Dr. Pizzorno is Bestowed with the Coveted Visionary Award from the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine

Kenmore, WA (September, 2018) – Bastyr University is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph E. Pizzorno was the recipient of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine’s (AIHM) Visionary Award for his passionate efforts in forging a new healthcare paradigm dedicated to natural medicine.  

Dr. Pizzorno was selected as AIHM’s recipient of the Visionary Award due to his tireless effort in naturopathic medicine, echoing the values of the organization: People. Planet. Purpose. AIHM acknowledged Dr. Pizzorno for his unwavering passion, wisdom, and courage in leading the medical field toward a higher understanding of natural medicine and its practices. 

Dr. Pizzorno’s commitment to sharing knowledge began as early as 1978 when he co-founded Bastyr University and later led it to become the first accredited naturopathic medical college in the country. Now 40 years later, he has gone on to become the editor-in-chief of PubMed-indexed Integrative Medicine: a Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ) and currently serves on several prestigious boards, including the Institute for Functional Medicine (as treasurer); American Herbal Pharmacopeia; Hecht Foundation; Gateway for Cancer Research; and Bioclinic Naturals. He has also served on two Presidential commissions focused on integrating natural medicine into the U.S. healthcare system. 

The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) presents this prestigious award to Dr. Pizzorno. It recognizes Bastyr University as the trailblazing pioneer in integrative health and the transformation of healthcare. This award recognizes Bastyr University’s holistic philosophy of person-centered care, an approach that focuses on the prevention of illness and treating the whole person -- body, mind, and spirit -- to achieve optimal health and healing. This mindset forms the backbone of Bastyr University as a whole.  

AIHM has created a global, interprofessional community of integrative clinicians who embrace a person-centered, team-based approach to health care. They provide transformational educational programs and connections to a global network of providers. 

Bastyr University focuses on putting the patient in the driver’s seat by presenting them with all available options of care, both standard and holistic, and providing them with a plan that aims to take care of the person as a whole beyond the initial diagnosis.  

As the demand for holistic medicine rises, Bastyr providers take care of the patient, not just their medical diagnosis, thereby improving patients’ overall health outcomes. A leader in science-based natural medicine, Bastyr exemplifies the future of natural medicine by its “triple aim” approach: healthier patients, lower healthcare costs, and a high level of satisfaction.  

For more information please visit: http://www.bastyr.edu/.  

About Dr. PIzzorno: 

Joseph E. Pizzorno, ND, is a naturopathic physician, researcher, author, and international authority on science-based natural medicine. Through 12 published books, Dr. Pizzorno has expanded his sphere of influence to the general public. When patients, professional colleagues, academic institutions, and even two former U.S. Presidents have needed expert advice on naturopathic medicine, they have looked to Dr. Pizzorno. 

About Bastyr:

Bastyr University is a nonprofit, private university offering doctoral, graduate and undergraduate degrees, with a multidisciplinary curriculum in science-based natural medicine. Recognized globally for its rigorous curriculum and strong research, the 40-year-old University has campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Bastyr's international faculty educate future leaders in the natural health arts and sciences, with an emphasis on integrating mind, body, spirit and nature.  

About AIHM:

The Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM) is a society and global community of professionals and health seekers. AIHM provides innovative education, training, leadership, interprofessional collaboration, research, and advocacy that embraces all global healing traditions to promote the creation of health and the delivery of evidence-informed comprehensive, affordable, sustainable, person-centered care. AIHM emerged in 2013 as a solution to our growing healthcare crisis. The formation of the AIHM is a bold response to a call to action for change — to transform the way we think about health and health care. The Academy is home to a broadening international community of Health Care practitioners, health seekers, and advocates connected by a shared holistic philosophy of person-centered care. The AIHM community recognizes the link between our health and the state of the planet and deeply considers the social determinants of health and the quality of our relationships to ourselves and one another. For more information, visit: https://www.aihm.org/ 

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