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The UltraWellness Team
At The UltraWellness Center, all the physicians are board certified in Family Practice and are experienced in functional, integrative and nutritional medicine. Our nutritionists have specialized training in using food as medical therapy. Our physicians, nutritionists and nurses work together closely and utilize a comprehensive, personalized approach to health.
The practice of medicine is ever changing, and at The UltraWellness Center we use existing and emerging technologies in both diagnosis and treatment. We follow the latest research, and constantly update our methods as new scientifically based therapies and testing become available.
Elizabeth Boham MD, MS, RD,
is board certified in family medicine, with a strong background in functional and integrative medicine. She graduated with a B.S. in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University and an M.S. and R.D. in Nutrition Education and Exercise Physiology from Columbia University. Before coming to The UltraWellness Center, she practiced integrative medicine at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA and was a partner with Albany Clinical Nutrition Specialists.
Dr. Boham is a young breast cancer survivor who understands first hand how difficult it can be to navigate though the health care system. After being diagnosed at age 30, she became very interested in the causes, prevention and cure of breast cancer. She understands how important it is to look at many different systems in the body when discovering the underlying cause for dysfunction. Functional medicine does this and has helped Dr. Boham answer a lot of these questions. Using this approach she works with people to decrease their risk of getting ill and support their body so that it can heal. She has been very successful in helping many of her patients reverse insulin resistance and diabetes, heart disease, other cancers, and autoimmune illnesses. She has extensive experience in weight control and gastrointestinal dysfunction as well. She understands that not everyone with breast cancer or heart disease is the same and that it is important to investigate what the individual person’s underlying cause is, when working to help the body function well.
Dr. Boham speaks on topics ranging from Women's Health and Breast Cancer Prevention to Insulin Resistance and Heart Health. She has been an online expert for Self Magazine and has contributed articles to a variety of magazines and books. She is married and has 2 children, Ama and Tismark. Through her practice and lecturing, Dr. Boham has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness.
Kathie Swift, MS, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian and one of the country's foremost nutritionists. She is currently the Nutrition Director for Hyman Integrative Therapies in Lenox, Ma., and a nutritionist for both the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Ma.
As both nutritionist and Nutrition Director for Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires for over a decade (1991-2005), she created and pioneered the development of "Nutritional Intelligence", dietary guidelines presented at the White House Conference on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and was instrumental in integrating these concepts into Canyon Ranch's highly acclaimed health and healing center. Known for her inspirational and visionary work in furthering medical nutrition therapy, Kathie was selected as the first Registered Dietitian to be interviewed as Clinician of the Month in the 20+ year history of the Institute of Functional Medicine, a cutting edge organization dedicated to advancing medical nutrition education. She has participated in Nutrition Roundtables at the Harvard School of Public Health and is also a faculty committee advisor to Georgetown University Medical School. Kathie has served as a scientific reviewer for the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and co-directs 'Food As Medicine', an annual nutrition symposium sponsored by the Center for Mind Body Medicine. She has consulted for numerous companies including Johnson & Johnson, My Food Phone and has helped to create innovative educational programs including Metagenic's popular First Line Therapy.
Kathie is on the Executive Board for the Nutritionists in Complementary Care and is a member of the Food and Culinary Professionals and Weight Management dietetic practice groups of the American Dietetic Association. She is a contributor to numerous books including Ultrametabolism, Power Foods, Bobbie Brown Beauty Evolution, Canyon Ranch Guide to Living Younger Longer, magazine articles and interviews featured in Healing Lifestyles and Spas, Body and Soul, Alternative Medicine, USA Today, Martha Stewart Living and Epicurious. Kathie is a highly sought after motivational speaker and was chosen to present on the Inaugural sailing of the Queen Mary 2. Kathie's joys include travel, rollerblading, hiking, yoga, whole foods cooking and her Blue Stocking Babes book club.
Deborah Phillips MS, LDN, CHES is a licensed dietetic nutritionist and certified health education specialist who has worked in nutrition for 30 years. Her experience included individual counseling, running community wellness programs and consulting for private schools.
John Bagnulo received a PhD in Food and Nutrition Sciences from the University of Maine (2003) and a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina (1997). John also teaches a variety of nutrition programs at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Additionally, he has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, a nutritionist at the Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, and as a faculty member for The Center for Mind Body Medicine. He is a frequent lecturer on numerous food related topics, including weight loss, detoxification, and chronic disease prevention. John’s other passion is for the mountains, where he also works as a guide. He has climbed in all of the world’s greater mountain ranges. This past year, he reached the top of Mt. Everest via the Northeast Ridge, as part of a two man, lightweight team that climbed in a self-sufficient manner.
Nina Silver, RN, nursing director of The Ultra Wellness Center, has worked with Dr. Hyman for 15 years, coaching and advising patients in their journey towards wellness. She has conducted many workshops on “Moving Towards Motivation” and has completed extensive training in functional medicine.