Bastyr University
Bastyr University Appoints New President
The Bastyr University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Harlan Patterson as university president. Patterson stepped into the office as Interim President in July of 2017, following nearly six years of service on Bastyr University’s Board of Trustees, and has continued to guide the University in the execution of its five-year strategic plan. Prior ...
Bastyr and AOMA Discontinue Plans for Affiliation
In 2017, Bastyr University announced that AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine would join the school of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine at Bastyr to become the AOMA Graduate School of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Bastyr. While mission aligned and mutually admired within the integrative health and medicine field, leadership of both Bastyr University and ...
Bastyr University Researcher Launches Program for Those With Parkinson’s Disease
In 2014, Dale Bredesen, MD, demonstrated reversal of cognitive decline in an Alzheimer’s population using a comprehensive, personalized therapeutic program.* Bastyr University researcher Laurie Mischley, ND, MPH, PhD thinks a similar approach can also be applied to Parkinson’s disease (PD). “There are plenty of established strategies for slowing, and even reversing, PD,” said Dr. Mischley. “Most ...
AOMA to Join Bastyr Community
Bastyr University has announced that AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine will become the AOMA College of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine within the University. The relationship was unanimously approved by Bastyr’s Board of Trustees and AOMA’s Board of Governors. “Our institutions share a common mission and vision—to transform the health and well-being of our communities ...
Bastyr University California Announces Nutrition and Culinary Arts Major for Fall 2017
Bastyr University has announced the expansion of its degree offerings at its San Diego, CA campus to include a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Culinary Arts two-year completion program to begin in the fall of 2017. Currently offered at Bastyr’s Washington campus, the culinary program fuses scientifically based curriculum with a holistic approach to health and nutrition. Internationally ...
Patients Love Their Experience at Bastyr Center for Natural Health
Newly released findings from the Washington Health Alliance show that for the third time in a row, patients have an overwhelmingly positive experience when visiting Bastyr Center for Natural Health, the Seattle teaching clinic of Bastyr University. Bastyr Center ranked in the top 10 in three of the survey’s main categories, scoring at or above ...
Bastyr University Participates in Alternative Credit Project
The American Council on Education (ACE) recently announced the pool of courses selected as part of ACE’s Alternative Credit Project, an initiative to boost the ability of millions of nontraditional learners to gain a college degree. Bastyr University is the only school in Washington State and the only school for naturopathic medicine participating. The 111 ...
Bastyr University’s Master of Science in Ayurvedic Sciences Now Open to Licensed Massage Therapists
Licensed massage therapists have a new option for meeting the increasing client demand for ayurvedic treatments and bodywork. Bastyr University’s Master of Science in Ayurvedic Sciences, is now accepting applications for its fall 2015 class. Previously open only to licensed medical professionals such as doctors and nurses, the program was recently revamped to allow qualified ...
India Study Site Provides High-Volume Ayurveda Training
Bastyr University (Kenmore, WA) students of ayurvedic medicine will study near India’s snow-capped Himalayas this December as the university establishes its first training site in ayurveda’s native land. Students in the Masters of Science in Ayurvedic Sciences program will spend two weeks at a ayurvedic clinic and college in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, reported ...
Bastyr Celebrates Second Annual Naturopathic Medicine Week
For the second year in a row Congress has unanimously voted to designate a week devoted to naturopathic medicine, resulting in the second annual national Naturopathic Medicine Week, Oct. 6-12, 2014. “It is immensely gratifying to see naturopathic medicine recognized with its own week for a second consecutive year,” said Seattle, Washington-based Bastyr University President Daniel ...
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