DR.
WALLACH, BS, DVM, ND
Dr.
Wallach's research has resulted in the publication of more than
70 peer reviewed and refereed journal articles in the fields of
nutrition and pharmaceutical research, and he has made major contributions
to eight multi-authored text and reference books on these subjects.
The following is a general summary of his educational and biomedical
research credentials:
He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University
of Missouri in 1962, with a major in Animal Husbandry (Nutrition)
and a minor in Field Crops and Soils. In 1964 he was awarded a
Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), also from the University
of Missouri. Thereafter, he completed a three-year (1965-68) post-doctoral
fellowship at The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems at
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1982 he obtained
a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine (N.D.) from the National
College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
Born and raised in Missouri, Dr. Joel Wallach
attended The University of Missouri, where he received a Bachelor's
degree in Science of Agriculture. A veterinarian for 30 years,
he worked as a research veterinary pathologist with The National
Institute of Health for The Center for the Biology of Natural
Systems, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Yerkes Regional
Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, at Emory University.
Having discovered and identified the first animal models for cystic
fibrosis - monkeys - he found that he could reproduce their condition
at will because it was a nutritional deficiency. His find offered
great promise for children with the disease, but when he made
it public, the institute fired him on 24-hours notice. Chagrined
and perplexed, Dr. Wallach made the decision to go to medical
school so he could treat children for cystic fibrosis himself.
Realizing that traditional medical school was likely to be as
repressive as the National Institute he accepted an invitation
to teach nutrition at The National College of Naturopathic Medicine
in Oregon, not even knowing what a naturopathic doctor was. When
he learned that he could be a primary care physician-deliver babies,
sew up chainsaw wounds, write prescription and get paid by insurance
- all through a program that encouraged interest in nutrition,
he simultaneously enrolled as a full-time student. Soon people
were flocking to the college clinic.
Doctor Wallach's innovative slant
is derived from his background in veterinary medicine. Because
there's no health insurance, animal products such as meat and
dairy are kept affordable by preventing and curing diseases with
nutritional formulas in animal feed. When he started incorporating
similar nutritional formulas with people, word got out that, "if
you're not happy with your doctor, go see Doctor Wallach, he'll
treat you like a dog, but you'll get better."
1962 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Major in Animal Husbandry (Nutrition)
Minor in Field crops and Soil
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
1964 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
1966-68 Post-doctoral fellowship
The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University, Barnes Hospital
St. Louis Zoological Gardens, Missouri
Shaw's Botanical gardens, Missouri
1982 Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
The National college of Naturopathic Medicine - Portland, Oregon
1988 Recipient of the 1988 Wooster
Beach Gold Medal Award
for significant breakthrough in the basic understanding of the
cause and pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis awarded by the Association
of Eclectic Physicians.
1991 Nobel Prize Nominee - Medicine
for his stunning discoveries in the use of trace minerals to prevent
catastrophic diseases in the newborn. Nomination by the Association
of Eclectic Physicians (Chartered 1823).
Dr. Wallach has consulted with,
worked for and performed autopsies at The National Science Foundation
(in assistance to creation of the 1968 Animal Welfare Act), the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The University
of Chicago, The University of Missouri, The Center for the Biology
of Natural Systems, Washington University, The University of Tennessee,
and Iowa State University.
The following city zoos and aquariums
have also drawn on Dr. Wallach's expertise in employing him to
perform clinical work and animal autopsies: San Diego, Los Angeles,
Chicago (Lincoln Park, Brookfield and The John G Shedd Aquarium),
New York, Washington D.C. (National), Detroit, Memphis, (Overton
Park), St. Louis, Jacksonville, Fl; and The Yerkes Regional Primate
Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Wallach worked on rhino and
elephant capture and marking conservation programs for the government
of Zimbabwe and South Africa, also performing autopsies on culled
and poached animals.
A NIH training grant for $7.5 million
was provided in 1965 to Marlin Perkins of the St. Louis Zoo and
Barry Commoner of Washington University and Shaws Botanical Gardens
who joined to form the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems.
Dr. Wallach does not now or has
he ever in the past claimed he is a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).
He is a certified and licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
(N.D.) Oregon License No. 533. Dr. Wallach was awarded this four
year doctorate in 1982 by the National College of Naturopathic
Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
