Issue 2, July 2005

Meet North America's top NDs >>

• Destined to be a different kind of doctor.
  Carrie Louise Daenell, ND
• Graduate gets great start at integrative practice.
  Donese Worden, ND, MA

Good News >>

• Financing your education has just gotten easier.
• Join us for AANMC Public Day at the AANP Conference.

Editor's Note — Thank you! >>

Future Issues >>

• AANMC profiles more of North America's NDs.
• More about the world of naturopathic medicine.

Meet North America's top NDs

Are you eager to learn more about becoming a naturopathic doctor? Welcome to the beginning of AANMC's doctor profile series. We're in touch with doctors who made the choice to practice naturopathic medicine — and are glad they did.

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) design their own career paths: Many open their own private practices. Others go to work in integrative clinics alongside MDs, osteopaths, chiropractors, acupuncturists and other health professionals. They are working in both urban and rural offices, in both licensed and unlicensed states and provinces, and sometimes overseas. They're raising families. They earn stable and rising incomes. And they're making ground-breaking contributions to science, research, politics and the advancement of the profession.

And what's more — they love to go to work every day, and they make a prosperous living doing so!

You'll have the opportunity to read about many more NDs and their range of practices and career designs in forthcoming editions.

Meet just a few of AANMC-school alums we've interviewed ...

1. Destined to be a different kind of doctor.
   Carrie Louise Daenell, ND
   When naturopathic physician Carrie Louise Daenell first saw a brochure from a naturopathic medical college, she finally had the answer to that nagging question: "What am I here for?"
   
   In just seven years of practice in an unlicensed state, she now earns an income in the top one percent of those in similar practices, nationally. Find out what drives Dr. Daenell, and learn some of her practice-management tips.
   Read the interview >>
2. Graduate gets great start at integrative practice.
   Donese Worden, ND, MA
   Like many naturopathic physicians, Dr. Donese Worden chose the field because she believed in its precepts: treating the whole person physically, emotionally and spiritually to address the root of the problem.
   
   After four years in practice, she still believes in the same holistic precepts and finds the work rewarding. But Dr. Worden found something else she didn't expect: financial success, virtually from day one.
   Read the interview >>

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Good News

Financing your education has just gotten easier.

July 8, 2005 - ND students granted higher federal loan limits. ND students at U.S. accredited (AANMC-member) schools now have increased borrowing power — a $20,000/year increase over the previous graduate-student-loan limit.

Learn how this welcome change can help people like you handle the financial aspect of obtaining an education in naturopathic medicine.
Read the news >>

Join us for AANMC Public Day at the AANP conference.

Learn more about the naturopathic doctor profession.
Meet representatives from the six ND schools.
August 27, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 5, 2005
Learn more or reserve your spot today >>

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Editor's Note — Thank You

We received an overwhelmingly warm and enthusiastic response after our first e-news issue in May. Please keep the replies coming — from the article topic requests to the specific curriculum questions. E-mail Coquina Deger at editor@aanmc.org.

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To your health and your future,
Coquina Deger
Managing Editor, AANMC

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Future Issues

There's much more ahead to broaden your understanding of the world of naturopathic medicine! In our next issue:

AANMC profiles more of North America's top NDs:

• NDs go to bat for their profession: How one ND quickly became a political activist and grew deeply involved in the legislative effort.
• Doctors have families too: How practicing docs are finding a balance.

More about the world of naturopathic medicine.