Bastyr University(December 17, 2009) - This winter, amid historic commencement ceremonies, National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) awarded three graduates the institution’s first doctor of naturopathic medicine degrees (ND) in 57 years.
A 104-year-old institution, NUHS offered naturopathic medicine as one of its programs from the 1920s to 1952. That year, the degree was abandoned due to the prevailing criticism of the profession at the time. However, increasing support for naturopathic medicine in recent years has inspired NUHS to resuscitate the program. After re-initiating its ND degree in 2006, NUHS joined the AANMC in 2009. Although only three years old, the school’s ND program is thriving and continuing to expand, adding new faculty and increasing enrollment.
“It is with a sense of pride and accomplishment that we celebrate our return to the program diversity of National’s past,” spoke Dr. James F. Winterstein, president of NUHS. “We have planned for this time since 1993. Today culminated the long road to this kind of diversity that is intended to encourage collegiality among the various degrees in the field of natural medicine rather than the competitiveness that so often prevails.”
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In order from left to right: Steven Moore, DC, ND graduate and valedictorian; Dr. Fraser Smith, ND and assistant dean of naturopathic medicine; Lisa Leonard, ND graduate; Carlos Quezada, DC, ND graduate and salutatorian; NUHS President James F. Winterstein, DC, DACBR