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Marianne Marchese, ND
Dr. Marianne Marchese is a highly accomplished naturopathic physician with 18 years of experience. She is a recognized expert in environmental medicine, women’s health, and integrative medicine. Her background spans clinical practice, teaching, writing, speaking, research, and professional advocacy. She is an accomplished presenter, educator, and writer, and she has developed post-graduate-level curriculum and conferences and provided professional and lay presentations as well as media interviews on the topics of environmental medicine, women’s health, integrated health care, and chronic illness.
Dr. Marchese is the author of the bestselling book, 8 Weeks to Women’s Wellness: The Detoxification Plan for Breast Cancer, Endometriosis, Infertility and Other Women’s Health Conditions. She graduated from Creighton University in 1990 as an occupational therapist and treated neurological and orthopedic patients for over 12 years. She received her doctorate in naturopathic medicine from NUNM in 2002 and completed a two-year integrative medicine residency in Portland, OR. In 2003, she completed a six-month post-graduate training in environmental medicine.
Dr. Marchese is currently adjunct faculty at SCNM in Tempe, AZ, teaching both environmental medicine and gynecology, and she is in private practice in Phoenix. She served on the State of Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board, the National Association of Environmental Medicine, Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association, and the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education. Dr. Marchese recently helped formulate three supplements with Priority One designed for detoxification and hormonal health conditions. She has been published in numerous magazines and journals, and she lectures throughout the US and Canada on environmental and women’s health concerns. For over 10 years, she has written the environmental medicine column in the Townsend Letter journal.