My private practise started in 1993, after four years of formal training. For a long time I treated a lot of people with skin disorders, respiratory issues, hormone disruption, heart and circulatory disorders, depression and anxiety, and I gained a reputation for success in this sort of general medicine. Then, about a decade or so ago, I started to attract increasingly complex cases, involving multiple organ systems, many with major immune and autoimmune reactions. GPs were unable to meet the needs of such patients and I had to rise to the challenge. I immersed myself in the medical literature, reading hundreds of scientific papers every year, and attending specialist seminars. Perhaps my greatest breakthrough was understanding the fundamental role of nutrition in modifying the course of disease. I also trained in phlebotomy with the NHS so that I could make use of specialist laboratories to help with diagnoses as well as genetic testing to uncover individual weaknesses. Along with these new diagnostic skills I also introduced UVB and red light phototherapy, alongside highly focused herbal medicines.
