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A Tibetan medicine doctor's view: Int...

Many people ask me how I came to study TIbetan medicine. Here is that and other stories and information gleaned from my 25+ year career in natural...

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11 / 08 / 2009

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A Discourse For Integrative Medicine:...

Integrative medicine' has become a ubiquitous term in certain sectors of the healthcare industry. Whereas the active cooperation of various systems...

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Category: Research, Health & Medicine

10 / 22 / 2009

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Seeing to the Distant Mountain: Diagn...

This article provides a description of traditional Tibetan medical diagnosis, and explains how a Tibetan physician perceives and analyzes a present...

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10 / 22 / 2009

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Tibetan Medicine As A Model To Define...

The history of Tibetan medicine provides us with a progressive model for planning the appropriate utilization of ‘foreign’ medical systems within a...

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10 / 22 / 2009

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An Ancient Medicine in a New World: A...

From the book “Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World” (pub. Routledge) which has been awarded an International Convention of Asia Scholars 200...

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08 / 23 / 2009

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Name

Eliot Tokar

Location

New York City

Bio

Eliot Tokar is a traditional Tibetan medicine doctor, writer and lecturer. He practices Tibetan medicine in New York City. He began his studies in ... (More) Eliot Tokar is a traditional Tibetan medicine doctor, writer and lecturer. He practices Tibetan medicine in New York City. He began his studies in Tibetan medicine in 1983, and he is one of very few Westerners internationally to have received extensive textual and clinical training in this field. He has additionally trained in aspects of traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. During a period from 1983-1986 Eliot studied with and received private instruction from Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, former personal physician to H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. From 1986 Eliot was an apprentice of the late lama/physician Dr. Trogawa Rinpoche, founder of the Chagpori Tibetan Medical Institute in Darjeeling, India. He has also studied with numerous other Tibetan doctors.In addition to his practice and studies Eliot has lectured on Tibetan medicine, natural medicine and alternatives in healthcare at Washington University School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Princeton University, New York University, Brandeis University, the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, University of Michigan Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research Center, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Medical Student's Association's Annual Convention, the New York Botanical Garden and at New York's Asia Society. He also present papers at the first International Congress on Tibetan Medicine held in the USA (Washington, DC, 1998), the first modern International Academic Conference on Tibetan Medicine held in 2000 in Lhasa, Tibet and at the first International Symposium on Tibetan Medicine convened in Taipei, Taiwan (2004).Eliot served as an advisor to the American Medical Student Association's Interest Group on Humanistic Medicine, and on the Steering Committee of the Roundtable on Traditional Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Eliot's publication “An Ancient Medicine in a New World: A Tibetan Medicine Doctor’s Reflection from ‘Inside’” was published by Routledge in the book Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World, which was awarded a International Convention of Asia Scholars 2009 Book Prize Award. His other publications include “Preservation and Progress: Using Tibetan Medicine as a Model to Define a Progressive Role for Traditional Asian Medicine in Modern Healthcare”, in Asian Medicine Tradition and Modernity the journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine, “Seeing To The Distant Mountain: Diagnosis In Tibetan Medicine” in the Alternative Therapies In Health And Medicine journal, and Building A Means of Discourse For Integrative Medicine: A Tibetan Medical Perspective on Irritable Bowel Syndrome which appeared in the journal Alternative And Complementary Therapies. He has been featured in media such as the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, News India-Times, The China Daily, Beijing Review and on National Public Radio. His web page www.tibetanmedicine.com is dedicated to bringing accurate information on Tibetan medicine to the Internet. (Less)

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Website

http://www.Tibetanmedicine.com

Occupation

Tibetan medicine doctor, writer, lecturer

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