Dana Ullman, M.P.H.

Dana Ullman, M.P.H. (Masters in Public Health, U.C. Berkeley) is "homeopathic.com" and is widely recognized as the foremost spokesperson for homeopathic medicine in the U.S. He has authored seven books, including:

• Essential Homeopathy (New World Library, 2002)
• Homeopathy A-Z (Hay House, 1999)
• Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy (Tarcher/Putnam, 1996),
• Discovering Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century (North Atlantic, 1991) (this book includes a foreword by Dr. R.W. Davey, Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).

Dana founded Homeopathic Educational Services, America's largest publisher and distributor of homeopathic books, tapes, software, and medicine kits. He has also formulated and serves as spokesperson for a line of homeopathic medicine manufactured by Nature's Way, one of America's leading natural products companies.

Dana Ullman co-taught a ten-week course on homeopathy at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine from 1993 to 1995 and again in 1998. He also serves as a consultant or on the advisory board to alternative medicine institutes at Harvard, Columbia, and University of Arizona schools of medicine. Dr. Andrew Weil s Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona asked Dana to develop their curriculum in homeopathy for their physician associate fellows.

Dana Ullman authored three other leading books:

• Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants (Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, 1992)
• The Steps to Healing: Wisdom from the Sages, the Rosemarys, & the Times (Hay House, 1999)
• The One-Minute (or so) Healer: More Wisdom from the Sages, the Rosemarys, & the Times (Hay House, 2000), a practical, lighthearted health guide that provides instruction on treating common ailments with a variety of natural healing strategies.

Dana Ullman co-authored Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, revised 1997) that is America's most popular homeopathic guidebook. He has written over 200 published articles in a variety of respected publications, including Western Journal of Medicine, Social Policy, The Futurist, Utne Reader, California Living (the Sunday magazine to the S.F. Chronicle and S.F. Examiner), as well as numerous health care and homeopathic journals. Besides authoring many books and articles, Dana has served as publisher of 35 major texts in homeopathy by other authors.

Dana has most recently authored an e-book entitled Homeopathic Family Medicine, which is a review of the homeopathic treatment of 100+ common ailments for which homeopathic medicines can be effectively used to treat. This e-book is frequently updated in its reference to and description of clinical research (this information is of value of health and medical professionals as well as anyone interested in "evidence-based" medicine).

Dana Ullman has been particularly effective in working with major institutions and getting them to change their attitudes and policies towards natural health care. He has organized successful conferences that were sponsored by the federal Department of Health & Human Services ("Holistic Health: Policies in Action," May, 1980) and U.C. Berkeley ("Conceptualizing Energy Medicine," March, 1981). He authored the San Francisco Foundation's Health Report, which changed the funding priorities of this major philanthropic institution. He consulted on a research project sponsored by the California medical board that ultimately recommended many of his proposals. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization.

Dana Ullman has been the health book reviewer to the Utne Reader. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Natural Health and Let's Live. He received a doctoral degree in homeopathy (D.H.M.) from the British Institute of Homeopathy.