
He had his first heart attack at age 40, and his second heart attack at 42. I was having to prescribe more drugs to treat the side effects from other drugs that I had put them on, but most importantly, I didn’t think that patients were getting better.Īt the same time that realization came to me, my dad was really sick with heart disease.

After medical school, I came out of residency and was practicing conventional medicine for about six months, and was starting to realize that patients weren’t getting better on the drug therapies I was trained to use. I’m the medical director for the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Brownstein): I consider myself a holistic family practitioner, and I’ve been practicing holistic medicine for over 20 years. Brownstein, can you please tell us a little about yourself, and what made you interested in doing holistic medicine?ĭB (Dr. I think you’ll find the information he shared to be noteworthy and relevant to your own practice. In our conversation, he graciously shared details about his typical method for evaluating patients and specifics on his treatment plans using nutrients, herbs, hormones and occasionally pharmaceuticals as needed. He is also the author of fourteen books and is a popular keynote speaker at Restorative Medicine Conferences. I recently had the pleasure of having a conversation with David Brownstein, MD, who is a board certified family physician, integrative practitioner and an expert in thyroid disease, hormones and iodine.
