Mistletoe Therapy & Integrative Oncology

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.

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, 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, 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. Peter Hinderberger, MD, PhD, received his medical degree in 1979 and his PhD in 1980 from the University of Berne, Switzerland. He is a primary care physician and medical director of the Ruscombe Mansion Community Health Center where he has been practicing since 1984. He was introduced to anthroposophic medicine and mistletoe use in 1978 during his internship at the Lukas Klinik in Switzerland (now Clinic Arlesheim). The clinic specializes in cancer using anthroposophic medical modalities (mistletoe, homeopathy, external applications, movement and art therapies).

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 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.