the Health Sciences.
of Healing with Homeopathy.
JOSEPH J. LAMB, MD
JOSEP H J. JACOBS, MD, MBA is a board-certified internist and a senior clinician
began his medical career as a pediatrician with with American WholeHealth, Inc. in Alexandria,
the Indian Health Service in Gallup, New Mexico, Virginia, where he practices integrative medicine.
and has continued working with American Indians Dr. Lamb is the school physician at Episcopal High
throughout his career. Dr. Jacobs was director School in Alexandria. He is on the clinical faculty
of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National at George Washington School of Medicine.
Institutes of Health from 1992 to 1994 and is a
former president of the Association of American JESSE M. KRAMER, MD
Indian Physicians. is a dermatologist practicing in Santa Rosa, Califor
nia. He teaches family medicine physicians through
JONATHAN M. KAGAN, MD the University of California in San Francisco.
is clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology
at New York Medical College and a fellow of the DAVID B. LARSON, MD, MSPH
American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Kagan is a psychiatrist; his particular interest is the influence
maintains a private practice in New York City. of religious commitment on physical and mental
He conducts clinical trials of new drugs for health. Currently the president of the National
ophthalmic use, and he is among the first surgeons Institute for Healthcare Research, Dr. Larson has
to perform laser vision correction. worked for the National Institutes of Health and
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
STEVEN W. KAI RYS, MD, MPH, FAAP He serves as an adjunct faculty member for several
is associate chair of pediatrics at the Dartmouth universities , including Duke and Northwestern
Hitchcock Medical Center, where he directs primary University Medical Centers.
care activities and the Children at Risk Program.
He is founder and president of the New Hampshire DANA J. LAWRENCE, DC, FICC
Alliance for Children and Youth in Concord, New is dean of Postgraduate and Continuing Education,
Hampshire . director of Publications and Editorial Review, and a
professor in the Department of Chiropractic Practice
J. DANIEL KANOFSKY, MD, MPH at the National College of Chiropractic in Lombard,
teaches psychiatry, epidemiology, and social medicine Illinois. He is editor of the school's Journal of Manip
at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and at the ulative and Physiological Therapeutics.
Bronx Psychiatric Center, both in New York City.
A board-certified psychiatrist , Dr. Kanofsky is also KAREN SUE LEVENTHAL, RPh
a fellow of the American College of Nutrition . is a registered pharmacist in Maryland, Pennsylvania,
and Washington, D.C. She is currently working for
TED KAPTCHUK, OMO, CA Rite Aid Corporation in Washington, D.C, where she
is a research associate at Beth Israel Hospital. As a is a pharmacy manager. She received her Bachelor
doctor of Oriental Medicine, Dr. Kaptchuk practices of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Pitts
both Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. burgh School of Pharmacy.
He is the author of The Web That Has No Weaver.
CONSULTANTS
NORMAN S. LE VY, MD, PhD, FAAO, FACS JOHN R. MOFFETT, PhD
practices ophthalmology in Gainesville, Florida, is a former research scientist in the Biology Depart
specializing in glaucoma. He conducts research at the ment at Georgetown University in Washington,
University of Florida. Dr. Levy is a former professor D.C. His specific areas of research are neurotrans
and chief of ophthalmology at the Veterans Adminis mitters in the visual system and toxins released by
tration hospitals in Gainesville and Lake City, Florida. immune cells.
PHILIP LEVY, MD, FACE ANNE MOORE, MD
practices at the Phoenix Endocrinology Clinic, Ltd., teaches clinical medicine at Weill Medical College of
and is a clinical professor of medicine at the Univer Cornell University and chairs the New York Hospital
sity of Arizona in Tucson. He is an active member breast cancer tumor board. Board certified in internal
of the American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine medicine with subspecialties in hematology and
Society, and the American Association of Clinical oncology, Dr. Moore is also on the staff of the New
Endocrinologists. York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
JOHN E. LONSTEIN, MD LEN OCHS, PhD
is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and past pres is a social psychologist who has spent 20 years devel
ident of the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr. Lonstein oping computerized biofeedback instrumentation.
teaches at the University of Minnesota and practices Dr. Ochs is past president of the Biofeedback Society
with Twin Cities Spine Surgeons, Ltd. He is also chief of New York. He is currently researching energy field
of Spine Service and Cerebral Palsy Spine Service at neurofeedback systems to treat fibromyalgia and
Gillette Children's Hospital in Minnesota. traumatic brain surgery.
DAVE MANNINO, MD, FACCP STEPHEN OLMSTEAD, MD
works at the Centers for Disease Control and practices internal medicine and cardiology in
Prevention at the National Center for Environmental Seattle, where he also teaches at the University
Health in Atlanta. He teaches at the Emory School of Washington .
of Public Health.
