Joseph Pizzorno, ND is one of the world's leading authorities on science-based natural medicine, a term he coined in 1978. A licensed naturopathic physician with prescriptive rights, educator, researcher and expert spokesman, he is the founding president of Bastyr University, Editor-in-Chief of Integrative Medicine, A Clinician's Journal, Vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Functional Medicine, co-founder of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, member of the Board of Science Counselors for the Gateway for Cancer Research and Chair of the Science Board of Bioclinic Naturals. He is author of 10 books, including the Textbook of Natural Medicine and Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine and the newly released, Clinical Pathophysiology, A Functional Perspective.