About Nancy Lonsdorf, MD
Named “one of the nation’s most prominent Ayurvedic doctors” by the Chicago Tribune, Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf is a leading integrative physician, author, speaker and educator specializing in Ayurveda, integrative medicine, women’s health and the prevention and reversal of cognitive decline.
Dr. Lonsdorf received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University.
She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Integrative, Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) and the recipient of the Atreya Award for excellence in Ayurvedic practice from the Association of Ayurvedic Practitioners of North America.In 2017, she was honored with the Award of Excellence in Holistic Medicine in 2017 by the Holistic Doctors Recognition Board.
Since beginning her practice in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine in 1987, she has treated over 30,000 patients, at the Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Center of Washington DC, at the award-winning Raj Ayurveda Health Spa in Fairfield, IA and now in-person in Iowa and N Carolina; virtually to FL, CA, NY, IA or NC, and around the world.
She is a frequent speaker at medical conferences and has taught hundred’s of health professionals Integrative Ayurveda at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, Pacific Pearl in La Jolla and Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Lonsdorf is a sought-after speaker, author and natural medicine authority. Dr. Lonsdorf has lectured at some of the nation’s foremost medical institutions, including The National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins, Columbia University, Georgetown University and George Washington University, and has served as a consultant to NIH on Ayurvedic medicine, as well as on the editorial boards of both online and print journals in integrative and complementary medicine.
She has extensive media exposure, having appeared on national radio and TV, including CNN, NPR and the Donahue Show and has been frequently quoted in popular magazines such as First for Women, Natural Solutions, Yoga Journal and Redbook.
Dr. Lonsdorf is also an ICF- Certified Professional Coach (PCC,) and a Certified Leadership Coach. She is Co-founder with Ziv Soferman, PhD of Experience Resolution Methodology Coaching™ (ERM Coaching™) a structured coaching method that promotes breakthrough thinking and creativity, professional development and well-being through extensive, strategic self-inquiry and inner resolution. Drs. Lonsdorf and Soferman’s ERM Coaching provided coaching services for the Dept. of Defense-funded clinical trial at Duke University, Data-Driven Approaches to Healthcare Provider Resilience and Burnout in COVID-19.
She has extensive experience coaching and co-coaching clients in the private sector as well as in medical and academic settings. Dr. Lonsdorf is the co-author with Ziv Soferman, PhD of the Amazon best-selling book Your Mind-Brain Reboot: How to Dissolve the Limiting Impact of Life’s Greatest Challenges and Prosper in Your Life.
Dr. Lonsdorf is the author of three additional groundbreaking books on integrative health and wellness:
The Healthy Brain Solution for Women Over 40- 7 Keys to Staying Sharp, On or Off Hormones, KDP publishing; The Ageless Woman MIU Press; and co-author of A Woman’s Best Medicine Tarcher/Putnam.
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