(Chris voulunteers his time with Adaptive Sports at his winter home in Colorado)
Dr. Chris Kaufmann, DOM, AP, graduated from the Florida Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in June 1995.
He passed the national NCCAOM boards in New York City in Sept 1994.
While attending school, he also interned with Dr. James T. Reese who specialized in Enviromental Medicine along with Oriental and German Biological Medicine. Kaufmann later joined The Occidental Institute in Vancouver, BC, and started an amazing journey into German Biological and Functional Medicine.
Dr. Kaufmann studied under Dr.Walter Sturm, Dr. Sandy Wood, Dr. Helmut Schimmel, Dr. Daniel Clark, and Dr. Douglas Leber, just to name a few.
Trips to Germany with the Occidental Research Group gave him the opportunity to work with the “Who’s Who” in functional medicine. Further studies took him into Enviromental Medicine and how enviromental toxins take a toll on one’s health.
The study of Homotoxicology by Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg became a natural way of thinking, in terms of diagnosis, for Dr. Kaufmann and went hand-in-hand with TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine.) An “Art of Healing” was taking shape.
Dr. Kaufmann holds certifications in Bio-Energetic testing, also called Electro Acupuncture according to Voll, or EAV. Further courses and certifications in Blood Chemistry and Biological Terrain Testing, Homeopathy, Parasitology, Endocrinology, and Thermography were to follow. The study of Empircal Relationships between Odontomas(dental) and Organ /Diseases was yet another piece to the understanding and complexities of the human body. Dr. Kaufmann taught Introduction to Biological Medicine at the East/West College of Natural Medicine (Acupunture School in Sarasota, Florida) in 1996. Since then, he has taught numerous clinical presentations at various Alternative Medicine Conferences.
“Dr. Chris” teaches other healthcare professionals in their clinical settings and has become, as some say, an “expert in his field”. He has been the owner and director of the Abundant Health and Wellness Center along with his wife, Melissa, for 14 years in Sarasota, Florida.
In 2006, Dr. Chris moved his family to Bayfield, Colorado where he resides parttime with Melissa and their four children. He continues to travel the world looking for the newest technologies to help his patients. Therefore, he will always strive to do the least harm and provide his patients with the most cutting edge healing modalities.He is now back in Sarasota as often as he can giving specialized care to his patients.
Dr. Chris has studied and practiced effective alternative methods in the treatment of Lymes Disease, parasitology, endocrine imbalances, M.S., and Hepatitis C to name a few. Treating the person and not the disease, he likes to gather information, put it all together, and create an effective treatment plan. Dr. Chris can be reached at 970-764-8758. Dr.Chris is available for worldwide consulting and speaking engagements.
Dr. Kaufmann also enjoys Surfing, snowboarding, biking, hiking,whitewater kayaking, and his family are his other passions.