Dr Nick Avery
Nick
Avery practised for nearly twenty years as a GP before joining the Centre’s
London clinic. After qualifying in homeopathy, he worked regularly with
the Homeopathic Hospital in Tunbridge Wells and is presently Director of
Education there. He is also involved in the training of other medical homeopaths
at the Oxford Homeopathic Physicians Teaching Group.
Since leaving General Practice, Dr Avery has spent time developing his expertise in acupuncture and other complementary therapies. His philosophy is to "treat the whole patient, who will tell you what is wrong if you only take the time to listen." Particular areas of medical interest include asthma, eczema, Chronic Fatigue and Irritable Bowel Syndromes as well as the use of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine, osteo-arthritis and smoking cessation.
Professor George Lewith
George
Lewith attended Trinity College, Cambridge and Westminster Hospital Medical
School. He has worked as a Senior House Officer and Registrar within the
Westminster and University College Hospital Teaching Groups in London.
After training as a GP, he practised medicine in Australia before returning
to England. He continues to lecture at Southampton University’s Department
of Medicine. A member of many organisations within the field of complementary
medicine, Professor Lewith holds a Diploma in Acupuncture from Nanking
in China, and has acted as a consultant on complementary medicine to the
American National Institute of Health and Federal Drug Administration,
and the World Health Organisation.
September 2008:
The University of Southampton have awarded a personal chair to George Lewith; he is now Professor of Health Research.
The Times, in an article on September 6th 2008, included George Lewith in The Lifestyle 50, this newpaper's listing of the "top 50 people who influence the way we eat, exercise and think about ourselves". Dr Lewith is included in the Alternatives category. Below we print the full content of his entry. Follow this link to the full online version of the Times Lifestyle 50 article
DR GEORGE LEWITH
Medic and complementary practitioner
As head of Complementary Research at the University of Southampton, Lewith has been one of the most potent forces to get alternative therapies fairly, and authoritatively, researched.
Claim to fame He has backed scientific papers on complementary approaches, which have appeared in bastions of traditional medicine such as the British Medical Journal.
Lasting legacy Arguably doing more than anyone to get the potential of complementary therapies recognised by doctors and policymakers.
