Stephen Holt, MD, Integrative Medicine

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Holt Institute of Medicine

161 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10016

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Dr. Stephen Holt is a best-selling author and medical practitioner in New York. He has been described as a visionary, a pioneer of Integrative Medicine and is world-renowned for his work on nutrition and dietary supplements. He is a frequent guest lecturer at medical and scientific conferences.

For many years, Dr. Holt has developed management pathways for several public health initiatives, with an emphasis on lifestyle changes and nutritional interventions. He believes that healthcare should be portable, widely available and free for children and the elderly. Dr. Holt has been described as the “doctor’s doctor” because many of his patients are medical practitioners. Because of the major pressure on Dr. Holt’s time as an international lecturer etc., he restricts his patient care to referrals only from other doctors.

Dr. Holt’s principal training has been in allopathic medicine, but he has charted new treatment paradigms using natural medicines. He believes in the concept of “medical pluralism”, where many different medical disciplines come together to provide holistic healthcare. Dr. Holt supports the practice of many forms of medicine including: chiropractic medicine, naturopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, homeopathic medicine, as well as traditional medical disciplines that offer many alternative strategies for health maintenance.

He is an author of more than 20 books in the popular healthcare field and he has also contributed chapters and many articles to peer-reviewed medical textbooks and journals. As well as publishing several hundred scientific articles in leading medical journals, Dr. Holt has been cited thousands of times in the medical and lay press.

An honors graduate in medicine from Liverpool University Medical School, in England, UK, Dr. Holt holds sub-specialty qualifications in gastroenterology and internal medicine in the USA, Canada and Europe. He has practiced clinical medicine for four decades. Dr. Holt has held the rank of full professor of medicine and bioengineering (adjunct) for many years and he has received awards for medical teaching and research, in the United States, China, Indonesia, Great Britain, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and other countries, where he has served as a Visiting Professor. He now holds the highest academic rank as a Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Emeritus).

Dr. Holt was the recipient of an honorary appointment as a Professor of medicine at San Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in China, an honor bestowed on only a small number of Western physicians. In 2005, Dr. Holt was honored with the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his contributions to education in medicine. He has been knighted by the Holy Order of St. John and serves as their Lieutenant Grand Hospitaller.