The Instructors

Jonathan V. Wright, M.D.,
is Medical Director of Tahoma Clinic in Renton, WA, where he also practices medicine. A graduate of Harvard (A.B., 1965) and the University of Michigan (M.D., 1969), he began private practice in 1972. With Dr. Gaby, he has taught nutritional therapy since 1983, to a total of several thousand physicians.

Dr. Wright is the author or co-author of eight books, with some obtaining best-selling status. In addition, he has authored or co-authored 29 professional papers and is editor of his monthly newsletter, Nutrition & Healing. He was also monthly medical columnist for Prevention magazine for 10 years and Let's Live magazine for 10 years.

Dr. Wright is recognized as a pioneer and innovator in the field of nutritional medicine. He wrote the first prescription for bio-identical estrogens combined with progesterone and testosterone in a cyclic rhythm, was the first to use DHEA in private practice, discovered the important relationship between cobalt and estrogen hyper-excretion, and discovered the detoxifying effect of iodine on estrogen metabolism. He has popularized the glucose tolerance-insulin resistance test and the use of D-mannose for bladder infections. He also popularized an effective natural treatment for the wheezing of childhood asthma, and pioneered the use of selenium and vitamin E for the treatment for Osgood-Schlatter's disease.

Alan R. Gaby, M.D.,
has recently completed a comprehensive textbook, Nutritional Medicine (details available online at www.doctorgaby.com). Dr. Gaby received his B.A. from Yale University, his M.S. in biochemistry from Emory University, and his M.D. from the University of Maryland. He was in private practice for 18 years and was Professor of Therapeutic Nutrition and a member of the Clinical staff at Bastyr University from 1995 to 2002. He is Past President of the American Holistic Medical Association and provided expert testimony to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, related to the cost-effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

Dr. Gaby is the author of Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis and The Doctor’s Guide to Vitamin B6 and co-author of The Patient’s Book of Natural Healing. He is the editor of A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions and The Natural Pharmacy. He has written chapters in two medical textbooks: Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Textbook of Natural Medicine. He has been Contributing Medical Editor for the Townsend Letter for Doctors since 1985 and for Alternative Medicine Review since 1996.

Dr. Gaby is noted for his clear and witty teaching style, as well as his thorough knowledge of the medical literature, past and present.