Promoters of Questionable Methods
Each of the following has been involved in some way with the promotion or administration of questionable health products and/or services. Many of them have written at least one book that I believe contains invalid information. Most appear to hold sincere beliefs. Those marked with a red asterisk (*) have been subjected to regulatory or enforcement action. Nonaccredited degrees are marked with black asterisks (*). Each asterisk represents one action or degree. Click on each name to see the reason they are on this list.
Living
- Ilona Abraham, MD*
- David Amrein*
- Stephen B. Ayre, MD
- Nicholas Bachynsky, MD****
- James F. Balch, MD
- Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
- Neal Barnard, MD (link to another site)
- Robert Barefoot*
- Donald Barrett*
- Paul V. Beals, MD*****
- Berkley Bedell (link to another site)
- Joel Berger, DDS**
- Brian Berman, MD
- Haim Bicher, MD***
- Paula Bickle****
- Harvey Bigelson, MD*
- Sam Biser
- Jeffrey Bland, PhD***
- Russell Blaylock, MD
- Tim and Jan Bolen
- Dean Bonlie, DDS
- Robert W. Bradford****
- J.E. Bouquot, DDS, MSD
- Peter R. Breggin, MD
- Joyce E. Brown, RN**
- Sylvia Browne
- Jennie Burke*
- Milan Brych** (link to another site)
- Stanislaus Burzynski, MD, PhD*
- Craig D. Butler, MD**
- Andrew W. Campbell, MD*
- Gregory Earl Caplinger********
- Rebecca Lee Carley, MD*
- Sam Chachoua
- Stephen A. Cherniske**
- Edmund Chein, MD***
- Deepak Chopra, MD
- Daniel G. Clark, MD**
- Larry Clapp, PhD, JD
- Hulda Clark, PhD, ND**
- Florence Comite, MD
- Arthur Copes, PhD**
- Serafina Corsello, MD*
- John E. Curran, MD, ND, PhD********
- Robert M. Currier, DO* (link to another site)
- Greg Cynaumon (link to another site)
- Leo Daboub*********
- Irving I. Dardik, MD*
- James Gary Davidson**
- Richard Claire Davis, Jr, MD**
- Lorraine Day, MD
- Ward Dean, MD*
- Jeanne Drisko, MD
- Harvey and Marilyn Diamond*
- John A. Dicke, PhD, JD*
- John V. Dommisse, MD**
- Kurt Donsbach*********
- Harold J. Dykema, DC*
- Stephen B. Edelson, MD**
- John Edward (link to another site)
- David Eisenberg, MD
- Roger H. Fisher, PhD**
- Peter C. Foster******
- David R. Friedman, DC, ND*
- Wendi Friesen
- Viola M. Frymann, DO**
- Herman Hugh Fudenberg, MD**
- Joanne Gallagher, DC*
- Charles Gant, MD*
- Michael Gerber, MD*
- Mark R. Geier, MD,
PhD
Robert Goldman, DO* - Nicholas Gonzalez, MD*
- James S. Gordon, MD
- David L. Gordon, MD***
- Richard Gorringe, MD**
- Doug Grant*
- Bill Gray, MD*
- John Gray, PhD* (link to another site)
- Alex Guerrero
- Ronald L. Halstead, DC**
- Ryke Geerd Hamer*****
- William M. Hammesfahr, MD
- Bruce E. Hedendal, DC, PhD*
- Henry Heimlich, MD (link to another site)
- Jay M. Holder, DC**
- William Holder, MD*
- Len Horowitz, DMD, MPH**
- Steven Hotze, MD
- Hal A. Huggins, DDS**
- Russell W. Hunt, MD**
- Jacques Imbeau, DMD*
- Charles K. Inlander
- Joseph Jemsek, MD*
- John of God (link to another site)
- James E. Johnson, MD*
- Gordon Josephs, DO**
- Jesse Jutkowitz, DC*****
- Eleazer M. Kadile, MD*
- Daniel Kamen, DC*
- Jimmy Keller**
- William D. Kelley, DDS*
- Ronald Klatz, DO*
- Monte Kline, PhD***
- Jay Kordich
- Tedd Koren, DC
- Ernst T Krebs, Jr.***
- Josef Krop, MD*
- Hans J. Kugler, PhD*
- Jacob W. Kulp, DC**
- Roy Kupsinel, MD
- Michio Kushi
- Andrew J. Lane**
- I. William Lane, PhD**
- Don Lapre**
- Ronald Lawrence, MD, PhD* (link to another site)
- Terry J. Lee, DDS**
- Loren Lockman*
- Karl Loren (Loren Karl Troescher)*
- Rev. George Malkmus
- Richard Markoll, MD, PhD*
- Richard A. Marschall, ND*
- Gary Martin*
- Robert C. Martin, DC
- Marijah McCain, ND, MD(AM), PhD*****
- Gillian McKeith***
- Joseph Mercola, DO**
- Andrew McNaughton**
- Earl Mindell, RPh**
- David Ira Minkoff, MD*
- Sandi Mitchell, PhD**
- Ralph Moss, PhD
- Gaston Naessons**
- Jarir Nakouzi, MD
- Devi S. Nambudripad, DC, LAc, RN, PhD
- Joseph Natole, Jr., MD
- Robert O. Nara, DDS*
