Whole Health Medicine Institute Faculty Listing
Alphabetical by last name
Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, MHS, ABIHM
A graduate of Stanford University, Dr. Abrams received her Medical Degree at the University of California San Francisco and a Master’s degree in Holistic Health from UC Berkeley. She is board certified in Family medicine and Integrative Medicine.
In 2008 she opened the award-winning Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine Clinic. Dr. Abrams treats many of the world’s most influential people, from CEOs to billionaire entrepreneurs to Nobel Peace laureates.
Dr. Bayo Akomalafe
Bayo Akomolafe is the grateful life-partner to ‘EJ’, father to Alethea Aanya and Kyah Jayden Abayomi, son of Olufunmilayo Ibidapo Akomolafe and Ignatius Abayomi Akomolafe, and descendant of Yoruba fields of archetypal becomings and mythopoeic landscapes.
He is an author, celebrated speaker, teacher, and self-styled trans-public intellectual (a concept imagined together with and inspired by the shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer-trickster)- whose vocation goes beyond justice and speaking truth to power to opening up other spaces of power-with, and queering fond formulations and configurations of hope.
Frank Anderson, MD
Frank Anderson is an author, psychiatrist, therapist, speaker and trauma specialist who’s spent the past three decades studying neuroscience and trauma treatment. His mission is to heal trauma and bring more love, compassion, and unity to the world. Frank is a lead trainer and consultant for the IFS Institute, an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP), and maintain a private practice in Harvard, MA. He is passionate about teaching, enjoys providing therapy consultations and gives trauma informed IFS-related workshops throughout the world.
He currently feels compelled to bring the message of healing trauma to the larger world and has written a memoir titled “To be Loved, that was released in May, 2024.
William Bengston, PhD
A Professor of Sociology at St. Joseph’s College in New York, Dr. Bengston has been involved in energy medicine research for several decades. He has done functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments on human brains during healing sessions at the University of Connecticut Medical School, and will soon be replicating and expanding upon that work in a series of parallel MRI experiments at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Several papers on this work have been published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration and the Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts.
Joan Borysenko, PhD
She is a world-renowned expert in the mind-body connection. Her work has been foundational in an international health-care revolution that recognizes the role of meaning and the spiritual dimensions of life as integral parts of health and healing.
A licensed psychologist with a doctorate in cell biology from Harvard Medical School, she synthesizes cutting-edge science with deep humanity.
Dawson Church, PhD
Dawson is an award-winning author whose best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes has been hailed by reviewers as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics. He founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare to study and implement promising evidence-based psychological and medical techniques.
He shares how to apply the breakthroughs of energy psychology to health and athletic performance.
Asha Clinton, MSW, PhD
Dr. Clinton is the developer of Advanced Integrative Therapy, a new depth therapy that integrates the energetic removal of trauma with depth analytic understanding. Her presence is profoundly moving.
A former Princeton professor in full-time practice for 37 years, she trained in analytical psychology, expressive arts therapy, object relations, self-psychology, and Sufi and Buddhist practice, later integrating them all into AIT.
Kay Corpus, MD, PSC
Dr Corpus an Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician, a transformational teacher, spiritual companion, and yoga lover! She completed family medicine residency at Penn State Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA, the two-year Integrative Medicine fellowship with the renowned Andrew Weil, MD at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and functional medicine training with the Institute of Functional Medicine with Mark Hyman, MD.
Her mission is to mentor patients through their path of healing so that they can embrace their true identity and health they deserve.
Bruce Cryer
Bruce has been called a renaissance man because of a four-decade career as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Publisher, Author, Marketing Executive, CEO, Board member, Consultant, Mentor and Coach for Leaders in diverse fields. Bruce brings his expertise and passion for renaissance living and working to a select group of clients each year.
His diverse and fascinating background, leading successful companies and performing for large audiences, blends beautifully to create a powerful, culturally-rich, and results-driven approach.
