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Dr. Wallach's research has resulted in the
publication of more than 70 peer reviewed and refereed journal articles
in the fields of nutrition and pharmaceutical research, and he has
made major contributions to eight multi-authored text and reference
books on these subjects. The following is a general summary of his
educational and biomedical research credentials:
He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
from the University of Missouri in 1962, with a major in Animal Husbandry
(Nutrition) and a minor in Field Crops and Soils. In 1964 he was awarded
a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), also from the University
of Missouri. Thereafter, he completed a three-year (1965-68) post-doctoral
fellowship at The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems at Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1982 he obtained a Doctorate
in Naturopathic Medicine (N.D.) from the National College of Naturopathic
Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
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Born and raised in Missouri, Dr. Joel Wallach
attended The University of Missouri, where he received a Bachelor's
degree in Science of Agriculture. A veterinarian for 30 years, he
worked as a research veterinary pathologist with The National Institute
of Health for The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri; Yerkes Regional Primate Research
Center in Atlanta, Georgia, at Emory University. Having discovered
and identified the first animal models for cystic fibrosis - monkeys
- he found that he could reproduce their condition at will because
it was a nutritional deficiency. His find offered great promise for
children with the disease, but when he made it public, the institute
fired him on 24-hours notice. Chagrined and perplexed, Dr. Wallach
made the decision to go to medical school so he could treat children
for cystic fibrosis himself.
Realizing that traditional medical school was
likely to be as repressive as the National Institute he accepted
an invitation to teach nutrition at The National College of Naturopathic
Medicine in Oregon, not even knowing what a naturopathic doctor
was. When he learned that he could be a primary care physician-deliver
babies, sew up chainsaw wounds, write prescription and get paid
by insurance - all through a program that encouraged interest in
nutrition, he simultaneously enrolled as a full-time student. Soon
people were flocking to the college clinic.
Doctor Wallach's innovative slant is derived from
his background in veterinary medicine. Because there's no health
insurance, animal products such as meat and dairy are kept affordable
by preventing and curing diseases with nutritional formulas in animal
feed. When he started incorporating similar nutritional formulas
with people, word got out that, "if your not happy with your
doctor, go see Doctor Wallach, he'll treat you like a dog, but you'll
get better."
1962 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Major in Animal Husbandry (Nutrition)
Minor in Field crops and Soil
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
1964 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
1966-68 Post-doctoral fellowship
The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University, Barnes Hospital
St. Louis Zoological Gardens, Missouri
Shaw's Botanical gardens, Missouri
1982 Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
The National college of Naturopathic Medicine - Portland, Oregon
1988 Recipient of the 1988 Wooster Beach Gold Medal Award
for significant breakthrough in the basic understanding of the cause
and pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis awarded by the Association
of Eclectic Physicians.
1991 Nobel Prize Nominee - Medicine
for his stunning discoveries in the use of trace minerals to prevent
catastrophic diseases in the newborn. Nomination by the Association
of Eclectic Physicians (Chartered 1823).
Dr. Wallach has consulted with, worked for and
performed autopsies at The National Science Foundation (in assistance
to creation of the 1968 Animal Welfare Act), the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The University of Chicago, The
University of Missouri, The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems,
Washington University, The University of Tennessee, and Iowa State
University.
The following city zoos and aquariums have also
drawn on Dr. Wallach's expertise in employing him to perform clinical
work and animal autopsies: San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago (Lincoln
Park, Brookfield and The John G Shedd Aquarium), New York, Washington
D.C. (National), Detroit, Memphis, (Overton Park), St. Louis, Jacksonville,
Fl; and The Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Dr. Wallach worked on rhino and elephant capture
and marking conservation programs for the government of Zimbabwe
and South Africa, also performing autopsies on culled and poached
animals.
A NIH training grant for $7.5 million was provided
in 1965 to Marlin Perkins of the St. Louis Zoo and Barry Commoner
of Washington University and Shaws Botanical Gardens who joined
to form the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems.
Dr. Wallach does not now or has he ever
in the past claimed he is a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.). He is a certified
and licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (N.D.) Oregon License
No. 533. Dr. Wallach was awarded this four year doctorate in 1982
by the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
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