IHPC Board of Directors
Federal Policy Committee
IHPC Steering Committee
NED Planning Team

Michael Traub, ND, DHANP, CCH, FABNO
Michael Traub was the first naturopathic physician in contemporary times to be appointed to a hospital staff—North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH). He was Chairman of the Integrated Healing Committee from the opening of the hospital in 1996 until 2001 and succeeded in gaining approval for the natural medicine formulary in the hospital including botanical, nutritional and homeopathic medicines. In 1998 he developed the Hawaii Residency Training Program at NHCH and has served as the Residency Program Director since then. He conducted a pilot study at the hospital of integrated treatment programs for breast cancer. Dr. Traub is past-President of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) and has held numerous other leadership positions within the naturopathic profession throughout his career, from Chairman of the Hawaii Board of Naturopathic Examiners to President of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians and President of the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners. He has been invited to make presentations at numerous medical conferences, including the 1999 International Conference on HIV/AIDS in Paris. He is the author of Essentials of Dermatological Diagnosis and Integrative Therapeutics. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium and was co-editor of the Final Report of the National Policy Dialogue to Advance Integrated Health Care: Finding Common Ground, 2001-2002. Since 1986, Dr. Traub has been Director of an integrated health care center (Lokahi Health Center) in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. He has a part-time practice in Marin County, California.

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Phone: (808) 329-2114
Website: www.michaeltraubnd.com