2024-2025 Course Catalog 
  
    Nov 02, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog

Organization and Governance



NUNM is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) corporation organized under Oregon law. The university is governed by a board of directors whose members serve three-year terms and represent the general community. The board oversees the organization and exercises management through the president. NUNM’s day-to-day operations are performed by the president, administration, faculty and staff.

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair, Noel Snodgrass, DC

Vice Chair, Leah Hollon, ND

Treasurer, Ron Brey, MA

Secretary, Michael Cronin, ND

President, Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM

Directors

Winston Cardwell, ND, MSOM

Daniel Assisi, EdD

Sonja Fung, ND

John Faubion, MBA

Molly Huffman, JD

Directors Emeriti*

Nancy W. Garbett, MEd

Ellen Goldsmith, MSOM

Michael G. Manes, DLitt

Steven P. Marsden, DVM, ND, MSOM

Corey Resnick, ND

Constituency Representatives*

Faculty Representative, Anna Peterson, ND

Staff Representative, Kathleen Dillon, MA

Senior Student Representative, Ryan Hofer

*Non-voting members

Administration

Office of the President

President, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM

Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration Chief Financial Officer, Gerald Bores, MBA

Vice President of Academic Excellence & Research, Heather Zwickey, PhD

Associate Vice President of Clinical Education and Administration, Dee Saunders, ND, MSiMR

Associate Vice President of Advancement and Community Engagement, Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND

Chief of Staff and Community Relations, Iris Sobottke, MA, NCC

Associate Director of Helfgott Research Institute, Joshua Goldberg, ND

Administrators Emeriti

President Emeritus, William J. Keppler, PhD (2003–2007)

President Emeritus, David J. Schleich, PhD (2007–2019)

Staff Emerita, Marilynn Considine (2008–2019)

Staff Emerita, Sussanna Czeranko, ND (2008–2019)

Staff Emerita, Laurie McGrath (1988–2017)

Staff Emerita, Andrea Smith, EdD (1991–2017)

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Mark Johnson 

Office of the Chief Academic Officer/ Provost

Vice President of Academic Excellence & Research, Heather Zwickey, PhD

Chief of Staff and Community Relations, Iris Sobottke, MA, NCC

Academic Support Coordinators, Leah Valletta, MA; Kathleen Dillon, MA

Finance and Administration

Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration | Chief Financial Officer, Gerald Bores, MBA

Director of Human Resources, Fox McGregor

Human Resources Generalist, Jade McBain

Business Office Mangager, Susan Wilkes

Health Centers Billing Manager, Gina Gossage

Director of Security, Mike Hale

Campus Security Officer, Keith Casper

Director of Facilities, David McAllister

Garden Coordinator, Ellen Donald

Information Technology Manager, Steven Fong

Information Technology Coordinators, Frank Zhang

Health Centers Operations

Chief Medical Officer, TBA

Director of Health Centers, Carolee Barrus

Quality Medicinary Assurance Supervisor, Jennifer Brusewitz, ND

Medicinaries and Store Manager, Jennifer Baier, ND

Medicinary Service Representatives, Briana Gabel; Teresa Gryder, ND, Lisa Shultz, LAc, Jennifer Kemnitz

Store Assistant Manager, Christina Fong

Health Centers Patient Services Manager, Robert D’Almeida

Patient Services Representatives, Shauna Vincent, Analisia Palos, Jennifer ‘Jen’ Adams, Linn Noviski

Referrals Coordinator, Michelle Gee

Medical Records Coordinator, Elizabeth Olsen

Laboratory Director, Sonia Kapur, PhD, HCLD

Laboratory Technology Specialist, Tammy Vogel, MLT

Laboratory Phlebotomist, Sunny Shrestha

SIBO Center Coordinator, Nichole Alvarado

Health Center Communcation Lead Communicator, Belle-Suzanne Raymond

Information Center Coordinator, Linn Novitski 

EHR Administration and Compliance Officer, Jeanna Smith, MSN, MATP

Health Center Clinical Services Manager, Esmeralda Castillo

Helfgott Research Institute

Associate Director of Research, Joshua Goldberg, ND

Research Administrator and IRB Liaison, Courtney Jackson 

Research Coordinator, Anders Gunderson, MS

Research Investigators, Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH; Lita Buttolph, PhD, DSOM, MS; Nina Callan, ND, MS; Jamie Corroon, ND, MPH; Andrew Erlandsen, ND; Joshua Goldenberg, ND; John Phipps, PhD, MS; Savita Rajurkar, PhD; Erica Sharpe, PhD; Mark Sodders, DSOM (Affiliate); Heather Zwickey, PhD; Anuja Chhabra, PhD; Alexandra Vita, PhD; Iman Ridda, MD, MPH, PhD; Michael Freeman, PhD, MScFMS, MPH; Ben Zimmerman, PhD; Dana Colgan, PhD

