2022 Conference Speakers

AIH Online 2022 Conference Speakers

Joel Shepperd, MD finished his medical degree at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He has maintained a private practice in homeopathic medicine for over 40 years in the Chicago area.  He is a co-founder of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association and a partner at the Center for Integral Health in Lombard, Illinois. He is on the faculty of the National University of Health Sciences where he teaches homeopathy. He has published many articles in the journals and has authored the textbook “Hahnemann’s Organon for Students.” He has a regular quarterly column on the Organon at AJHM of the AIH.

Timothy Fior, MD, DHt, is adjunct faculty at the National University of Health Sciences in Lombard Illinois, founding member and current President of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association, current Secretary of the American Board of Homeopathic Medicine (formerly the American Board of Homeotherapeutics) and has been in private practice in family medicine and homeopathy for over 30 years. Since 1996 he has maintained a practice at the Center for Integral Health in Lombard, Illinois. He has published an ebook entitled “Essentials of Homeopathic Medicine”. He has published many articles in the journals including in AJHM. He is also on the Editorial board of the AJHM.

Dr. Andrea Flores Sánchez is a Homeopathic physician with master’s degree in Homeopathy from the Postgraduate School of Homeopatía de Mexico, the school founded by Proceso Sanchez Ortega. She is also has a Master’s degree in Health Science Education as well as being a Teacher of homeopathy at the Postgraduate School of Homeopatía de México, and a Teacher of Parasitology at the National University of Mexico. She is currently the Secretary of Newsletters of the Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis (LMHI)

Dr. Rosario Sánchez Caballero is a Homeopathic physician with more than 30 years of professional experience. She is a Professor at the Postgraduate School of Homeopatía de México since its official recognition by the Ministry of Public Education, teaching the following subjects: Miasmatic Materia Medica, Integral Homeopathic Clinic, Clinical Practice in Dispensary, Clarification of Symptoms, among others. She is a Professor of the master’s degree program in Homeopatía de México. She has taught courses in different states of the Mexican Republic as well as abroad. Her Homeopathic Research credits are: Carcinosinum Proving and several re-proving studies at the Postgraduate School of Homeopatía de México. The publication of Notes on Miasmatic Materia Medica for Postgraduate students in Homeopathy. Currently the Director of the Specialty in Homeopatía de México.

Dr. René Torres García is a Homeopathic physician with 40 years of professional experience. He has completed specialty studies in homeopathy at the Postgraduate School of Homeopathy of Mexico from 1974-1976.  He has a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from the Universidad Panamericana. He is also a Professor at the Graduate School of Organon from 1980 to the present, a  Professor at the Homeopathic Postgraduate School of Mexico of Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases since 1995, and a  Professor of Homeopathic Medical Clinic of the Postgraduate School of Homeopathy of Mexico. He was the National Vice-President for Mexico of the LMHI from 1995-2003. He has Co-Authored the book titled, “True healing through homeopathic principles.”

George Dimitriadis was founding Vice-President and, subsequently, President of the Society of Classical Homœopathy (SCH, 1985-1995); He was the Chief Editor of the Australian Journal of Homœopathic Medicine), and founder of the Hahnemann Institute (Sydney), which continues today as a seminar-based graduate teaching and literary research institution. Since 1995, his focus has been on the work of Bönninghausen, and, in particular, his Therapeutisches Taschenbuch [TT] (Therapeutic Pocketbook), which has culminated in the publication of a corrected and highly accurate and reliable repertory, “The Bönninghausen Repertory.”  He has taught both within Australia and internationally, contributed numerous articles to a number of professional journals, and authored six books for the profession. George and his wife Jacqualine practice at the Hahnemann Homœopathic Medicine Centre, located in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta.

Lauren Fox, FNP is a Board-certified family nurse practitioner and classical homeopath, having been in solo and group practice for almost four decades. She also was a community homebirth midwife for two and half decades. Lauren has been a guest lecturer and workshop leader for numerous professional organizations.  Along with two other physicians, she developed, and taught a course of introductory homeopathy for doctors and nurses in the Boston area, which was sponsored by Northeastern University. Her first trip as a volunteer with Homeopaths Without Borders, was to Haiti in September of 2010, eight months after the earthquake.  In 2011 she became an educator and since then the clinical director for this non-profit organization. As the clinical director, she developed two curricula to teach the Fundamentals of Homeopathy to licensed medical professionals and midwives.

Karl Robinson, MD holds medical licenses in Texas and New Mexico. He received his B.A. in English Literature from Yale University and his M.D. from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia (now Drexel University College of Medicine). After completing a residency in internal medicine, he studied homeopathy first at the National Center for Homeopathy in the U.S. and later at the Royal Homeopathic Hospital in London. In addition, he has studied extensively over the years with leading homeopaths from Greece, Germany, Belgium, Holland, England, South America, Canada and India as well as the United States. He is the former editor of the American Journal of Homeopathy published by the American Institute of Homeopathy. He founded and was president of the New Mexico School of Classical Homeopathy and founder and past president of the Texas Society of Homeopathy. In recent years he has been teaching homeopathy in Latin America, notably Cuba, El Salvador and Guatemala. He is the author of a book, Small Doses Big Results How Homeopathic Medicine Offers Hope in Chronic Disease.

