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I was born in New York City in 1953, the third child of Italian immigrant parents. I attended parochial schools in the Bronx and from an early age I expressed an interest in science and medicine. I attended Boston University and planned to pursue pre-medical studies. While there, I was very much influenced by my faculty adviser, a member of the philosophy department and I began to develop an interest in philosophy. The next year I transferred to SUNY Stony Brook and continued my pre-medical studies. However, I became increasingly frustrated by the superficial nature of this curriculum, which seem to be about nothing more than acquiring credits. Frustrated and disappointed, I decided to double major in psychology and philosophy. I was particularly interested in phenomenology and the philosophy of science. This led me to pursue a master’s degree in Phenomenological Psychology at Duquesne University. While at Duquesne, I began to practice yoga and I came across a little book entitled, Homeopathic Medicine, by Harris Coulter. That book literally changed my life. In homeopathy I saw the synthesis of medicine and phenomenology – a system of healing based mostly on a person’s unique experience of their illness as lived and expressed by the patient himself not as defined by conventional medicine. Then and there I decided to apply to medical school. I completed my master’s degree in 1977 and returned to New York to acquire the necessary pre-medical requirements. While studying pre-med at Hunter College, my study partner introduced me to another holistic healing system – osteopathy. I was accepted at The New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1981, graduated in 1985 and completed my internship at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Saddlebrook, New Jersey, in 1986. During 1986-1987 I took a much-needed year off and spent some of that time living at a yoga institute. I opened my practice in 1987 in Forest Hills, Queens and later moved my practice to Manhattan in 1992. I am board certified in Family Practice (C-FP), Osteopathic Manipulation (C-SPOMM) and Homeopathy (D.Ht.). Over the years, I have come to realize that I practice a kind of medicine that didn’t really have a name. It is an integration of all that I have learned over the years. In 2001, I came across the works of the philosopher Ken Wilber and realized that what I have been developing over the years could, in his words, be called Integral Medicine. I live in Ridgefield, Connecticut with my wife, son and a soft-coated wheaten terrier named Sandy. I enjoy lecturing at New York Medical College and guest lecturing for John Loike, Ph.D. at Columbia University. In 1998 I patented a combination homeopathic drug for the treatment of oral and genital herpes and it has now been made available to the general public. (www.progenn.com).
Professional Experience
1986 – Present Physician: Solo, office based practice of classical homeopathy and traditional osteopathy.
2007 – Present Consultant: Standard Homeopathic Company, Los Angeles, California.
Education
1986 – 1987 Homeopathic Preceptorship
August 1986 Professional Course, National Center for Homeopathy
1985 – 1986 Internship, Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Saddlebrook, NJ
1981 – 1985 DO, NY College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
1976 – 1977 MA, (Psychology) Duquesne University ,Pittsburgh PA
Teaching Experience
2009 – 2012 Instructor, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, New York Medical College
2005 – Present Guest Lecturer for John Loike, PhD., Columbia University, New York, NY
Nov. 2000 Workshop: Osteopathy in the Perceptual Field, NY College of Osteopathic Medicine
March 2000 Workshop: Homeopathy, NY Theosophical Society, New York, NY
Oct. 1988 Workshop: Homeopathy, Adult Education Department, Queens College, Queens, NY
Patents and Publications
Composition and Method for Treating Herpes Simplex, US Patent #5,834,443, 1998.
Back To The Future: Bird Flu, posted on: www.txoptions.com/articles/birdflu1.php, May 6, 2008
The Homeopath's First Tool Set - The Domestic Kit, posted on: www.homeopathiclaboratories.com/articles/home.php, October 10,2007.
Constipation in an Infant, American Journal of Homeopathy, Vol. 98, No. 1, Spring, 2005
Clinical Snapshot: Melanoma, American Journal of Homeopathy, Vol. 96, No. 4., 2004
Osteopathy – A Philosophical Perspective: Reflections on Sutherland’s Experience of the Tide, AAO Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall, 1999
Product Review: RADAR V 7.2, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Vol. 92, No. 2, 1999
Homeopathy, in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines, Nancy Allison, ed., Rosen Publishing Group, 1999
Osteopathy, in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines, Nancy Allison, ed., Rosen Publishing Group, New York, 1999
Aude Sapere, Aude Iter Facere, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, September, 1991
Homeopathy and Computers, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, June, 1990
Product Review: RADAR, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Match, 1990
Forward to: Osteopathy: A Whole Body Therapy, Stephen Sandler, DO, Harmony Books, New York, 1989
Licensure
Medicine and Surgery, New York
Physician/Surgeon, Connecticut
Homeopathic Physician, Connecticut
Board Certifications
American Board of Homeotherapeutics, Diplomate (DHt), 1992
American Osteopathic Association, Certified, Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (C-SPOMM), 1994
American Osteopathic Association, Certified, Family Practice (C-FP) 2002, 2010
Professional Memberships
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States
American Board of Homeotherapeutics
American Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Osteopathy
Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York
