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From the Townsend Letter
April 2015

Inositol for PCOS
by Megan Chmelik and Jacob Schor, ND
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Schor & ChmelikMegan Chmelik, a former dancer with Ballet Arizona, currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and works for Jacob Schor, ND. She will graduate in May 2015 from Metro State University with a major in integrative health care and then this summer move to Portland, Oregon, where she will start at National College of Natural Medicine, pursuing her doctorate in naturopathic medicine.

Dr. Schor graduated from NCNM in 1991 and has practiced in Denver, Colorado, ever since.  He is a past president of the Colorado Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He has served on the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians'  board since 2008,  as secretary, vice president, president and current "past president." He is an associate editor of the Natural Medicine Journal and a contributing writer to Naturopathy Digest, NDNR, the Townsend Letter, and other publications for the profession.  He has served on the board of directors of the AANP and is a past chair of the AANP speaker selection committee. Dr. Schor, as a member of the AANP House of Delegates, was instrumental in passing the AANP's current Code of Ethics.

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