Progressive Commentary Hour - 05.05.15

Special broadcast on homeopathy and federal health agencys attempts to limit American access to it - with Drs. Toni Bark,Mitchell Fleisher,Ronald Whitmont, and Christopher Johnson.

Dr. Toni Bark is a pediatric physician and a prestigious homeopathic doctor practicing in the Chicago area. She is the former vice president of the American Institute of Homeopathy and has studied with many of the most famous international homeopathic doctors. In addition to her medical degree from Rush Medical College and pediatric internship at New York University, Dr Bark has degrees in psychology, a masters in Healthcare Emergency Management from Boston University Medical School, and was trained by Dr. Erica Fromm at the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis.Dr. Bark is a regular guest speaker at the University of Chicago and contributed to Mary Hollands and Louise Habakus important book The Vaccine EpidemicShe is also the co-producer of the documentary film Bought which shows how Big Pharma and Big Food have sold out our health.Her website and blog isDisease-Reversal.com

Dr. Mitchell Fleisher is a double board certified family physician who has practiced integrative medicine for over 30 years. He has specialized in classical homeopathy, nutritional and botanical medicine and bio-identical hormone therapy. He has an extraordinary medical academic background having received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and later serving on the clinical faculties of the National Center for Homeopathy, the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and the Medical College of Virginia. He is also a graduate of the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy and the New England School of Homeopathy, where he has also served on their faculties. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Chief Medical Officer and VP of HRWellness Consultants, which consults for several major health care institutions and corporations on integrative medical practice and alternative health programs. Mitch is the creator and author of Alternative Dr MCare Natural Medical Self-Care protocol and his website isAlternativeMedcare.com

Dr. Ronald Whitmont is a board certified physician in internal medicine and a second generation homeopathic physician -- his father was the well-renowned classical homeopath and Jungian analyst Edward Whitmont. He received degrees from Hampshire College and SUNY Downstate Medical School. In the past he has been on the medical staffs at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York City and later was a specialist in treating injuries from biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in the US military. Having been raised on the principles of Rudolph Steiner and the Quaker tradition, Ron has lived in a ashram in India while working at a rural health clinic serving the lower castes, and later worked at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Hospital. He currently has a practice both in Rhinebeck NY and in Manhattan. His website isHomeopathicMD.com

Dr. Christopher (Chris) Johnson is a naturopathic physician and homeopathic doctor practicing in Arlington Virginia. he is currently the editor in chief of the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, a journal of the American institute of Homeopathy which has been in print since 1909. He has degrees from the University of Virginia and received his ND from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Tempe Arizona. He has written numerous papers in peer reviewed publications and is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. In the past he was the vice president of the Viriginia Association of Naturopathic Physicians and lectures widely on homeopathy at universities, hospitals and medical ocnferences. His websites are ThriveNaturopathic.com and his writings can be found atWorldOfHomeopathy.wordpress.com