Sylvan Institute of Botanical Medicine

Thomas Avery Garran

Thomas Avery Garran is an practicing herbalist specializing in Chinese medicine and the use of Western herbs within Chinese medicine.

Benjamin Zappin, L.Ac.

Benjamin Zappin maintains a private practice in acupuncture and herbal medicine in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA., as well as two community clinics.

Ingrid Bauer

Ingrid is a Western herbalist, gardener, mother, and medical student who enjoys sharing her enthusiasm about plant medicine through teaching.

Bevin Clare

Bevin Clare, M.S., R.H., CNS, is a clinical herbalist and nutritionist with a deep love of plants.

Amanda McQuade Crawford

Amanda McQuade Crawford is a Consultant Medical Herbalist for the natural product industry and the entertainment community based in Los Angeles.

Anne de Courtenay

A born and bred Chicago native, Anne de Courtenay has been studying herbalism in the Western and Chinese traditions for almost 10 years.

Todd Caldecott

Todd Caldecott is a medical herbalist, practitioner of Ayurveda and professional member of the AHG since 1997.

Misha Ruth Cohen, OMD, L.Ac.

Misha Cohen, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncturist, is the Clinical Director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine.

jim mcdonald has been practicing the art of herbcraft since 1994, and offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism.

Lyn Patrick, ND

Lyn Patrick has spent the last 25 years as a primary care provider specializing in environmental medicine, and chronic hepatitis C. Dr. Patrick also lectures widely on fatty liver disease and chronic hepatitis C to physicians internationally.

CoreyPine Shane

CoreyPine is Director of the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine and has spent the past 15-plus years helping clients by artfully blending Chinese and Western herbal traditions with a focus on local plants.

Lisa Ganora

Lisa Ganora has been a traditional herbalist for more than 25 years and is an expert on the properties of phytochemical constituents in medicinal foods and herbs.

Eric Yarnell

Eric Yarnell is currently chief medical officer at Northwest Naturopathic Urology as well as staff physician at the Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Center and supervising physician at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health.

Christopher Hobbs

Christopher Hobbs is a fourth generation herbalist and botanist with over 30 years experience with herbs. Christopher writes and lectures internationally on herbal medicine.

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