I received my Doctor of Medicine, M.D., from the Freie University Berlin in Germany. After moving to the United States, I worked in medical research rather than clinical medicine; partly because foreign medical doctor degrees are not recognized in the United States and partly because I was disillusioned by conventional western medicine. I found myself frustrated with conventional medicine’s focus on treating symptoms rather than finding and treating root causes. While researching diabetes at the University of New Mexico, I also studied the principles of homeopathy, and later became a nutrition consultant through Bauman College. I am Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, BCHN, and I am a professional member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, NANP.

In addition to having a private nutrition consulting practice, I am a researcher, writer, editor, and instructor at Bauman College and I teach a nutrition class in continuing education at the College of Marin.