Faculty: North American Institute of Medical Herbalism

Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist, Clinical Nutritionist
Paul Bergner has studied and practiced natural medicine since 1973, with formal studies in naturopathy, medical herbalism, clinical nutrition, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, flower essences, yoga therapy, and bodywork, including undergraduate studies in pre-medicine and psychology, and 50 semester hours of doctoral level medical studies at National College of Naturopathic Medicine. He has edited the Medical Herbalism journal since its founding in 1989, and has written seven books on medical herbalism, nutrition, Chinese medicine, ethnobotany, and naturopathic medicine. He has also edited periodicals on clinical nutrition and naturopathic medicine.
Paul directed the clinical herbalism program at Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies for eight years, training more than 100 certified clinical herbalists in a 1500 hour education that culminated in a nine-month internship program. He is currently adjunct faculty in nutrition at Naropa University, adjunct faculty in nutrition and pathophysiology at the Tai Sophia Institute, and nutrition faculty at the Seven Bowls school of nutrition. In addition to directing the NAIMH, he teaches herbal materia medica and therapeutics, clinical nutrition, basic medical sciences, clinical skills, medical history and philosophy, and nature studies.

Teresa Koby, Certified Clinical Herbalist
Teresa has a clinical practice in medical herbalism and clinical nutrition in Estes Park, CO, and in the Texas Hill Country. She currently teaches health-related classes to the public in Estes Park, as well as writing for a local newspaper and doing radio programs. Teresa is a graduate the clinical herbalism program at Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies.
Teresa has more than twenty years of experience in education, as a teacher and administrator. She taught classes in advanced herbal therapeutics, nutrition, and clinical skills, and was supervising clinical faculty at RMCBS from 2001 through 2003. Teresa teaches herbal therapeutics, nutrition, and clinical skills at NAIMH, and is supervising faculty at the teaching clinic.
Catherine Pantaleo, Certified Clinical Herbalist

Catherine is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, a Physiologist and Naturalist with a private practice in the Boulder area. She studied Clinical Herbalism at the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies
Catherine taught basic medical sciences at Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies from 1999-2003. She is currently an instructor at the Seven Bowls School of Nutrition, Healing Spirits Massage Training Program, and teaches classes at the Gilpin County Recreation Center. She brings to the classroom a passion for connecting people to the beauty and healing power within themselves and the natural world around them. She teaches basic medical sciences at the NAIMH

Anne Theissen, Registered Dietician, Certified Clinical Herbalist
Anne is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, and certified clinical herbalist with a private practice in Boulder. She combines nutrition therapy and herbal medicine utilizing an integrative approach to encourage healing in her clients. She attended the University of California, Davis, and interned at Yale’s teaching Hospital in New Haven Connecticut and prior to graduating from the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies in Boulder Colorado as a certified clinical herbalist. Anne has worked in the field of nutrition since 1986 and has incorporated herbal medicine into her work since 1997.
She teaches and guest lectures at a number of schools in the Boulder area, bringing her enthusiasm into the classroom for a variety of populations. Anne teaches clinical nutrition at NAIMH

Zita Xavier, Certified Clinical Herbalist, Body worker
Zita Xavier is a Certified Clinical a herbalist and Body worker with private practices in Boulder and Crestone, Colorado. She is a graduate of the Boulder College of Massage and the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies clinical certification program
She taught various subject in all program at the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies, and currently teaches at the Healing Spirits Massage School and the Seven Bowls School of Nutrition, and in Continuing Education classes at Naropa University. She teaches basic medical sciences and flower essences and is on the Clinical Faculty at NAIMH.

Matthew Becker, Clinical Herbalist
Matthew Becker has practiced herbalism for more than twenty years. He apprenticed with herbalist William LeSassier in New York in the 1980s, and taught at the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies from 1998 through 2003. He is currently a staff herbalist at the Pharmaca, an integrative pharmacy in Boulder, CO. He has developed formulas for North American Chinese herbal companies. He is on the regular and clinical faculties at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism

Linda Whitedove, Clinical Herbalist, L.Ac.
Linda Whitedove, L.Ac. Has practiced Western herbalism for more than twenty-five years. She was the founding director of the clinical herbalism program at Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies in 1995. She is a medical herbalist practicing in the outpatient integrative medicine program at Longmont United Hospital in Colorado, and is the formulator at Homegrown Herbals, a company based in Hygiene, Colorado. Linda also has a private practice as a Certified Acupuncturist. She is on the regular and clinical faculties at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, and is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild.

Other Guest Faculty include Denise Townsend, Lisa Ganora, Janine Malcolm, ND, and Candis Cantin Packard.