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Era of Professionalization, Legitimation and Collaboration
naturopathic medicine matures toward collaboration, transformation, and social closure 1998 - 2018
Convention in San Diego, CA. Developed by an intergenerational team of authors, history fellows, editors, contributors, agency reviewers and content reviewers led by Mitchell Bebel Stargrove, ND,
LAc and Pamela Snider, ND (co-lead authors and editors) with the intergenerational Foundations
of Naturopathic Medicine Project Timeline Team, Senior Editors, History Fellows, Reviewers, and Editorial team. A decade-long collective co- creative process of investigation, reflection, sharing and coherence. Print book debuted, and digital, modular exhibit celebrated at AANP Convention, July 2018, OANP Annual Conference, December 2018, followed by NUNM, CCNM and other openings, 2019.
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
AANP reports that there will be 28 medical centers of excellence with naturopathic doctors on staff by the end of 2018, spanning academic, university-affiliated hospitals, integrative medical centers, large medical care systems, and specialty treatment centers.
Gerald Farnsworth, DC, ND, dies on October
15, 2018, in Kamloops, BC. One of the last living members of the era which bridged the difficult years of naturopathic medicine in North America. The profession mourns the loss and celebrates the life and legacy of one of the profession’s bright beacons, a central figure in rebuilding and sustaining the modern profession’s re-emergence a deeply dedicated naturopathic physician, a founding Board member of NCNM, and a pioneer in the profession of naturopathic medicine, to which he dedicated his life.
Institute for Natural Medicine announces ten inaugural residency sites established for INM Residency Consortium. XXX
Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, dies on September 20, 2018, Corfu, Greece; graduate, British College of Osteopathic Medicine (1960). A prolific scholar and lecturer of somatic and physical medicine at numerous schools in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia. First
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naturopath/osteopath appointed as a consultant by UK government to a medical practice; editor of the Journal of Manipulative Therapies. Produced first modern textbook defining Naturopathic Physical Medicine with team of naturopathic physicians.
A gifted practitioner, Dr. Chaitow leaves legacy of knowledge in physical and somatic therapies. XX
MAINSTREAM EMERGENCE, COLLABORATION AND INTEGRATION
AIHM holds its inaugural Fellowship Program graduation of “29 inspired, compassionate professionals.”
Integrative Health Symposium presents Integrative Medicine Leadership Award to Joseph Pizzorno, ND. First time conferred on ND. Recognizes Dr. Pizzorno as “a pioneer whose contributions have shaped integrative healthcare and paved the way for other practitioners.”
International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH). 950 attendees from 25 countries, with the call for advancement through collaborative action on the lips of many. Influencing the nation’s chronic pain treatment crisis (including the opioid crisis) is one ascendant opportunity. This resurgent strategizing suggests that this review of principal collaborations among organizations to date might be useful. (J. Weeks, Integrative Updates; AIHM and SCU, Integrator Blog, June 2018). XX
Naturopathic Doctors News and Reports (NDNR), founded by Razi Berry and David Tallman, ND, DC, grows to 12,000 physician subscribers, with 1.2 million visitors per year to NDNR’s website, 250,000 followers on social media,
a 30,000-member physician email list, and 100,000-member consumer email list; reflecting the growing mainstreaming of naturopathic medicine. XX
Whole Systems Healthcare, a 501(c)(3) umbrella organization dedicated to promoting health through the holistic application of systems science, receives a $20,000 unrestricted grant from the
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