dr. leonetti on leaving Bethlehem Gynecology Associates
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About Dr. Leonetti
Helene Leonetti, M.D. is a board-certified OB-GYN physician and self-described "gynechiatrist". She is an international authority on the use of Bioidentical Hormones and natural transdermal progesterone cream.
Her previous book is Menopause: A Spiritual Renaissance.
She is a contributor to:
- A Healthier You
- Living in Clarity, part of the highly popular Wake Up...Live the Life You Love series.
Her practice is focused on joining the best of conventional medicine and holistic treatment, while awakening all women to the healing power of self-love and acceptance.
My Philosophy
"There is a lot right within the conventional medical community, and there is a lot wrong too. One has only to look at how we doctors are trained, and that should be enough to raise eyebrows about our ultimate wisdom. During our medical and ensuing intern and resident years, we are deprived of the sleep required to adequately carry out our complex duties. And what does the medical establishment do about it? Nothing. It takes the legislature to pass a law requiring residents not to work over a certain number of hours without rest, so that the patients they serve will be protected from our mishaps, misdiagnoses, and mistreatments.
We are taught nothing about healthy foods, subsist on empty nutrition, high caffeine, and sugar diets that ultimately burn out our adrenal glands and lower our immune states. We go from those long hours in the trenches home to study and then to bed, so that we rarely exercise, relax, have fun or smell the roses. Then we are expected to be sensitive, loving and caring with our patients when we have taken no time at all to nurture ourselves. Who has all the wisdom?
I have finally seen the light and now I am shining it like a beacon to my soul sisters who need nurturing, healing and reminders that they are indeed magnificent. My belief is that our birthright is perfect health."
My Teachers
- Deepak Chopra
- David Winston, and fellow herbalists Doctors from the American Holistic Medical Association
- Dr. Richard Schultze, ND
- And most of all, my patients
My Professional Affiliations
- American Holistic Medical Association
- National Speakers Association
- American Herbalists Guild
Practicing Medicine Since: 1988
Education
B.S. in Nursing Education, 1969, Columbia University Teachers College, New York
M.S. in Nursing Education, 1976, Columbia University Teachers College
M.D., 1982, Universidad del Noreste Escuela de Medicina, Mexico
Fifth Pathway, 1983, Rutgers Medical School College of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Board Certified by American Board of Holistic Medicine, 2001
Certified Perfect Health Instructor, Chopra Center, 2009
Surgical Internship
Jersey City Medical Center
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jersey City Medical Center
Board Certification
Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Honors and Awards
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Prize Award, "Topical Progesterone Cream has anti-proliferative effect on estrogen stimulated endometrium," 2002
ACOG, Third Prize Award, "Topical Progesterone Cream: an alternative for progestin in Hormone Replacement Therapy," J. Landes, H. Leonetti, J.A. Anasti, 2003