Dr. Marc S. Micozzi reviews medical content for
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better
health decisions. Dr. Micozzi is in private practice following his service as
director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the past executive director of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia. Prior to joining the College, Dr. Micozzi was
the founding director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine and a
Distinguished Scientist with the American Registry of Pathology in Washington,
DC.
Dr. Micozzi is the author of Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine), the first textbook on this
subject for physicians and medical students, now going into a 4th edition. He
was the founding editor of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Seminars in Integrative Medicine. Dr. Micozzi has worked to foster communication and cooperation
between mainstream and alternative medicine on issues of policy, research, and
education.
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Education
- MD and PhD: University of Pennsylvania,
1979
- Internship: Pennsylvania Hospital,
1980-1981
- Pathology Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital,
1981-1983
- Forensic Pathology Fellowship: University of Miami,
1983-1984
Academic Appointments
- Adjunct Professor, University of
Pennsylvania, 1996-present
- Adjunct Professor, Uniformed Services
University of Health Science, Bethesda, MD, 1986-1995
- Adjunct
Faculty, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2006-present
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Forensic
Sciences
- American Anthropological Association
- American
Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Public Health
Association
Selected Publications
- Micozzi MS (2007). Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Care and Prevention. New York:
Springer.
- Micozzi MS (2006). Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 3rd edition. New York:
Elsevier.
- Micozzi MS (2003). Alternative or complementary medicine:
Opportunities for integration. SKINmed, 2(3): 175-180.
- Micozzi MS (2001). Double standards and double jeopardy for CAM
research. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 7(1): 13-14.
Financial Disclosure
This reviewer reported no
financial conflicts.