ELSA RAMSDEN, EdD, PT
ROY J. MATHEW, MD is a licensed physical therapist and certified medical
teaches at Duke University Medical Center in psychologist. She is emerita professor at the Univer
Durham, North Carolina. He is also director of the sity of Pennsylvania and an adjunct professor at
Alcoholism and Addictions program, which provides Widener University. She has taught overseas at the
treatment for people with alcoholism and drug University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia,
addiction and offers consultation services for other and the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and she was
medical specialists regarding addictions. Dr. a Fulbright senior scholar to Australia.
Mathew's research focuses largely on the effects
of alcohol and drugs on the brain and behavior. JOHN C. REED, MD, MD(H)
is a board-certified family physician who is the
ALEXANDER MAUSKOP, MD, FAAN National Medical Director for American Whole
is director of the New York Headache Center and the Health, Inc. and WholeHealthMD.com. Dr. Reed has
not-for-profit New York Headache Foundation . He integrated acupuncture, homeopathy, and osteopathic
also teaches clinical neurology at the State University medicine into his medical practice. He has consulted
of New York, where he conducts research on the role for the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National
of magnesium in headaches. Institutes of Health and was coeditor of that office's
report, Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical
JEFFREY MIGDOW, MD Horizons. He currently consults with American
directs prana yoga-teacher training through the Open WholeHealth's integrative medicine practices in the
Center in New York City. He began his yoga training Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
more than 20 years ago at Kripalu Center in Lenox,
Massachusetts. In his medical practice, Dr. Migdow
counsels patients on lifestyle and recommends a wide
variety of homeopathic, nutritional, and other thera
pies. He is the coauthor of Breathe In, Breathe Out.
CONSULTANTS
NORMAN E. ROSENTHAL, MD JAMES P. SWYERS, MA
is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown is a science writer and editor who formerly served as
University Medical School and a guest researcher managing editor of Alternative Medicine: Expanding
at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Rosenthal Medical Horizons, a report published by the Office of
is a former president of the Society for Light Therapy Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of
and Biological Rhythms. Health. Before turning to journalism , he worked as a
research biochemist and molecular biologist.
BEVERLY RUBIK, PhD
is founding director of the Center for Frontier Sciences MICHAEL A. TANSEY, PhD
at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her particular is an EEG neurofeedback clinician and researcher.
interests in the field of alternative medicine include He is a past president of the Society for the Study
spiritual healing, acupuncture, and homeopathy. of Neuronal Regulation.
MILDRED SEELIG, MD, MPH DICK W. THOM, DDS, ND
teaches nutrition at the University of North Carolina, is an associate professor at the National College of
Chapel Hill, and preventive medicine at Emory Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where
University in Atlanta. Dr. Seelig is editor emeritus he teaches clinical and physical diagnosis, neurology,
of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. endocrinology, and therapeutic drainage. Dr. Thom
is also a clinic supervisor at Natural Health Centers.
WINIFRED SEWELL, MS, DSc He maintains a private practice at Natural Choices
is a fellow of the Medical Library Association. She Health Clinic in Beaverton, Oregon.
has taught at the University of Maryland School of
Pharmacy as well as the College of Library and ALEX A. TIBERI, OMO , LAc
Information Services. is chairman of the Department of Oriental Medicine
at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San
SCOTT SHANNON, MD Diego. At his private practice at the Pacific Center
practices integrative psychiatry, holistic medicine, of Health, he specializes in acupuncture for sports
and medical acupuncture in Fort Collins, Colorado. medicine. Dr. Tiberi has also served as a national
Board certified in two specialties, he consults with examiner for the National Commission for the
large hospital systems and major corporations on the Certification of Acupuncturists.
integration of alternative therapies with conventional
treatments. An officer of the American Holistic ANDREW J. VICKERS
Medical Association, Dr. Shannon teaches other directs the information service at the Research
physicians nationally about holistic medicine . Council for Complementary Medicine in the United
Kingdom. He also teaches research methodology at
JILL M. SIEGFRIED, PhD the University of Westminster and the London School
is professor and vicechairman of the Department of of Acupuncture.
Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine. She specializes in cancer pharmacology ROBERT C. WARD, DO, FAAO
and conducts research in lung cancer. Dr. Siegfried teaches biomechanics and family medicine at Michi
is director of the Lung Cancer Basic Science Program gan State University 's College of Osteopathic Medi
at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. cine. He was in private family practice for 12 years
prior to teaching.
J. JAMISON STARBUCK, JD, ND
practices family medicine in Missoula, Montana. CAROLINE WELLBERY, MD, PhD
She is a regular feature writer and monthly columnist is assistant professor of Family Medicine at George
for two national health magazines, a freelance writer, town University in Washington , D.C. She practices
and an editor. Dr. Starbuck is a past president of the medicine at Unity Health Care.
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.
