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Nicholas James Gonzalez, md, has been in private practice since 1987 in New York City, treating patients diagnosed with cancer and other serious degenerative illnesses based on his previous research of the methods pioneered by embryologist John Beard, DSc, and William Kelley, DDS, MS.
Dr Gonzalez graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a degree in English literature from Brown University in 1970. He worked as a journalist for Time, Ine, where a series of assignments on health care introduced him to some pioneering figures including notably, Linus Pauling, who inspired him to change careers.
Gonzalez attended Cornell University Medical College where he worked with Robert Good, MD, PhD, then president of Sloan-Kettering. He received his medical degree in 1983. During a postgraduate immunology fellowship under Dr Good, considered the father of modern immunology, he completed a research study evaluating an aggressive nutritional therapy in the treatment of advanced cancer. His nutritional research has received substantial financial support from Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, and the National Cancer Institute. Results from a pilot study published in 1999 described the most positive data in the medical literature for pancreatic cancer.
He is the author of three booL·: What Went Wrong: The Truth Behind the Clinical Trial of the Enzyme Treatment of Cancer, a William Kelly history titled One Man Alone: An Investigation of Nutrition, Cancer, and William Donald Kelley, and The Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer: One Solution to the Medical Enigma of Our Times. For more information about Dr Gonzalez, his practice, and his books, visit http:llwww.dr-gonzalez. com.
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (ATHM): Your background includes an undergraduate degree in English literature and work as a journalist before you became a medical doctor. Would you please discuss your journey to the field of immunology and cancer treatment, and what inspired your move from English and journalism to medicine?
Dr Gonzalez: When I was in college the last thing I ever thought Id be doing is working as a scientist or a physician. I went to Brown, which had no required courses. I majored in literature and writing, intending to be a writer. My first job after college was at Time, Inc. It was a really nice job: I got to travel...