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Naturopathic Medicine
HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
A Living Chronicle: A Tapestry of People, Events and Institutions
RESEARCH: INSTITUTES, GRANTS, AND PUBLICATIONS
“Therapeutic Effects of Drug-Nutrient Interactions in the Elderly.” Daphne Roe, PhD. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Pioneering research into drug-induced nutrient depletions.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
“On a Mechanism of Cardiac Electrical Stability. The Fractal Hypothesis.” And later “Fractals in Physiology and Medicine.” (1987). Pioneering work on fractals and nonlinear dynamics in human physiology published by Ary Goldberger, MD, and colleagues; emerging interface of biomedicine
and complexity science with emphasis on cardiac physiology and heart rate variability, influential in later developments.
Textbook of Natural Medicine. Eds., Joseph Pizzorno, ND, and Michael Murray, ND. Considered first “science-based” NM textbook in North America since Spitler’s Basic Naturopathy (last edition 1956). Becomes best selling professional natural medicine textbook through Elsevier. (5e, 2019).
PRINCIPLES, THEORIES, DEFINITIONS, AND ETHICS
Lifeforce A Synergetic Model of Health Care. Bruce Milliman, ND. Challenges Hering’s ‘Laws,’ as not precisely ‘laws’ though significant phenomena; proposes these phenomena be referred to as Hering’s ‘Rules.’
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1986
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AANP: James Sensenig, ND, President; Cathy Rogers, ND, Speaker of the House of Delegates; William Tribe, Executive Director.
AANP begins process of establishing profession’s 150 foundationsproject.org
public consensus positions; launches first position paper process; the Select Committee on the Definition of Naturopathic Medicine.
AANP holds its first annual convention in Arizona.
American College of Naturopathic Obstetrics (ACNO) founded.
LICENSURE, EXAMINATIONS, REGULATORY, AND LICENSING BOARDS
Alaska State passes Practice Act for naturopathic medicine.
Hawaii undertakes sunset review of naturopathic licensing law; legislature indicates there should be national licensing examination following national standards.
John Bender, ND, is Chair of the BDDT-N until 1992. Serves, leads for over a decade during period of exceptional transition.
Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examination (NPLEX) Board founded by licensed jurisdictions and colleges in US and Canada; Robin Moore, ND, and Ed Hoffmann-Smith, PhD, are founders and presidents until 1990. Founding board includes Nick Buratovich, ND, Robert Nicoloff, ND, E. Gaulin-Kremer, ND, Jan Harris, ND, and Chris Kind, ND. Prior to 1986, each licensed state and province prepared its own set of board licensing examinations.
Naturopathic practice is de-regulated in Alberta, Canada.
NPLEX publishes Part II: Clinical Sciences Exams.
Washington State adopts Naturopathic Practice Act, to maintain, expand profession’s ability to practice; manipulation removed due to DC opposition. Led by Daniel Labriola, ND, Lester Griffith, ND, LM (President, WANP), Jennifer Huntoon, ND, and Jeff Larson (lobbyist). Manipulation regained in 1987.
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