Dr. Jennifer Doan has had a lively Naturopathic Practice in Vancouver since 1998 where she enjoys bringing her many years of extensive training and clinical experience to her practice.

She graduated with her first Diploma of Naturopathy in 1993 from the Australasian College of Natural Therapies in Sydney, Australia.

She returned to Toronto, completing local Canadian requirements, and graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1996, with a second diploma of Naturopathic Medicine.

She is dedicated to the wellness of her clients and committed to offering the best of Naturopathic medicine. She attends seminars regularly with the world's leading Homeopathic doctors and TCM practitioners. In 2008 she completed the three-year post-graduate Homeopathic Master Clinician Course (HMC) in Vancouver with Lou Klein R.S. Hom.

Dr. Doan is a Registered Licensed Naturopathic Physician and a Registered Licensed Acupuncturist in British Columbia. She is a lecturer at provincial and national Naturopathic Conferences and has taught and supervised at Boucher Institue of Naturopathic Medicine in New Westminister. She is a member of the British Columbia Naturopathic Association and the BC Association of Homeopaths.

To receive a doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine, candidates must complete a rigorous four-year post-graduate training program with a three-year undergraduate prerequisite. This training involves: counselling, physical medicine (massage therapy, naturopathic manipulation), naturopathic medicine (nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathic medicine, traditional chinese medicine, acupuncture) basic medical sciences (anatomy, physiology, pathology, histology, microbiology, biochemistry, immunology), clinical medicine (lab diagnosis, radiology, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, pharmacology, minor surgery, emergency medicine) and 1300 hours of clinical supervision.

Hippocrates, considered the earliest predecessor of the naturopathic physician, formulated the concept of vis medicatrix naturae---"the healing power of nature." This concept has long been the core of indigenous medicine in many cultures around the world and remains one of the central themes of naturopathic philosophy to this day.

Naturopathic Physicians treat both acute and chronic illnesses, and provide safe, natural alternatives to conventional medicines.

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