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. |
