Marc S. Micozzi

Biographical Information
"Dr. Micozzi was the founding editor-in-chief of the first US journal in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and organized and edited the first US textbook in the field, Fundamentals of Complementary & Integrative Medicine in 1996. He has published nearly 300 articles in medical literature and is the author or editor of over 25 books.

"His experience made him the obvious choice to organize and chair continuing education conferences on the theory and practice of CAM and has even co-chaired with former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop (whom he has collaborated with in different fashions for nearly 25 years) in 1996 and Dr. Dean Ornish in 1998. He’s also one of the most effective spokesmen for CAM, contributing to the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune as well as NPR, Good Morning America, and CBS Evening News.

"As the Senior Investigator of cancer prevention at the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Micozzi published the original research on diet, nutrition, and chronic disease. He continued this line of research as the Associate Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine...In recent years, Dr. Micozzi has served as the Founding Director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Bethesda, MD, working to educate policy makers, the health professions, and the general public about the opportunities for integrative medicine and the need for clean, clear science within our modern medical establishment."

Editorial Positions

 * 1982-1988           Associate (and Founding) Editor for Health Care Section, Human Organization, Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology
 * 1994-1995           Editor-in-Chief (Founding), Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine: Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policy
 * 1994-2003           Book Series Editor, Medical Guides to Complementary Medicine, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier Health Sciences (18 titles in print)
 * 2001-2005          Editor-in-Chief, Seminars in Integrative Medicine,quarterly, WB Saunders/Elsevier Health Sciences

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