Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology

Courses in a special, emerging approach to cancer care

Practical and comprehensive

  • We strive to cover all aspects of research and practical application, while also offering a deep and mindful approach to the unique aspects of the therapy. The courses focus on best practices and are taught by of some of the most experienced and knowledgeable allopathic and naturopathic clinicians in the field.

Experience

  • The teachings come from decades of experience gained in the best European clinics. Our faculty have over 50 years of combined experience in mistletoe therapy. The collaborative teaching they offer is thorough, well-informed, dynamic and inspiring.

Synergistic

  • The courses are designed to work with current integrative and naturopathic practices that are synergistic with mistletoe.

Certified

  • Courses are certified by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

A note about certificates: There is not a means of “certifying” in mistletoe therapy. The key is to acquire the best training available in order to best meet the needs of patients. We do not offer a certificate for our recorded courses. If you attend at least 90% of the live sessions during an online live course or an in-person course, you receive a certificate of participation. If you complete a live, online course, plus successfully complete a full year of the PAAM Mistletoe Apprenticeship Program, you are eligible to receive a certificate of training. Our courses are developed in collaboration with, and certified by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum .

PAAM European Mistletoe Tour and Training - September 2024

Join us for the
Advanced Best Practices
of Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology

An in-person advanced course 
February 19-23, 2025
in Atlanta, Georgia
at Emory Conference Center Hotel

Registration is Now Open
Click here for details and registration

Begun in 2019, the Practitioner Trainings in European Mistletoe & Integrative Oncology Best Practices have developed into a robust program of regular courses and annual mentoring.

In 2025 we are excited to be in-person again for a deep dive into practical strategies for supporting and treating the “whole” patient. Our training is unique in that our diverse faculty explores the biochemical and metabolic basis of treatment as well as the psychological and spiritual dimensions of medicine. Participants will learn about advanced administration of viscum album mistletoe integrated with anthroposophic, naturopathic and metabolic medicine. We strive to honor, appreciate and better understand the self-determining potential of each human being for their own healing.

Previous course participants often reflect on how this training has improved their capacity for diagnosis and innovative treatment of their patients, as well as how it has improved their own health and perspective of self-care. You don’t want to miss this special in–person opportunity

SPECIAL PRE-CONFERENCE • 8am-5pm on Feb 19th

How Anthroposophic Medicine Can Enliven Your Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition as a Doctor

This course is certified by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum and is open to MDs, DOs, NDs, NPs and PAs.

The topics covered within this thorough and extensive advanced course include:

  • Warmth Organization as a Doorway to Treating Cancer - an Anthroposophic View

  • Viscum Album Extract (VAE) Current Research Updates and Adjuvant Challenges

  • VAE Mechanisms of Action

  • VAE Manufacturing - Unique brand characteristics and considerations

  • Metabolic Medicine & Emerging Terrains

  • Threefold and Fourfold Prescribing

  • Supportive External Applications for Patients Undergoing Cancer Care

  • Host Trees, Helleborus Foetidus and Helleborus Niger

  • Anthroposophic Biochemistry

  • Cellular Energetics

  • Hyperthermia

  • IV Therapies - Addressing emergencies and complications

  • Intra-tumoral Injections - Induction VAE Therapy

  • Troubleshooting VAE Response

  • Breast Cancers and Challenges

  • Treating Lymphoma

  • Topical Applications

  • When and Why to Use Frequency as Medicine

  • Treating the Whole Human Being - Providing the highest level of patient care

  • Avoiding Practitioner and Patient Burnout

The Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology Training Program is designed for Medical Doctors (MD), Osteopathic Doctors (DO), Naturopathic Doctors from an accredited Naturopathic college (ND), Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PA).

The courses require a prior training of at least 1000 hours of biomedical classes (including anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnostics and therapy), as well as current state licensure to prescribe medicines.

The Advanced Course offered in February 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, was well attended and warmly received. Many practitioners continued their training and have since completed the PAAM Mistletoe Apprenticeship Program. Several practitioners also went on to attend the 2024 PAAM European Mistletoe Tour and Training in September 2024.

Mistletoe Training 2023

To receive announcements of future training opportunities, please subscribe to the PAAM Training Education Calendar at the bottom of our Education Overview page here.

*Mistletoe is not approved by the FDA for any specific medical diagnosis or treatment.

The Combined Course in Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology
AVAILABLE ONLINE for licensed MDs, DOs, NDs, NPs and PAs.

Please write to us at mistletoetraining@anthroposophicmedicine.org to purchase. Please be sure to include your full name, medical license number, state of licensure, and/or a copy of your license with your request.

For qualified prescribers looking to begin their training before the next live course, we offer a previously-recorded online combined course, housed on Mighty Networks, which covers both fundamental and more advanced topics, and features over 22 hours of recorded lectures. Recordings are available on-demand and can be watched at the pace of the participant. Supporting documents and forms are provided. Completion of the combined course may qualify individuals for further training within the Mistletoe Apprenticeship Program. No certificate is offered for completing the combined online course.

The purchase price is $1200; current PAAM members are eligible for a discount, but membership is not required to purchase.

See below for the complete list of topics and presenters, or click here.

For qualified prescribers looking to begin their training before the next live online course, we offer a previously-recorded online course that can be watched at your leisure- the Combined Course in Mistletoe Therapy and Integrative Oncology.

The Mistletoe Apprenticeship Program
Second cohort is underway.
Next cohort forming in Winter 2024.