Anne Davin, PhD
Anne Davin, PhD, is a depth psychologist with 30 years of clinical and organizational psychology expertise. She is the past director of the nation’s largest comprehensive systems change project for the California State Department of Education. She also directed the Alcohol and other Drug Studies program for the University of California, Santa Barbara Extension, in addition to providing training and clinical supervision for university psychology programs, Marriage and Family Therapist interns, and volunteer crisis workers. Anne maintains a private counseling and coaching practice for local and international clients.
Larry Dossey, MD
Larry Dossey, M.D. is a former internist and chief of staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital and former co-chair of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. He is an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Dossey offers panoramic insight into the nature and the future of medicine.
His impact has been remarkable and currently nearly 80 medical schools have instituted courses that utilize his work as textbooks.
Donna Eden
The Fundamentals of Energy Healing, Donna’s textbook on energy medicine is one of the original bibles of energy healing. A pioneer in the field of holistic healing she is among the world’s most sought-after, joyous, and authoritative spokespeople for energy medicine. Donna started teaching Energy Medicine classes in the late 1970s. Since then, her work has touched millions of people across the globe, introducing them to the healing and restorative power of their body’s own energies.
Her approach hit a cultural nerve, a hunger in people to take charge of their own health and healing through simple techniques that could be easily applied
She has taught more than 50,000 people worldwide how to methodically and precisely direct energy for health and happiness, using methods akin to acupressure, therapeutic touch, and qigong.
Bruce Feldstein, MD
Bruce Feldstein, MD, BCC, is a distinguished chaplain, physician, and educator at Stanford, renowned for his unique influence in healthcare that bridges the realms of spirituality and medicine. His work is motivated by a desire to inspire a more holistic and compassionate approach to healing. Presently, he serves as a guiding light for the Stanford Lifestyle Medicine Gratitude and Reflection pillar, seamlessly integrating the essence of human existence into the broader field of lifestyle medicine.
At Stanford, he has taught courses that encompass these principles, such as “Spirituality and Meaning in Medicine” and “Physician Self Care and Well-being.” He also teaches “The Healer’s Art,” created by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, and “Reflection Rounds,” in which medical students, physicians, and chaplains gather to reflect on their inner life experiences. “Reflection Rounds” is now a subject of doctoral dissertations supervised by Dr. Feldstein. He also mentors students, residents, physicians, and chaplains across the country, as well as teaches and gives talks on spirituality and medicine globally.
Dr. Eric Pearl & Jillian Fleer
Dr. Eric Pearl ran a chiropractic practice in Los Angeles before discovering Reconnective Healing. One day, his patients began to report healings when he simply held his hands near them, without him physically touching them. So, he went in search of the universal wisdom behind what was happening.
Jillian Fleer is the Head of Insight and Development. In collaboration with Dr. Eric Pearl, she oversees the direction and vision for The Reconnection and The Reconnective Healing global community.
Christine Gibson, MD
Dr. Gibson is a Family Medicine specialist physician, with an interest in Health Equity and in Medical Education. She works at a Community Health Centre serving low-income clients as well as with refugee populations. Her current framework is that of social innovation, taking a systems-level approach to change-making. In the health system, this means looking at a larger container that includes all healing modalities.
Rachel Gilgoff, MD
Dr. Rachel Gilgoff is the Clinical and Science Senior Advisor to the ACEs Aware Initiative with Aurrera Health Group and has over 10 years of experience as a board-certified general pediatrician and child abuse pediatrician.
After ten years of working at the Center for Child Protection at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland as a child abuse pediatrician, Dr. Gilgoff transitioned to prevention efforts, program development and research. As a co-investigator with the Bay Area Research Consortium (BARC), she supported the development and implementation of the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events (PEARLS) study and co-led the Resiliency Clinic, a group clinic intervention model to treat toxic stress.