Library

University Librarian, Christina King, DSOM, MLS

Access Services Coordinator, Isabel Crabtree

Office of Marketing  

Director of Marketing and Communications, Mike Andrick

Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Brendon Marti

Marketing Content Specialist, Ashley Villarreal

Office of Admissions   

Vice President of Academic Excellence and Research, Heather Zwickey, PhD

Associate Director of Adminssions and Recruitment, Hannah Hitz

Admissions Counselors, Nicole McGee, Caleb Eldridge, Rebecca Bohlin

Admissions Coordinator of Communications, Events and Visits, Joel Synder

Office of Financial Aid

Director of Financial Aid, Sally Kalstrom

Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Kent Hartman

Office of Advancement, Continuing Education, Alumni Services and NUNM Press

Associate Vice President of Advancement and Community Engagement, Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND

Career Service Manager, Emma Britton

Director of Instructional Design Technology, Justin Fowler, EdD

CE Coordinator, TBA

Managing Editor, NUNM Press, Iris Sobottke, MA, NCC

Office of Instructional Design and Technology

Director of Instructional Design and Technology, Justin Fowler, EdD

Instructional Technology Coordinators, Jesse Fine, Mathew Wilcox

Office of Student Life

Dean of Students, Rachael Allen, MS

Director of Academic Success and Access, Morgan Chicarelli

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer, TBD

Office of the Registrar

Registrar, Kelly Garey

Associate Registrar, Jessica Bineham

Registrar’s Office Assistant, Colin Anderson

College of Naturopathic Medicine

Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine, Kelly Baltazar, ND, DC

Associate Vice President of Clinical Education and Administration, Dee Saunders, ND, MSiMR

Graduate Medical Education Coordinator, Noelle Rivera

College of Classical Chinese Medicine

Dean, College of Classical Chinese Medicine, Andrew McIntyre, MSA

Assistant to the Dean, Jeaneth Villegas, MA

School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies

Dean, School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies, Andrew Erlandsen, ND

Assistant to the Dean, Annie Clarke

Faculty

College of Naturopathic Medicine

Full-Time Faculty

Tammy Ashney, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009

Amy Bader, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2000

Kelly Baltazar, Director, College of Naturopathic Medicine; Assistant Professor; ND, Bastyr, 2005; DC, National University of Health Sciences, 2006

Richard Barrett, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1986

Lai Chim Chan, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2014

Bracey Dangerfield, Assistant Professor; PhD, Maharishi International University, 1992

Maleah Ermac, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2010

Megan Golani, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Richard Lok, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009

Katherine Patterson, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2010

Anna Peterson, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011

Nancy Scarlett, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Tom Walton, Associate Professor; DC, Western States Chiropractic College, 2010

Kimberly Windstar, Professor; MEd, California State College, 1982; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1991

Adjunct Faculty

Ryan Bradley, Director of Helfgott Research Institute; ND, Bastyr, 2003; MPH, University of Washington, 2009

Jennifer Brusewitz, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2000

Loch Chandler, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2001

Cole Chatterton, MBA, George Fox University, 2003

Catherine Darley, ND, Bastyr University, 2002

Elizabeth “Liz” Davidson, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Lysanji Edson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1996

Leslie Fuller, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009

Steve Gardner, DC, Western States Chiropractic College, 1977; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1994

Jennifer Gibbons, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1998

Mary Grabowska, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993; MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 1994

Beverly Harger, DC

Sonia Kapur, PhD, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, 1994; MSc, Panjab University, 1986

Terrance Manning, ND, National University of Natural Medicine 2016; MA, St. John’s College, 2011

Glen Nagel, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993

Jessica Nagelkirk, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Emma Neiworth Petshow, ND, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018

Elyse Ortiz, ND

Jonathan Ortiz, PhD, American University

Heidi Peterson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999

Rebecca Principe, ND

Steven Sandberg-Lewis, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1978

Dee Saunders, Director, Graduate Medical Education; Assistant Professor; ND, MSiMR, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015

