Dr Paul Saunders PhD ND RHom is Professor of Materia Medica at CCNM, and has a private practice in Dundas. His PhD, in plant ecology, is from Duke University. He was on the faculty at Clemson and Washington State Universities (WSU), earning tenure at WSU. He earned his ND from Ontario (now Canadian) College of Naturopathic Medicine, and did additional training and residency at National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, Oregon, earned a second ND, and served as their interim Research Director.
Paul earned a Diplomate from the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians (DHANP) and Certified Classical Homeopath (CCH) from the American Council on Homeopathic Certification in 1993. He completed chelation board examinations from the International College of Integrated Medicine in 1998.
As Editor of The Canadian Journal of Herbalism, 2000-2002, he instituted peer-review. He does grant reviews for the NIH, NCCAM, 2000-present. He was honoured as Ontario Naturopathic Doctor of the Year in 1994 and 2002. In 1999 he was a member of the Transition Team that created the Office of Natural Health Products, Health Canada, served on its Expert Advisory Committee, 2000-2006, and serves on its Program Advisory Committee 2009-present.
He has co-authored three books, conducted research, published numerous papers and lectured frequently on naturopathic medicine. Paul is a member in good standing of The College of Naturopaths of Ontario.
Dr Paul Saunders ND can be reached at his clinic in Dundas.