Dr. Gilgoff was the Medical Director of Clinical Innovation and Research at the Center for Youth Wellness and then the Chief Medical Officer for Stronger Brains, Inc., a computer-based program to improve executive functioning and social-emotional wellness for children impacted by adversity. She recently graduated from a fellowship in Pediatric Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is dedicated to addressing health issues resulting from child abuse and toxic stress and moving the field forward to incorporate trauma interventions into routine pediatric clinical practice.
Sara Gottfried, MD
The New York Times best-selling author of three compelling books, she is also the founder and CMO of the Gottfried Institute, where she has taught healthcare professionals methods focused on rebalancing hormones and advancing the health span of their clients using her proprietary and evidence-based 3-Step Gottfried Protocol™.
Previously, Dr. Gottfried has taught on the adjunct faculty at the University of California at San Francisco and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Thomas Hübl
Thomas is a modern mystic, a spiritual teacher whose work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions with the discoveries of contemporary science, illuminating both with his profound understanding. Thomas’s teachings offer a unique approach for living as a mystic in the “marketplace” of human activity. His work combines somatic awareness practices, advanced meditative practices, a sophisticated analysis of cultural architecture, and transformational processes that address trauma and shadow issues.
His teachings aim to guide practitioners toward a deeper level of self-awareness—from an ego-centered worldview to a life of authentic expression, service, and alignment.
Dr. Shamini Jain
Dr. Jain is a psychologist, scientist, and social entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Director of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, a collaborative accelerator that connects scientists, health practitioners, innovators, and social entrepreneurs to forward the science and practice of healing. Dr. Jain obtained her B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. degree from the SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, with a research focus in psychoneuroimmunology. Dr. Jain has published extensively in the areas of psychoneuroimmunology and well-being, integrative medicine, and healing.
Tama Kieves
Tama Kieves, an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, left her law practice with a prestigious corporate law firm to write and help others unlock the extraordinary faculties within them. She’s the best-selling author of: Thriving Through Uncertainty, This Time I Dance!, Creating the Work You Love,
Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work!, A Year without Fear: 365 Days of Magnificence, A Course in Miracles for Life Ninjas. Tama is on the faculty of the Omega Institute, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, 1440 Multiversity, the Esalen Institute, and has presented at TEDx and Canyon Ranch. She speaks and leads retreats nationally/internationally and is known for her electrifying presence, grounded compassion, dynamic sense of humor and the believable and sweeping possibilities she ignites in others.
Cynthia Li, MD
Dr. Li graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and has practiced in settings as diverse as Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic for the homeless. She also volunteered with Doctors Without Borders in rural China, focusing on HIV/AIDS care.
Currently, she has a private practice in integrative and functional medicine and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School.
Bruce Lipton, PhD
Dr. Lipton is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. He began his scientific career as a cell biologist. In 1982, Dr. Lipton began examining the principles of quantum physics and how they might be integrated into his understanding of the cell’s information processing systems. Dr. Lipton’s novel scientific approach transformed his personal life as well. His deepened understanding of cell biology highlighted the mechanisms by which the mind controls bodily functions, and implied the existence of an immortal spirit.
Dr. Lipton applied this science to his personal biology and discovered that his physical well-being improved, and the quality and character of his daily life was greatly enhanced.
Mary Louder, MD
A graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Louder did her post-doctoral training in both a general osteopathic internship and family medicine residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Dr. Louder practices a holistic approach to healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle.
Robert Augustus Masters, PhD
James Maskell
Gabor Mate, MD
A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. He helps recognize the unconscious dynamics that run people's lives and how to liberate themselves from them. He weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective.
Using Compassionate Inquiry, he unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.
Lynne McTaggart
Lynne is one of the central voices in the new consciousness movement. She is the award-winning author of seven books including worldwide bestsellers The Field, The Intention Experiment, The Bond and her latest book The Power of Eight.
She is also the architect of the Intention Experiment, a worldwide global laboratory testing the power of thought to change the world. And also serves as Editorial Director of What Doctors Don’t Tell You, one of the world’s most highly praised health publications.
