Curriculum Vitae

Dr Michael A. Prytula ND has been in private practice since 1988 and has been doing IV therapies since 1995. In his practice he has supervised or administered more than 12,000 IV procedures and seen more than 5,000 new patients and has had greater than 100,000 total patient visits.

Professional Credentials and Accomplishments

-Transition Council of the College of Naturopaths of Ontario: Board member Nov 2009 to present

-Naturopathic Doctor- Board Certified Ontario 1988

- Up until recently 30% of our clients are Americans with patients coming from New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, Montana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and Arkansas. Canadian patients have come from BC, NWT, NFLD, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and all over Ontario. International patients have come from Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Australia, Germany, and Japan.

-Fighting ongoing legal battle with the BDDTN (Ontario) since 1999 for approval of ozone, chelation and other IV Therapies. Legal battle resolved with partial victory in 2008.

-Fought with the College of Nurses for the rights of Naturopathic Doctors to give orders to Nurses (charges brought against my nurses by the BDDTN) unfortunately was unsuccessful due to infighting by my nursing staff. A nurse was trained as a Naturopathic Nurse (Centennial College and CCNM). One nurse decided to testify against the other nurse in exchange for a more lenient sentence.

-The clinic NaturoMedic.com was and is the biggest contributor from the Naturopathic community to CCNM’s (Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine) capital campaign.

-The clinic supports eight bursaries at the two Canadian Colleges of Naturopathic Medicine: BINM (Vancouver) and CCNM (Toronto).

-The first Naturopathic Doctor in North America to offer an Emergency Procedures Course for clinical settings. (copyright for course, chart, and manual filed with Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

-Successfully lobbied the CAW for the profession to obtain coverage for Naturopathic Medicine for the Big Three (GM, Ford and Chrysler) employees (7 years in the making).

Employment and Naturopathic Practice

St Catharines private practice 1998-present

Niagara Falls private practice 1993-1998

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (instructor 4th year integrated clinical studies) 1990-1993

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (clinical supervisor) 1990-1994

Grimsby private practice 1991-1993

Fonthill private practice 1990-1993

Toronto private practice 1988-1992

Education

Hackett Hemwall Foundation (Prolotherapy Training) 2008, 2009

Naturopathic Academy of Therapeutic Injection Course 1 2007

International Society of Chelation Technicians 2001

NeuroEmotional Technique 2000

Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Therapy 1999

Basic Principles and Practice of Intravenous Therapy (held at CCNM) Feb13, 1999

Neural Therapy 1997

Jaffe Mallor Technique 2001-2

Environmental Medicine (Walter Krinnion ND) 2001

Various IV therapy courses (Chelation, Ascorbates, Hydrogen Peroxide, Ozone therapy)Frank Shallenburger MD 1996, Charles Farr MD 1996,

Garret Swetlickoff ND 1997, 1995-1998

Ozone Therapy (European Board Certified) 1995 +2006

Niagara College (part time studies) Business 1999-2004

Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine 1984-1988

University of Waterloo Health Studies 1982-1984

Professional Courses Created and Instructed: Developed syllabus and overall course structure to train Naturopathic Doctors in advanced certification programs in: British Columbia (courses approved by the CNPBC), Alberta (courses approved by the CNDA), Nova Scotia (NSAND) and Manitoba (MNA)

The Common Cause Foundation (ozone introduction) 1999

IV Emergency Procedures Course (for clinical settings): CNDA approved advanced certification course, approved for CE credits in BC, Ontario and Arizona 2001+

IV Chelation: CNDA, MNA, NSAND and CNPBC approved advanced certification course 2002+

Oxidative Therapies (H2O2, Ozone and UVB): CNDA, MNA, NSAND and CNPBC approved advanced certification course 2002+

IV Basic: CNDA, MNA, NSAND and CNPBC approved advanced certification course 2002+

Faculty Aesclepian Society (ozone introduction, Prolotherapy) 2004,2010

Memberships

Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors

Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors

Personal Activities

Latin And Ballroom Dancing 1999+

Private pilot (aerobatics) 1993+

Snowboarding (extreme) 2000+

Scuba Diving (open water, advanced open water…..) 2005+