Bernardo A. Merizalde, MD, DHt, started learning integrative and complementary medicine 30 years ago while finishing medical school at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogota, Colombia. He is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, having studied at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He practices general medicine and psychiatry, with a particular focus on the mind-body connection. He is medical director at the Family Hope Center (www.familyhopecenter.org), associate clinical professor at Thomas Jefferson University, and attending physician at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Merizalde is also past president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the oldest extant medical association in the United States, and a board member of the Greater Philadelphia Society for Clinical Hypnosis.
