Dr. Joel Wallach, BS, DVM,
ND
Dr. Wallach has been
involved in biomedical research and clinical
medicine for 30 years. He received his B.S. Degree
from the University of Missouri with a major in
animal husbandry (nutrition) and field crops; a
D.V.M. (veterinarian) from the University of
Missouri; a three year post doctoral fellowship
from the Center for the Biology of Natural
Systems, Washington University; and an N.D. from
the National College of Naturopathic
Medicine, Portland, Oregon.
Dr.
Wallach's research has resulted in the publication
of more than 70 peer review reference articles in
the field of nutrition and pharmaceutical
research; co-authored 8 textbooks and is the
author of a text/reference book on the subject of
comparative medicine (W.B. Saunders Publishing
Co., 1983).
Dr.
Wallach's research in comparative medicine is
based on more than 13,700 cases from the
University of Missouri, Iowa State University, the
Center for the Biology of Natural Systems,
Washington University; the St. Louis Zoological
Gardens; the Chicago Zoological Gardens; the
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia;the Nation College of
Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, Oregon and Harbin
Medical University, Harbin, Hei Long Jiang,
Peoples Republic of China. He was a member of NIH
site visit teams for four years and was a member
of the 1968 NSF ad hoc committee that authored the
1968 Animal Welfare Act(humane housing and care of
laboratory and captive exotic species); and
Consulting Professor of Medicine, Harbin Medical
University, Harbin, HeiLong Jiang, Peoples
Republic of China.
Dr.
Wallach is an associate editor of Quantum
Medicine, The Journal of the Association of
Eclectic Physicians, and was the recipient of the
1988 Wooster Beach Gold Medal Award for a
significant breakthrough in the basic
understanding of the cause and pathophysiology of
Cystic Fibrosis by the Association of Eclectic
Physicians.
He was
nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1991 by
the Association of Eclectic Physicians, a national
association of doctors using eclectic (def. -
choosing what appears to be the best from diverse
sources) approaches to research and health care.
Dr. Wallach was nominated for his work with trace
minerals in the treatment of catastrophic diseases
in children: cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy
and diabetes.(quote) "It's an honor when your
peers nominate you for the Nobel prize" say's Dr.
Wallach. "It was a great surprise to me. It's a
reflection of the importance people attach to this
research."Once the Nobel co-sponsorship
requirements are met the Nobel SelectionCommittee
will formally accept Dr. Wallach's
nomination.
Dr. Wallach's
research has resulted in the publication of more
than 70 peer review reference articles in the
field of nutrition and pharmaceutical research;
co-authored 8 textbooks and is the author of a
text/reference book on the subject of comparative
medicine (W.B. Saunders Publishing Co.,
1983).
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. |
