Integrative Medicine Background

Education

University of Missouri at Columbia. B.A. in Zoology with Departmental and General Honors, 1966.
University of Texas at Arlington. Experimental Psychology as an undergraduate and graduate student, 1973-1975.
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. M.D. Degree in 1979.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas. Family Practice Residency program based at Memorial Southwest Hospital completed in 1982.
University of California at Los Angeles Medical School Acupuncture Course completed in 1992.
Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) Healing Therapy Course completed in 2003.
Healing Therapy Instructor, graduated November, 2004.

Research technician in the Genetics Department at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, 1964-1966.
Research technician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, 1966-1971.
Private Family Physician with Burton Silverman, M.D. in Houston, Texas, 1982-1990.
Hospice Physician at Hospice at the Texas Medical Center, 1990-1994. Houston, Texas 77030.
Family Physician at Durango Animas Family Medicine, 1994-1997. Durango, Colorado 81301.
Author of Love is the Link: A Hospice Doctor Shares Her Experience of Near-Death and Dying, published 1995.
National speaker on integrative medicine, hospice, end-of-life issues, and near-death experiences, 1988-present. Over 150 talks and workshops given to date.
Hospice Physician and Health Care Counselor in Durango, Colorado, 2000-2003.
Served as Medical Director of the Wellness Portion of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, CO, 2000-2006.
Family physician at Fort Lewis College Student Health Care Clinic in Durango, Colorado, 2001-present.
Director of Integrative Medicine at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, CO, 2004-2006.

Certified Catholic Health Initiatives Healing Therapy Instructor, 2004
Family Practice Board Certification. 1982-2007.
Hospice and Palliative Care Board Certification, 2001-2008.
Fellow in American Academy of Family Physicians since 1983.
Texas Licensure from 1979-1994. (I chose not to renew the license when I moved to Colorado in June, 1994.)
Colorado Licensure since June, 1994.

Valedictorian of Raytown High School in Raytown, Missouri, 1962.
Graduated with Honors in Zoology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, 1966.
Graduated with General Honors at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, 1966.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1966.
Outstanding Family Practice Resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, 1982.
Outstanding Resident Teacher at Family Practice Residency program at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, 1982.

Spirituality in health care
The spiritual, psychological, and physical dimensions of hospice care
What is healing?
Remembered wholeness: bringing the spiritual and mystical into every day life
Menopause as the gateway to creativity and freedom
Compassion and healing
An update in mind-body medicine
Love and health
The gifts of volunteerism
Love, medicine, and nonlocality
Forms of meditation
A paradigm shift on the horizon: the role of NDEs in the 'New Medicine'
New horizons in medicine: the power of prayer and other influences on healing
Integrating conventional and non-conventional modalities into healthcare: a practical approach.
Healing: what does it mean and how do I get it?
Seniors: Joyfully participating in life: exploring options that health and freedom allow us
The impact of psychological factors on cancer and wellness
Healing from the shock of trauma
Healing and prayer
Massage therapy: the research behind the modality
Tai chi and health: supporting studies
Prayer and healing
The benefits of tai chi in people with arthritis

September 28, 2001 in Durango, Colorado. "The Impact of Psychological Factors on Cancer and Wellness," a lecture for the Colorado Cancer Registrars Annual Conference.
October 24, 2000 in Durango, Colorado. "New Horizons in Medicine: The Power of Prayer and Other Influences on Healing" at noon conference at Mercy Medical Center.
February 15, 2001 in Durango, Colorado. "Integrating Conventional and Non-conventional Modalities into Healthcare: A Practical Approach." Sponsored by the Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College.
July 20, 2001 in Durango, Colorado. "Joyfully Participating in Life: Exploring Options that Health and Freedom Allow Us," a keynote presentation at the Senior Center Day of Aging and Wellness.
September 22, 2001 in Durango, Colorado. "Psychological Attitudes and Techniques that Contribute to Your Health," a lecture at the annual conference of the Rocky Mountain College Health Association held at Fort Lewis College.
April, 2002 interview with Vidula Bhoyroo Safft for Swiss Internet Mind/Body website on "Healing and Prayer." Translated into Swiss and back into English for website in both languages.