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Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre: A centre of excellence

Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre
A centre of excellence

By: Angela MacNeil, MSc, ND
Photography by Chris Gallant
Issue: November 2011

The Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre opened its doors not even 18 months ago, yet it has seen itself swell to a facility boasting up to 250 patient visits per week, and has already fostered impressive referral networks with physicians across the province of Nova Scotia and across North America. The vision of two driven and passionate ND’s, Craig Herrington and Rosalyn Hayman, the Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre embodies the true essence of a modern facility of world class, evidence- based integrative healthcare that has caught the eye of the entire province.

Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre: A centre of excellence

Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre
A centre of excellence

By: Angela MacNeil, MSc, ND
Photography by Chris Gallant
Issue: November 2011

The Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre opened its doors not even 18 months ago, yet it has seen itself swell to a facility boasting up to 250 patient visits per week, and has already fostered impressive referral networks with physicians across the province of Nova Scotia and across North America. The vision of two driven and passionate ND’s, Craig Herrington and Rosalyn Hayman, the Halifax Naturopathic Health Centre embodies the true essence of a modern facility of world class, evidence- based integrative healthcare that has caught the eye of the entire province.

The Naturopathic Institute of Advanced Medicine: A focus on functional medicine

The Naturopathic Institute of Advanced Medicine
A focus on functional medicine

By: Crystal Chanderbhan, ND
Issue: February/March 2011

The Naturopathic Institute of Advanced Medicine was founded in 2005 in Oshawa, Ontario by Leigh Arseneau, ND, with a commitment to offer functional medicine to patients. Functional medicine closely parallels the principal tenants of naturopathic medicine, highlighting the importance of individualized treatments, which goes hand- in- hand with recognition of limitations of “standards of care”. A standard of care addresses a pathology, designed to help most people, most of the time; individualized treatment recognizes the pathology exists as the result of a longstanding and often subtle shift in normal physiological functioning. The underlying physiological imbalance responsible for the presenting pathology varies considerably between different patients; individualized therapy attempts to delineate the underlying imbalance. Functional medicine is a science-based, personalized system’s biology approach that deals with primary prevention and underlying mechanisms for serious chronic disease. It understands the gene-environment interaction influence on a complex physiological web, which ultimately translates into health and disease.

Dundas Naturopathic Centre: What every ND aspires to be

Dundas Naturopathic Centre
What every ND aspires to be
By: Philip Rouchotas MSc, ND
Photography by Dean Sanderson
Issue: October 2011

The Dundas Naturopathic Centre is home to three of the most experienced NDs in the country. Founded by Dr Jim Spring, DC, ND originally as a chiropractic centre in 1981, Dr Spring went on to complete training as a naturopathic doctor and has practiced as such ever since. Dr Marilyn May, ND joined the clinic at about the same time Dr Spring completed his naturopathic training, and a few years later in 1990, Dr Paul Saunders, PhD, ND joined the team.

Dr Neil McKinney, ND: Vital Victoria Naturopathic Clinic

Dr Neil McKinney, ND
Vital Victoria Naturopathic Clinic

By: Philip Rouchotas, MSc, ND
Issue: August/September 2011

Dr Neil McKinney has entrenched himself as a leading authority in integrative cancer treatment. With over 25 years of clinical practice this 1985 graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine retraces training from far earlier in his career as the starting point for his interest in the field. Working as a lab instructor in microbiology at the University of Victoria trained Dr. McKinney to work with cell and tissue culture. He went on to apply this skillset on behalf of the BC Cancer Research Foundation in which his team was requested to generate materials for preclinical cancer research. The team was growing animal and human cell lines, and was creating artificial tissue. An interest to pursue medicine lead to tours of several alternative cancer clinics across North and Central America, culminating in his enrollment at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Garrett Swetlikoff, ND: Kelowna Naturopathic Clinic

Garrett Swetlikoff, ND
Kelowna Naturopathic Clinic

By: Philip Rouchotas, MSc, ND
Issue: April/May 2011

Garrett Swetlikoff, ND, is a pioneer of the naturopathic profession in Canada. Among the first licensed ND’s in British Columbia, Garrett has become renown as an individual who likes to push the profession to its deserved heights, blazing a path that hundreds of others have had the good fortune to follow. This passion for progress is identified in many areas of Garrett’s life and practice. Politically, Garrett has worked tirelessly to help secure scope of practice recognition as well as the prescription rights ND’s in British Columbia are presently enjoying. He served as the President of the BCNA between 1999 and 2007, and also served on the Pharmacy Committee of British Columbia, the Scope of Practice Committee, and acted as a liaison with the British Columbia colleges of acupuncture and TCM. Clinically, Garrett pushes the envelop of therapeutics to deliver safe, effective, and often novel therapies to his patients.