Paul Richard Saunders

Paul Richard Saunders, PhD, ND, R HOM, DHANP, CCH



Professor of Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, Ontario



National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, Illinois

Adjunct Professor of Naturopathic Medicine



Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine, Toronto, Ontario

Professor of Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine



Dundas Naturopathic Centre, Dundas, Ontario, Canada



Paul, Professor of Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, has been in private practice in Dundas, Ontario, Canada since 1991. His earned a PhD in forest ecology at Duke University, was on the faculty at Clemson University, and tenured at Washington State University. He earned his ND from Ontario (now Canadian) College of Naturopathic Medicine and did additional training and residency in homeopathy at National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, Oregon, earned a second ND, served as their interim Research Director also initiated their Institutional Review Board. Paul earned a Diplomate from the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians (DHANP) and Certified Classical Homeopath (CCH) from the American Council on Homeopathic Certification in 1993. He completed chelation board examinations from the International College of Integrated Medicine in 1998. As Editor, The Canadian Journal of Herbalism,2000-2002, he instituted peer-review. He does grant reviews for the NIH, NCCAM, and Sick Kids Foundation. He has honoured as Ontario Naturopathic Doctor of the Year in 1994 and 2002. In 1999 he was a member of the Transition Team that established the Office of Natural Health Products, Health Canada, served on its Expert Advisory Committee to 2006, and served as an expert on various subcommittees. He is president of NPLEX, has co-authored three books, served as an expert legal witness for the Crown, conducted clinical research, published numerous papers, lectured frequently on naturopathic medicine, and reviewed many scientific papers and chapters.