Dr. Nancy "Cedar" Morgan
Dr. Morgan received her license in Psychedelic-Assisted Facilitation from the State of Oregon, her Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research certification from the California Institute of Integral Studies, her Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy training through the Ketamine Training Center in San Anselmo, California, and her MDMA training Parts A-D through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
She received her Psychedelic-Assisted Facilitation certification from InnerTrek, the world’s first government-recognized licensed training program for psilocybin facilitators.
Dr. Morgan is a licensed clinical psychologist in California and a licensed professional counselor in Oregon and Colorado and an IFS therapist as well as an IFS assistant trainer
Dr. Sue Morter
Dr. Morter is nationally published and has served on professional licensing boards, providing guidance to health care practitioners on integrative approaches to health care leadership. She is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council.
In addition to her private practice, Morter HealthCenter, she is founder and visionary of the Morter Institute, an organization committed to teaching individuals self-healing techniques and a new approach to life-based on Quantum Science
Euphrasia Nyaki, SEP (Efu)
Sister Euphrasia Nyaki, warmly known as Efu grew up in the village of Nganjoni - Marangu, in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Currently living in Brazil, she is a Faculty member for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a valued member of Dr. Levine's SE Legacy Faculty with the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education, as well as co-creator of AFYA, a Holistic Healing Center in João Pessoa, Brazil.
Efu co-teaches Master Classes that enhance SE practitioner skills for specialization in many areas of trauma including Memory, Developmental, Attachment, Sexual, Shame, Addiction, Medical, Surgical, Syndromes, as well as exploring Efu’s expertise in the intersection of Trauma and Spirituality and Generational Trauma (our ancestors).
Prior to becoming an SEP, Efu trained and worked as a Mathematics and Science teacher at Chanjale Junior Seminary in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 1990 she left teaching and joined the Maryknoll Sisters Religious Community. Her first Mission was assigned to Brazil in 1993. Seven years later she co-created Afya, Holistic Healing center, an NGO that works with different modalities of holistic healing, including trauma healing. The word AFYA means healing in her native language, Swahili which is spoken in Eastern part of Africa.
Jeffrey D. Rediger M.D., M.Div.
Jeff Rediger M.D., M.Div. is a distinguished academic physician with many years of experience in medicine, psychiatry, and spirituality, with a special interest in trauma, relationships, narcissistic abuse, cult recovery, and how oppressive relationships impact physical health.
He spent twenty years studying radical remission survivors and published his research in his bestseller CURED. He discovered, to his surprise, that relationships play a huge role in not just mental health, but also physical health recovery, as much or more so than other traditional factors, like nutrition. He serves as a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and was the Medical Director of the McLean Southeast Adult Psychiatric Program and Community Affairs at McLean Hospital and the Chief of Behavioral Medicine at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center for over twenty years.
His work has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper 360, and Dr. Oz shows, as well as on TEDx. He is currently writing a book with Dr. Lissa Rankin about developmental trauma, attachment wounding, oppressive relationships, and how radical remissions can occur when someone does the nervous system regulation work to support disease recovery.
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
Debbie Rosas
Founder and Creator of The Nia Technique, a neuromuscular integrative action methodology for health and wellness; Nia is based on Debbie’s development of the principles known as, “The Body’s Way,” which situate a personal relationship with the physical body through sensory awareness that engages the holistic mental, emotional, and spiritual growth and development of each human experience for sustainable change in their world and the world around them.
Debbie’s fluid design of The Nia Technique, through nine specific movement forms from three key disciplines has grown to become a social and cultural phenomenon. Through 55 years as a popular international speaker, lecturer, and educator in key areas of health education, wellness education, and lifestyle education; Debbie identifies, supports, and advances exponentially diverse and inclusive populations on both individual and collective journeys. Through her transformational educational programs, which are energized by her remarkable, innovative, and creative pedagogical style, as well as her studies in philosophy, Debbie has credentialed over 2100 Nia Teachers who serve populations in over 43 countries across the globe.
