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Speaker Dr.
Joseph Pizzorno
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Dr.
Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., N.D., appointed by
President Clinton in December 2000 to the White
House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy and by President
Bush’s administration to the Medicare Coverage
Advisory Committee in February 2003, is one of
the world’s leading authorities on
science-based natural medicine. A physician, educator, researcher and expert spokesperson, Dr.
Pizzorno is founding president of Bastyr
University. Under his leadership Bastyr became
the first fully accredited, multidisciplinary
university of natural medicine and the first NIH-funded
center for alternative medicine research. From
1996 to 2002 he served on the Seattle/King
County Board of Health and in 1996 was a
founding board member of the American Herbal
Pharmacopoeia. He served as Chair of the
American Public Health Association Special
Primary Interest Group on CAM from 1999 to 2001.
In 2001, he joined the Scientific Review Board
of the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation and
was elected Vice Chair of the Institute for
Functional Medicine Board of Directors. In 2002,
he became the founding editor of Integrative
Medicine: A Clinicians Journal. He has been
a licensed naturopathic physician in Washington
State since 1975. In June 2000, Dr. Pizzorno
retired after 22 years from the presidency of
Bastyr University. He continues to serve as
President Emeritus.
Dr.
Pizzorno has been the recipient of numerous
awards and honors. In April 2004, Natural
Foods Merchandiser recognized him as one of
the 25 leaders in therapeutic nutrition and in
May he was honored by the Institute of
Functional Medicine with the Linus Pauling award
for his “Decades of work establishing the
scientific and educational foundation of natural
medicine.” In May 2003, the American Holistic
Medical Association recognized him as a
“Pioneer in Holistic Medicine.” In August
2002, he was awarded “Naturopathic Physician
of the Year” by the American Association of
Naturopathic Physicians and in November he
received the “Founder’s Award for Pioneering
Complementary and Alternative Medicine” by the
National Foundation for Alternative Medicine. In
March 2001, Natural
Health Magazine recognized him as one of the
leading health educators in the past 30 years.
In July 2000, Alternative
Healthcare Management recognized him as one
of the four most influential leaders in
alternative health care and in September the
Cancer Treatment Centers of America awarded him
as ‘Humanitarian of The Year.” He travels
worldwide, consulting, lecturing and promoting
science-based natural medicine and collaborative
healthcare.
In
February 2001, Dr. Pizzorno founded
Salugenecists, Inc., to develop innovative,
science-based, artificial intelligence-aided
advice systems to provide smart, personalized
health promotion and integrated care guidance
for the public and practitioners. Information
about the unique tools created by Salugenecists
can be found at www.salugenecists.com.
Dr.
Pizzorno is the author of Total
Wellness and co-author of the
internationally acclaimed Textbook
of Natural Medicine, Handbook of Natural
Medicine, best-selling Encyclopedia
of Natural Medicine
(1,000,000
copies in six languages), Natural
Medicine For the Prevention and Treatment of
Cancer and soon to be released Encyclopedia
of Healing Foods. |