- William C. Nelson, PhD, MD, NMD, ScD, ND*****
- Gary Null, PhD*
- Brian E.P.B. O'Connell**
- William P. O'Neill
- Joseph Chikelue Obi* (link to another site)
- Alex Orbito*
- Gary Ordog, MD*
- Ina June Organ*
- Gary Pace, PhD**
- Richard Passwater*
- Durk Pearson
- Nicholas V. Perricone, MD
- Laurence Perry, NMD, ND****
- Brian S. Peskin***
- Douglas J. Phillips, DDS*
- Michael Pinkus, DC**
- John C. Pittman, MD*
- Charles Pixley*
- David Eugene Pontius*
- Helmut Prahl, PhD (link to another site)
- James R. Privitera, MD***
- Dr. Ian Geoffrey Raddatz*
- William C. Rader, MD
- Mathias Rath, MD*
- William J. Rea, MD*
- Shelvie Rettmann**
- Joseph E. Rich, MD****
- Anthony Robbins* (link to another site)
- Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD**
- Russell Roby, MD***
- Anthony G. Roeder, DDS*David W. Rowland*
- Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, PhD, CNC****
- Wesley E. Shankland, DDS**
- Bozena Rozum-Slota, MD*
- Raymond J. Salani, PhD**
- Humbart Santillo, ND
- Thomas S. Sawyer*
- Alexander Schauss PhD*
- Alan Schwartz, MD**
- Diana Schwarzbein, MD
- Wesley Shankland, DDS*
- Todata R. Shanthaveerappa, M.D. (a/k/a T.R. Shantha, M.D.**
- James Shen, DDS**
- Richie Shoemaker, MD*
- James M. Shortt, MD**
- Robann Sica, MD**
- Leanna J. Standish, ND, PhD, Dipl Ac
- John E. Stauch, PhD***
- David A. Steenblock, MD**
- Jesse A. Stoff, MD*
- Walter W. Stoll, Jr., MD*
- Arnold J. Susser, RPh, PhD*
- Murray Susser, MD*
- Stuart M. Suster, MD**
- Arnold C. Takemoto* (link to another site)
- Shawn M. Talbot, PhD*
- Katrina C. Tang, HMD***
- Michael R. Teplitsky, MD (aka Michael Tepliski, MD)****
- Ron Tepper*
- Thomas Ronald Theodore***
- Stephen R. Thomas
- Steven Tondre*
- Timothy S. Trader, NMD, PhD, DD***
- Kevin Trudeau******
- John E. Upledger, DO
- Richard Vander Heyden, DDS**
- Jonathan Wainwright*** (link to another site)
- Joel D. Wallach, DVM, ND
- U.S. Rep. Diane Watson
- Joe Weider******
- Andrew Weil, MD
- Jordan Weiss, MD*
- Robyn Elizabeth Welch (link to another site)
- Scott Rulon Werner, MD*
- Julian Whitaker, MD (link to another site)
- Frank D. Wiewel
- David Williams, DC (link to another site)
- Robert D. Willix, Jr., MD
- E. Denis Wilson, MD*
- Tom Wu, MD, PhD***
- Jonathan V. Wright, MD*
- Paul Yanick, Jr, PhD, ND, CNC, CQM*
- Gary Young, ND****
- Robert O. Young, MS, DSc, PhD, ND*****
- Chester Yozwick*
Deceased
- Albert Abrams, MD
- Paavo Airola, ND*
- Hariton Alivizatos
- William Horatio Bates, MD*
- Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, MD
- A. Glenn Braswell***145 actions***
- John R. Brinkley**
- Lawrence Burton, PhD*
- John Colquhoun, DDS, PhD
- William G. Crook, MD
- Michael L. Culbert*
- Adelle Davis
- Luigi Di Bella, PhD
- Benjamin Feingold, MD
- Carlton Fredericks*
- T.C. Fry*
- Max Gerson, MD
- Dinshah P. Ghadiali, MD, ME, DC, PhD, LLD, ND, DOpt, FFS, DHT, DMT, DST**********
- Gayelord Hauser***
- Bob Hoffman*****
- Harry Hoxsey**
- Bernard Jensen, DC
- Bruce Halstead, MD*
- John Harvey Kellogg (link to another site)
- Ernst T. Krebs, Sr.*
- John R. Lee, MD
- Royal S. Lee, DDS*****
- Virginia C. Livingston, MD*
- Harold Manner, PhD
- Rajko Medenica, MD*
- Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD
- Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.
- Cornelis Moerman, MD
- Richard P. Murray, DC
- Paul Niehans, MD
- Hans Nieper, MD*
- Daniel David ("D.D.") Palmer
- Melvin Page, DDS
- Linus Pauling, PhD
- Weston Price, DDS
- Evans Rapsomanikis*
- Cary Reams*
- Willhelm Reich, MD*
- Emanuel Revici, MD*
- John Richardson, MD**
- Raymond Royal Rife
- Maureen Kennedy Salaman**
- Anthony J. Sattilaro, MD
- Herbert Shelton
- Lendon Smith, MD**
- Donald E. Soli, MD**
- Rudolf Steiner
- Elisabeth Targ, MD
- John H. Tilden, MD
- John W. Tintera, MD**
- George Starr White, ND, DC, PhD
- John Yiamouyiannis, PhD
- Rily Young, DDS*
This page was revised on February 24, 2008.