Dr Alex Vasquez

By adding a medical doctorate degree to his list of credentials in May 2010, Dr Vasquez will be the first and only physician in America to have achieved 3 separate doctorate degrees all from American universities in 3 separate healthcare professions.

• Doctor of Chiropractic, March 1996, Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon

• Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, September 1999, Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, May 2010, University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon

 

Biography

Alex Vasquez began his professional training at Texas Chiropractic College and later graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon.  He then attended and graduated from the Naturopathic Medicine Program at Bastyr University near Seattle, Washington.  Over the next few years, Dr Vasquez maintained a private practice (first in Seattle, then in Houston, Texas), taught Orthopedics and Rheumatology at Bastyr University, and pursued his constant review of Medline for the continuous compilation of his biomedicine, nutrition, and physiology database. Dr Vasquez has published more than 70 articles and letters in magazines, newspapers, and peer-reviewed journals including Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, JAMA, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Integrative Medicine, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Arthritis & Rheumatism--official journal of the American College of Rheumatology.  Dr Vasquez has written three textbooks: Integrative Orthopedics, Integrative Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Pain: Expanded Clinical Strategies.  Dr Vasquez's current affiliations include National University of Health Sciences (Adjunct Professor), Institute for Functional Medicine (Forum Consultant), and Biotics Research Corporation (Researcher and Lecturer). He is currently a medical student at University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine where he will graduate in 2010 as Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr Vasquez has been a life-long athlete who started reading nutrition books at the age of 14 and who has participated in soccer, competitive bicycling, powerlifting, running, yoga, and martial arts.

 

October 2009: Dr Vasquez presents at the American Chiropractic Association Symposium and Expo on "Foundational Nutrition Protocol for Disease Treatment and Prevention", "Integrative Management of Diabetes Melitus and Metabolic Syndrome", and "Integrative Management of Hypertension" October 30 - November 1, 2009

May 2008: Dr Vasquez gives two presentations at the IFM International Symposium on Pain and launches the new IFM Pain Monograph.

April 2008: Dr Vasquez reviews musculoskeletal emergencies before discussing integrative naturopathic treatments for autoimmune diseases for the California Naturopathic Doctors Association in San Francisco, California

May 2007: Dr Vasquez moderates a panel discussion on thyroid disorders at the Institute for Functional Medicine Symposium in Tucson, Arizona