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Meet Kimberly Kalfas, ND

Graduate, The Ohio State University

College of Arts and Sciences, Microbiology

Graduate, Bastyr University in Washington

Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine

Attendee at Global Holistic Health Summit, Bangalore, India

Post Graduate Residency

Owner, Bexley Healing Arts

www.drkimberlykalfas.com

Kimberly Kalfas, ND, BS

I went to Ohio State with a great yearning to be a Medical Doctor, and as I went through the program, I started to feel like there was something else out there for me. This journey led me to work at The Ohio State University Medical Center as a nursing aid instead of working with my microbiology degree (merely a step to getting to medical school). Being with patients day in and day out made me realize that most people were unsatisfied with their experience of medicine. For those who did not express this, I could see that chronic disease care was severely lacking in terms of healing the sick.

I spent my slow time at OSUMC looking for alternatives online…and I found naturopathic medicine. What a joy to find an accredited and NIH recognized school which satisfied my craving for both science and true healing!

Bastyr University was a unique place that offered didactic training in all basic and high level sciences training in Eastern philosophies such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Five Element Theory, Botanical Medicine, Hydrotherapy, Physical Therapeutics, Homeopathy and more. We had electives in movement therapies, a whole foods vegetarian cafeteria, a large medicinal herb garden, and the best alternative medicine library on the continent!

I also received Clinical Training at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health. Here, we had a variety of shifts in general Naturopathic Medicine (general medicine with naturopathic philosophy), homeopathy, physical medicine, and counseling. There were specialty shifts that were both on site at the clinic, and off site in the public arena, of which I chose homeless shelters, Hispanic speaking, HIV Immune Wellness Shift, and ADHD.

My experience at Bastyr was like no other. All of our classes were through the following philosophical principles:

The Vis Medicatrix Naturae: The Healing Power of Nature

Primum non Nocere: First Do No Harm

Tolle Totem: Treat the Whole Person

Tolle Causum: Find and Treat the Cause

Docere: Doctor as Teacher

Prevention: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

Honoring Your Unique Nature Through Scientific Alternative Medicine!