Confessions of a naturopathic doctor
A rewarding aspect of blogging is interacting with curious students. I frequently receive questions, comments, and stories from students around the world about naturopathy. Students discover my blog in various ways. Some accidentally stumble across it while researching naturopathic schools. Others are exploring the differences between naturopathy and medicine through...
I am no longer a licensed naturopathic doctor. My Arizona license expired on New Year’s Eve of 2014. My Washington license expired this past week, on my 31st birthday. Both states gave me unreasonably broad scopes of practice. I was allowed to diagnose and treat disease, order labs and imaging,...
I’ve received interest about my departure from naturopathic medicine and exactly how I left and started a new, science-based career. Last Fall, I decided to apply to the Medical Life Sciences program at the University of Kiel, which is a Master’s of Science program focusing on biomedical research. I saw...