Licensed medical practitioners who have already attended a Mistletoe Course presented by PAAM, or who have had equivalent training in mistletoe therapy and/or Anthroposophic medicine, are warmly welcomed to apply for the two-semester Mistletoe Apprenticeship Program during the open application period. Applicants need to have previously attended a course (or have equivalent training) and must be actively working with patients, as a case report is required to receive a certificate of training.

The Apprenticeship Program features 10 online group mentoring cohort meetings scheduled regularly on Tuesday evenings from 8:00-9:30pm Eastern Time in both Spring and Fall. Live participation in at least 90% of the mentoring sessions is required to receive a certificate of training. No CE credits are currently offered for the Apprenticeship Program.

To receive notifications about open application periods and upcoming training events, subscribe to the Education Calendar at the bottom of our Education Overview page here.

Meet the Practitioner Course Faculty

  • Dr. Steven Johnson, DO

    Dr. Steven Johnson, DO is an internationally respected lecturer, teacher and physician, and has dedicated himself to bridging Anthroposophic and integrative principals into mainstream medicine. After creating one of the first successful models of integrative care in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Johnson joined the Fellowship Community in Spring Valley, New York, an eldercare initiative dedicated to social therapy and community life. Dr. Johnson is certified in Anthroposophic Medicine and has served as the Course Director for the PAAM Mistletoe Training Program since 2019. Recently he was joined by Dr. Mark Hancock, as Co-Director of the PAAM Mistletoe Training Program.

  • Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO

    Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO (Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology) is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative cancer care and research. Consulting with physicians around the world, she has educated hundreds of professionals in the clinical use of mistletoe. She has created robust educational programs for both healthcare institutions and the public to incorporate well-vetted integrative therapies into cancer care to enhance outcomes. Dr. Winters is currently focused on opening a comprehensive metabolic oncology hospital and research institute (Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health) in the US, which will provide the best that standard of care has to offer alongside the most advanced integrative therapies. This facility will be in a residential setting on a gorgeous campus, against a backdrop of regenerative farming, EMF mitigation, and wellness-oriented retreat space. Find more of her work online here.

  • Dr. Mark Hancock, MD MPH

    Dr. Mark Hancock, MD MPH, founded Humanizing Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, together with his wife Enid in 2015. The clinic is strongly rooted in the couple’s belief that everyone should have quality integrative healthcare options. Dr. Hancock is certified in in Anthroposophic Medicine, which originally introduced Mistletoe as a therapeutic option for cancer 100 years ago. Dr. Hancock’s journey through life has been full and varied, and has taken him through art, philosophy, science and even some farm work, before ultimately landing in medicine at Humanizing Medicine. He currently serves as a Board member of PAAM and Co-Director of the PAAM Mistletoe Training Program. Read about his journey at HumanizingMedicine.com

  • Dr. Paul Faust, ND

    Dr. Paul Faust, ND, is the Founder and Naturopathic Director of the Chesapeake Natural Health Center in Towson, Maryland. He is an active member of the Maryland Naturopathic Doctors Association and the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (ONCANP). Dr. Faust was instrumental in helping to pass legislation in April 2014 to license naturopathic doctors in the state of Maryland. He was the first Naturopath to be granted licensure by the Maryland Board of Physicians and serves on their Naturopathic Formulary Council. He has provided expert witness testimony for the Maryland Attorney General’s office for cases involving Naturopathic Medicine and has also provided expert testimony to the US Department of Health and Human Services on Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Faust has lectured on the philosophy and practice of naturopathic medicine at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He served on the editorial review board for the Alternative Medicine Review—a leading, peer-reviewed journal for complementary and alternative medicine research. In addition to his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University, Dr. Faust holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

  • Dr. Marion Debus, MD

    Dr. Marion Debus, MD received her medical training at Ruhr-University Bochum 1989-1995. Her professional training in internal medicine included time at Klinik Öschelbronn Germany (1996-2002), Princess of Wales Hospital Bridgend GB and Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe Berlin Germany. Between 2002 and 2005 Marion further specialised in hematology and oncology at Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus Stuttgart Germany. From 2005 to 2017 she was senior physician at the community hospital Havelhöhe Berlin with oncological ambulance. She most recently was Head of the Department of Oncology, Hematology and Internal Medicine at Klinik Arlesheim until stepping into her role as Co-Leader of the Medical Section at the Geotheanum in September 2023.
    *photo credit: Christian Jaggi

  • Dr. Adam Blanning, MD

    Dr. Adam Blanning, MD is certified in Anthroposophic medicine and board-certified in family medicine, and has served on the faculty of New York Medical College and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Adam was elected as Co-Leader of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum in September 2023 and he serves as Co-Director for PAAM's Foundation Training Program. He founded and directs the Denver Center for Anthroposophic Therapies, which offers Anthroposophic Medicine, therapeutic eurythmy, Anthroposophic Nursing and rhythmical massage. He works with Waldorf schools in Denver and Boulder as an educational and developmental consultant.

The Mistletoe Therapy Course faculty have written a book, published by Steiner Books!

"In this pioneering book, doctors and patients will discover the incredible power of mistletoe therapy and its foundational place within integrative cancer care. As this book demonstrates, plant-based supplements that stimulate the immune system's own power — such as mistletoe — are a welcome addition to current cancer treatments and may eventually become first-line treatments (with fewer side effects)."

- Kelly A. Turner, PhD, NY Times bestselling author of Radical Hope

The Mistletoe Book website

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