What is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD)?
After completion of an undergraduate degree, naturopathic medical doctors are trained in four year medical colleges just as other physicians. In addition to learning the basic medical sciences including anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology, histology, neuroscience, and genetics, naturopathic doctors also take classroom courses in the clinical sciences: obstetrics, gynecology, urology, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, rheumatology, oncology, gerontology, otorhinolaryngology and dermatology. NMDs also learn the naturopathic therapies. These include: clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine including acupuncture and Chinese herbs, environmental medicine, physical medicine, and hydrotherapy. Naturopathic doctors are trained in the classroom and in a variety of clinical settings. Naturopathic physicians are license to diagnose and treat disease with any combination of the therapi
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