Managing Board

Patrick Massey, MD, PhD

Dr. Massey is the past Medical Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Alexian Brothers Hospital Network and currently has an active medical practice, ALT-MED Medical and Physical Therapy Program, in Elk Grove Village IL.  Dr. Massey is board certified in both internal medicine and integrative medicine.  As a graduate of the first class at the Dr. Andrew Weil Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Dr. Massey has specialty training in integrative medicine and has been a leader in clinical integrative medicine for over 25 years.  Dr. Massey lectures locally and nationally on various integrative medicine topics and is a reviewer for several medical journals. He is published in peer reviewed journals in both basic and clinical science.  For the past fifteen years Dr. Massey writes a biweekly columnist on alternative medicine for the Daily Herald, the largest Chicago suburban newspaper and is the author of  “Miracles or I Have No More Boils.”

James J. Gormley, Secretary

An award-winning journalist, author, and member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Gormley has 25 years of experience in health-related media communications. He is a senior policy advisor for Citizens for Health and a member of the Institute of Food Technologists. From 2006 to 2008, Gormley directed three leading health-food trade magazines. He served as the editor-in-chief of Better Nutrition magazine (1995 to 2002) and served as a scientific and regulatory affairs officer for Nutrition 21 (2003 to 2006). A consumer health advocate and industry champion, Gormley has also been a frequent guest on television and national radio.

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