Ahvie Herskowitz, MD
Dr. Ahvie Herskowitz’s extensive training includes a medicine degree from The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, residencies in Pathology and Internal Medicine, and fellowship in Cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Medical Center. During his 12 years at Johns Hopkins, his clinical responsibilities were complemented by directing a multidisciplinary research team in the study of molecular and immunological mechanisms of heart ischemia, heart transplantation and heart failure.
Over the past 15 years, he helped establish and lead innovative health care non-profit research and development organizations that have domestic and worldwide social impact. He served as Director at the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation, working with over 100 leading heart surgery hospitals around the world, dedicated to reducing adverse outcomes during and after heart surgery; Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California at San Francisco; Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Institute for OneWorld Health, the first non-profit pharmaceutical company in the United States, dedicated to developing new medicines for diseases of poverty in the developing world.
Throughout his career, Dr. Herskowitz has been developing novel alternative approaches towards health and also incorporating regenerative medicine. Following formal training in Five Element Acupuncture in 2001, he has been dedicated to building a world-class integrative medicine team approach towards prevention and treatment of vascular, immunologic and recalcitrant chronic diseases.
As Director and Founder of Anatara Medicine (www.anataramedicine.com), he leads a team of dedicated staff and senior advisors and physicians creating a new model of personalized and proactive medicine based on the convergence of seven vital disciplines.
Dr. Herskowitz is also Founder of the San Francisco Stem Cell Treatment Center, (SFSCTC) (www.sfstemcellcenter.com) using a patient’s own adipose derived (stromal vascular fraction) stem cells to help their body repair and heal itself.