Gyandas Wadhwani MD (Homoeopathy) is a Consultant Homeopathic Physician & Independent Researcher Holistic Homœopathic Clinic & Research Center, New Delhi, India. Member: Aude Sapere groups, South Africa and Delhi. Former Chief Medical Officer (NFSG) (Homeopathy), Directorate of AYUSH, Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi, India. LMHI “LIGA” Conference Presenter yearly for many years. Numerous articles published in the international journals including the AJHM especially in recent years on the treatment of Covid. He is also on the Editorial Board Member American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine. He graduated from Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, New Delhi. He conducts online, A Study of the Materia Medica with the Homeopathic South Africa Association, since 2^nd Sunday of June 2022, monthly lectures and a monthly lecture on Materia Medica and Repertory with Homeopathic Study Circle since 2010.

Tim Shannon, ND DHANP is a Naturopath in Washington state who uses Homeopathy and Diet & Lifestyle medicine as his primary healing modalities. His original classical training came from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine and an advanced course of 5 years with Massimo Mangialavori. He practiced Massimo’s approach for more than 10 years. Then, after several life changes, he began to branch out and trial other homeopathic schools of thought. After being introduced to Polarity Analysis by Swiss pediatrician Heiner Frei, MD, Tim began to use it consistently. His clients experienced more reliable improvements. Since 2017, he has used PA exclusively. His client base includes a wide variety of multimorbid conditions and occasional acutes. As an educator, Tim has taught at NUNM Grand Rounds and presented at myriad conferences. His published work includes articles in the Naturopathic Doctor News & Review, Simillimum, and other current journals.

Florence McPherson N.D. holds a doctorate of Naturopathic medicine. She is a board certified and licensed Naturopathic Physician, in the state of Connecticut, specializing in Homeopathy and Women’s Health. She is a health educator, professor, physician and seasoned clinician in private practice for 18+ years. Currently, Dr. McPherson teaches an Introductory Homeopathy class at The Graduate Institute in Bethany, CT. She is a current board of trustees member of The American Institute of Homeopathy. Dr McPherson enjoyed a rewarding 13 years as a didactic and clinical professor of Homeopathy at The University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine.  

Ronald D. Whitmont, MD is a former president of the American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH) and the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (HMSSNY); He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at New York Medical College (NYMC- formerly known as the New York Homeopathic Medical College) and has been board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).  He is a founding diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM), serves as medical advisor to Americans for Homeopathy Choice (AFHC), and is Chairman of the Strategy Committee for the National Homeopathic Product Certification Board. He is a second-generation classical homeopathic physician based in Rhinebeck, New York.  He has lectured and published extensively on various topics including homeopathy and the human microbiome. 

Paola Brown is the president and founder of Americans for Homeopathy Choice, the voice of a growing number of mothers and other homeopathy users who want to protect their right to choose homeopathy. She received her B.A. in English education and an M.A. in curriculum and instruction from Arizona State University. She taught college English for 13 years and high school English before that. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, Paola was also a health instructor with Care for Life, a nonprofit organization working to develop sustainable communities in Mozambique. 

Alastair Gray has a PhD in the field of Public Health. More specifically he is an expert in Complementary Medicine (CM) education. He is the Research Director at HOHM Foundation. Furthermore, he teaches at and heads the academic, operations, and technology departments at the Academy of Homeopathy Education (AHE). In addition, he holds various consulting roles: academic (College of Health and Homeopathy, NZ), educational (National Centre for Integrative Medicine, UK), as well as consulting to many organizations on homeopathic provings and e-learning world-wide. A regular seminar and conference presenter globally and having spent a decade in the higher education arena in Australia, he is the author of 23 books and innumerable peer-reviewed and industry articles on primary research in natural medicine. Originally educated as an historian, he teaches the history of health, healing and medicine at schools, colleges and universities in multiple countries. Alastair has been in clinical practice for 33 years.

Dr. Elizabeth Rice is an Associate Professor and the Department Chair of Homeopathy and Pharmacology at Sonoran University of Health Sciences. Dr. Rice received her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine in 2009 from Sonoran University of Health Sciences.  In 2002, she received her BA in both Spanish and Global Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Following graduation as a naturopathic physician from Sonoran University (formerly Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine), Dr. Rice completed a first-year residency focused on primary care family medicine and a second-year specialty residency focused on classical Hahnemannian homeopathy. Additionally, she has a family medicine private practice specializing in the homeopathic treatment of depression and anxiety. 

Jennifer Jacobs, MD is a family practice physician specializing in homeopathic medicine.  She is also a clinical assistant professor in epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.  She received her MD degree from Wayne State University and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington.  She is a former President of the American Institute of Homeopathy, co-founded the special interest group of the American Public Health Association on Complementary and Alternative Health Practices, and served on the advisory board of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine.  She has published groundbreaking homeopathic research in peer-reviewed medical journals and is the co-author of Healing with Homeopathy, published by Warner Books in 1996. Now retired from medical practice, Dr. Jacobs’s book Do You Really Need That Pill? was published in 2018 by Skyhorse Publishing.