Allison Siebecker, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2005

Meghan Sperandeo, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2013

Jillian Stansbury, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1988

Lisa Taulbee, ND, National College of Natural Medicine 2010

Brice Thompson, ND, National University of Natural Medicine

Amanda Watters, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015

Katherine Zieman, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993

Heather Zwickey, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998

College of Classical Chinese Medicine

Faculty Emeriti

Rihui Long, Professor Emeritus, Master of Medicine (China), Chengdu University of TCM, 1984

Full-Time Faculty

Andrew McIntyre, 

Kenneth Glowacki, Associate Professor; MSTOM, DACM, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 2002, 2016

Daniel Silver, Assistant Professor; MTCM, Five Branches Institute, 2006

Brandt Stickley, Associate Professor; MSTCM, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2001

Adjunct Faculty

Luke Adler, MATCM, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, 2007

Loch Chandler, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2001

Kendra Dale, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011

Lauri Elizabeth, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015

Turtle Farahat, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2014

William Frazier, MA, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, 2001

David Frierman, Certificate of Completion, San Francisco College of Acupuncture, 1989

Heiner Fruehauf, Founding Professor; PhD, University of Chicago, 1990

Ellen Goldsmith, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999

Rebecca Groebner, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011

Harry King, MSOM, Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley, 2010

Pikshan Ko

Manfred Kubny, PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 1994

Heather Nichole Lambert, ND, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2013

Andrew “Andy” McIntyre, MSA, Bastyr University, 1994

Paul Messersmith- Glavin, MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 2004

Joshua Paynter, MSTOM, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 2001

Christine Pearson, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Youping Qin, Master of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (China), Chengdu University of TCM, 1999, 2002

Laurie Regan, PhD, Harvard University, 1991; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Katherine Souza, ND, MAc, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018

Tamara Staudt, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1998

Brice Thompson, ND, MSiMR, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018

Edythe Vickers, Diploma, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 1986; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1987

Susan Wilmoth, MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 2007

School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies

Full-Time Faculty

Chelsie Falk, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2013

Kimberly Queen, Assistant Professor; DC, University of Western States, 1997; MS, University of Bridgeport, 2015

Adjunct Faculty — Graduate Studies

David Allderdice, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2008

Alexander Bear, MScN

Ryan Bradley, Director of Helfgott Research Institute; ND, Bastyr University, 2003; MPH, University of Washington, 2009

Emma Britton

Elona Casady, MPH, Boston University, 2001

Lauren Chandler, MSW, Portland State University, 2007

Dulcie Childs, MS, University of Alabama, 2015

Andrea DeBarber, PhD, University of Newcastle, 1997

Taleen Der-Gharizian, 

Shu Farmer, 

Kira Freed, MScN, National University of Natural Medicine

Megan Golani, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Wendy Hodsdon, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2007

Greta Jarvis, MScN, National University of Natural Medicine

Alina Karki, PhD

Patricia Kaufman, PhD

Andrea McBeth, ND, National University of Natural Medicine, 2017

Thomas Morgan, MA, Portland State University, 1994

John Phipps, PhD, University of Michigan, 2012

Katie Picksworth, ND, National University of Natural Medicine

Cory Pressman, MA, Washington State University, 1994

Savita Rajurkar, MDAM, Graduate Diploma in Naturopathy (India), College Of Naturopathy, 1996; ND, Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, 2000; PhD, Tilak Maharashtra University, 2007

Lisa Regan-Vienop, MPH, Tulane University, 1993

Iman Ridda, MD, MPH, PhD

Ian Rubin, MA, Goddard College, 2006

Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Laura Scher, EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2012

Erica Sharpe, PhD

Amala Soumayanath, PhD, University of London, 1987

Madeleine Tuson-Turner, ND, MSiMR, MScGH, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011, 2015, 2016

Heather Zwickey, Professor, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998

Adjunct Faculty — Undergraduate Studies

Sherry Bonekat, MS, Concordia University, 2016

Dulcie Childs, MS, University of Alabama, 2015

Bracey Dangerfield, PhD, Maharishi International University, 1992

Shehab El-Hashemy, Professor; ND, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2004; MBChB, Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University, 1994; MEd, University of Toronto, 2017

Jason Tobin, MFA, University of Texas, 2015 

Megan Golani, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012

Dana Johnson, MS, Durham University, 2012

Lindsay Marshall, MA, Oregon State University, 2012

Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Nicole Toussaint, PhD, Portland State University, 2013

Anna Peterson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997

Heather Zwickey, Professor, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998

Library

Christina King, Instructor; DSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009; MLS, Emporia State University, 2014