Lissa Rankin, MD
Neha Sangwan, MD
Neha is the CEO, and founder of Intuitive Intelligence. A trained internal medicine physician, talented speaker, and sought after corporate communication expert. Her private practice and corporate consulting focuses on empowering individuals, organizational leaders, and their teams with the tools for clear, effective communication.
She regularly consults with organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Express, Kaiser Permanente, and Google.
SARK
Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, known internationally as SARK, is a highly acclaimed author with over 17 published bestsellers, an artist, speaker and teacher with millions of books in print, along with a strong and continuing social media presence augmented by speaking engagements, seminars, and guest appearances. SARK’s purpose is to be a transformer, uplifter and laser beam of love, and she does that through her art, words, and spirit.
SARK wrote her first book at age 10, and inspires her audience from direct experience - prescriptive and reflective of her own life journey which is personal as well as universal
Howard Schubiner, MD
Howard Schubiner is an internal medicine physician and an expert in mind-body medicine. He is the director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and a professor at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine.
He has authored more than 100 publications in scientific journals and books, and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. He was awarded a multi-million dollar grant by the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on an emotional expression intervention for individuals with fibromyalgia.
Dr. Schubiner is the author of three books: Unlearn Your Pain, Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression, and Hidden From View, written with Dr. Allan Abbass.
Richard Schwartz, PhD
Bernie Siegel, MD
We are thrilled to have Bernie Siegel, MD on board. Dr. Siegel is one of the most known proponents of integrative and holistic approaches to healing. A retired general/pediatric surgeon he is now involved in humanizing medical care and medical education.
Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the ethical and spiritual issues our society and medical care grapple with today. He is a prolific author and active speaker, traveling around the world to address patient and caregiver groups
Steve Sisgold
An author, speaker, trainer and executive coach. Steve has taught thousands how to use their innate body intelligence to create better health, prosperity and richer personal and business relationships. As a stress-management and peak performance expert, he is an acclaimed speaker, on and off-site trainer, and is a gifted personal coach.
He helps people reclaim their health, heal unhealthy relationship patterns, and grow on their spiritual path
Shiloh Sophia
Kelly Turner, PhD
She is a New York Times bestselling author of Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, now in 20 languages, which summarizes her research into the radical remission of cancer – when someone heals from cancer without Western medicine or after Western medicine has failed. Over the past decade, she has conducted research in 10 different countries and analyzed over 1,500 cases of radical remission.
She is also the founder of the Radical Remission Project website, which continues to collect new cases of Radical Remission and offers online courses, in-person workshops, and one-on-one health coaching.
Tosha Silver
Tosha is the author of multiple bestselling books including Outrageous Openness - Letting the Divine Take the Lead. She graduated from Yale with a degree in English Literature but along the way fell madly in love with yogic philosophy. For the past 30 years she’s taught people around the world ways to align with Inner Love. She particularly enjoys finding fresh, funny ways to embrace the Divine, while avoiding conventional jargon and cliches at all costs.
Tosha loves how the sacred and mundane are truly One. Love Itself begins to lead when it is sincerely invited…by anyone.
Roger Walsh, MD, PhD, DHL
Dr. Walsh graduated from Australia’s Queensland University with degrees in psychology, physiology, neuroscience, and medicine. He is now at the University of California at Irvine where he is a professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology, as well as a professor in the religious studies program. Roger’s research and writings span several areas. These include the nature of psychological health and wellbeing, meditation and contemplative practices, religion and spirituality, wisdom and other virtues, integral studies, and the psychological roots of our current global crises.
Pamela Wible, MD
Dr. Wible is a family physician born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine. She soon discovered why—to heal her patients she first had to heal her profession. Fed up with assembly-line medicine, Dr. Wible held town hall meetings where she invited citizens to design their own ideal clinic.
Open since 2005, her community clinic has inspired other to create similar clinics and hospitals nationwide.
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