I am a health and wellness expert, a thought leader, and an advocate for change in the global healthcare discussion. When the holistic health movement was in its infancy, I pioneered educational programs for healthcare professionals that improved outcomes in hospitals and medical centers across America. Before the recent concerns about the safety of prescription medications, I was already training medical doctors, nurses, and other health professionals in ways to modify treatment plans so as to avoid harmful side effects. Later on, I developed courses in homeopathy for medical schools and teaching hospitals including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and New York University. With positions in both conventional medical schools and homeopathic institutions, I was unique in my participation in both schools of thought, understanding of the concerns of each, while integrating the two responsibly. As an internationally renowned speaker, writer, and educator, I served as Chair of the Department of International Affairs at the American Medical College of Homeopathy and after the earthquake in 2010, and was Project Coordinator for Haiti with Homeopaths Without Borders North America. 

My passion for broadened perspectives within medicine began while I was a student at Cornell University. There, I met scholars who were questioning the prevailing medical model and looking for new approaches to physical and emotional wellness. After graduation I attended chiropractic college; however, my passion for homeopathy continued to grow. In clinical settings around the world, homeopathy was proven effective for an ever-expanding list of acute and chronic diseases as well as emotional trauma. With a thirst to expand my knowledge, I traveled to medical centers in Europe. I became one of the first to train at both the prestigious New England School of Homeopathy in Massachusetts and the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, California. At the time, I was also one of the few to go on to study with such internationally respected homeopaths as Lou Klein in Canada, George Vithoulkas in Greece, Rajan Sankaran in India, and Jeremy Scher in England. 

Working with teams of physicians and policy makers in the 1980’s and 90’s, I was successful in integrating homeopathy into the American healthcare system. Now I am a leading speaker on integrative medicine around the globe, working with healthcare leaders in countries as diverse as Argentina, Italy, France, Kenya, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Trinidad, and Haiti. My appearances range from radio, television, and print media, to speaking engagements at colleges, medical institutions, community centers, and not for profit organizations. There I address issues as varied as emergency medicine, acute illness, chronic disease, reducing unwanted side-effects of conventional cancer treatments, PTSD, sleeplessness, anxiety and depression.  

In my private practice of thirty plus years I have helped thousands of patients to overcome both physical and emotional illness. I have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and U.S. News and World Report. I have also appeared on Good Morning America and Fox and Friends and have been frequently quoted as an expert in local and national media outlets.