Qualifications

Accomplishments: 

• Over 25 years of practice as a functional nutritionist and registered dietitian nutritionist
• First registered dietitian to study with Jeffrey Bland, PhD, the founder and “father” of functional medicine through his week-long training program
• A pioneer in integrative and functional nutrition
• Trained by some of the leading integrative oncology clinicians and pioneers in integrative and functional medicine
• Integrative cancer nutritionist since 1993
• Reputation as a gut health specialist
• Coached close to ten thousand people through elimination-challenge diets and helped many others heal from complex health issues and cancer
• Signature 21-day detoxification program offered in various formats (one-on-one, group classes, self-study) since 1990
• Over 25 years of experience utilizing and interpreting functional lab tests
• Has appeared on radio and cable television and taught classes in natural foods cooking
• Co-authored a 21 day detoxification program (audio tape and companion book), “Natural Weight Loss through Internal Cleansing” sold through Whole Foods supermarkets (1990)

Education, Training and Credentials

Formal Training and Credentials

• BS in Clinical Nutrition
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist

Postgraduate Training

Training in Integrative Cancer Support

• The Mederi Foundation Clinical Training Program with Donnie Yance, CN, RH and Dwight McKee, MD
  • Fundamentals of the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System (ETMS),  2013 & 2016
  • Clinical Applications in Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2015
  • Advanced Clinical Applications of the ETMS in Cancer Therapies, 2017
• Integrative Therapies Institute Conference on Integrative Oncology with leaders in Integrative Oncology, 2017
• American Institute of Integrative Oncology:  Foundations of Integrative Oncology Professional Training Program with Nalini Chilkov, LAc, OMD, 2018-2019
• Crayhon Research Burlingtonfest 2010:  The Latest findings in Nutrition and Natural Medicine (integrative cancer emphasis), 2010

Foundational Training in Functional Nutrition and Functional Medicine

Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Foundational Courses and Advanced Practice Modules:

• Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
• Bioenergetics (formerly Energy) Advanced Practice Module
• Cardiometabolic Advanced Practice Module
• Environmental Health (formerly Detox) Advanced Practice Module
• GI Advanced Practice Module
• Hormone Advanced Practice Module

Additional IFM Courses: Applying Functional Nutrition for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.  Four-day course, 2012

Omega Institute for Holistic Studies week-long course with Jeffrey Bland, PhD, “Applications of Nutrition in Clinical Practice”.  Predecessor to the current foundational functional medicine course, “Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice”.  Training in functional nutrition, functional medicine, therapeutic use of supplements and functional laboratory testing.  1989.

Holistic Medical Association:  “Allergies, Immunity and environmental Medicine”.  Five-day course with pioneers in integrative and functional medicine, 1989.

Mentorship under the direction of Dan Kinderlehrer, MD.  New England Center for Holistic Medicine.  Included training in functional nutrition, nutrient supplementation, food sensitivities, elimination-challenge diets, functional laboratory testing, balancing the microbiome and environmental medicine. September 1989-June 1990. 

Additional Conferences and Training

Some of the professional conferences attended are listed below.

Boulderfest Nutritional Medicine Conferences:  Four day conferences in applied functional nutrition and integrative medicine.  2001, 2003, 2004, 2010.

International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease12^th International Celiac Disease Symposium, New York, 2006.  

American Academy of Environmental Medicine:   Diabetes: An Emerging Epidemic, 2011.  The New Endocrinology, 2011 & 2012.  Environmental Influences on the Brain and Nervous System, 2012.   Environmental Medicine and Chronic Disease, 2013. Environmental Influences on Gastrointestinal Health, 2022.

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) 18^th Annual Scientific Conference, Boston, 2017.

Professional Memberships

• Institute for Functional Medicine
• Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy
• Mederi Foundation Round Table Discussion Group (Integrative Cancer)