Woodson Merrell, M.D.

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Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Board Member, NY State Office of Professional Medical Conduct
Chair, Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center
Executive Director, Continuum Center for Health and Healing
Education 
M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, 1976
Residency 
Internal Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York,1979
Hospital Affiliations/Admitting Privileges 
Beth Israel Medical Center
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
 
Dr. Woodson Merrell, who has been named by New York magazine as a "Leader for the New Millennium," is chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, Manhattan campus of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Executive Director of the Continuum Center for Health & Healing and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Merrell has also served as Chairman of New York State’s Board of Acupuncture and is a Board Member of the New York State’s Office of Professional Medicine Conduct.  
 
At Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Merrell oversees many consumer and educational programs and is a member of a working group on curricular reform for integrative medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Within the Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Dr. Merrell oversees research projects and topics including studying the effect of creating an optimal healing environment on cancer outcomes and costs, imagery in low back pain, life-style changes in asthma, yoga in stroke recovery, acupuncture and craniosacral therapy in asthma, and botanical medicine for arthritis. 
 
Dr. Merrell also maintains a high-profile private practice in integrative medicine and acupuncture on Manhattan's Upper East Side, which he established in 1985. His specific expertise includes mind-body therapies, acupuncture, botanical therapies, nutrition and nutraceuticals, homeopathy, and indigenous healing systems. 
 
Dr. Merrell has chaired and been scientific director for numerous medical and consumer health care conferences, and is featured regularly in the national media for his expertise in integrative medicine, including contributions to the CBS Morning Show, CNN, MSNBC, NABC, the View, NFP, WBAI, Sirius, Time, Forbes, Barrons, Leaders W, Elle, Self, O. Huffington Post, Psychology Today.com, ABC NewsNow.com, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, NY post and the NY Daily News. He has also co-authored a book with his wife, health science writer Kathleen Merrell, called “The Source: Unleash your Natural Energy, Power Up Your Health, and Feel Ten Years Younger.”