Our Board of Advisors functions as an Ethics Panel to help us evaluate situations and practitioner behavior. This powerful body of distinguished leaders helps determine 4HEALING policies, resolve member issues, and can remove practitioners from the network who do not treat members ethically.

Chairman, Dr. Robert S. Ivker, DO

Past President, American Board of Holistic Medicine (ABHM), Past President (1996-99), American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA)

Robert A. Anderson, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., F.A.C.P.M., A.B.H.M., A.B.F.P. (1972-92)

• Founding member 1978, President 1986-88 – American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA)
• Founding President 1996 – American Board of Holistic Medicine (ABHM)
• Clinical Assistant Professor 1981-89 – University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine
• Senior Assistant Surgeon 1958-60 – USPHS – Division of Indian Health
• Founding Chief of Staff 1963-64 – Stevens Memorial Hospital, Edmonds, WA.
• Founding Chief of Psychiatry – 1975-76 – Stevens Memorial Hospital, Edmonds, WA

• The Scientific Basis for Holistic Medicine, Lynnwood, WA. American Heath Press, 6th edition, 2004
• Clinician's Guide to Holistic Medicine, New York, McGraw-Hill. 2001
• Wellness Medicine, New Canaan CT, Keats Publishing. 1990
• The Complete Self Care Guide to Holistic Medicine, New York, Tarcher-Putnam. Sept. 1999 [co-author]
• Pharmacological Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure, JAMA May 17 1995; 273(19):1491-92 [Letter].
• Psychosynthesis: A Conceptual Framework for Holistic Medicine [in] Readings in Psychosynthesis
• Managing stress, WAFP Journal. Apr 1988; 14(2):11
• A complementary approach to urolithiasis prevention, World J Urol 2002 Nov; 20(5):294-301.
• A holistic approach to prevention and health promotion, Clinics Fam Pract 2002 Dec; 4(4):773-90
• Columnist: Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology [in] The Townsend Letter for Doctors, 1996
• Reviewer for Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Oakstone Educational Reviews, monthly medical education audiotape series, 1998-2001
• Author, holistic cyberdatabase for Clinical Pathways. Inc: http://cudfm.org/holistic Selected Citatations
• American Men and Women of Science, 1991
• Who's Who in the Behavioral Sciences, 1982
• Who's Who in the West, 1975
• Who's Who, 1992
• American Holistic Medical Association, Distinguished Service Award, 1993
• Holistic Pioneer Award, 1996
• City University, nominee for "Excellence in Teaching" award, 1995