Credentials

Most Naturopathic doctors provide care through office-based, private practice and are licensed as primary health care providers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and U.S. Territories Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, as well as in five Canadian provinces.  Efforts to gain licensure in Massachusetts and elsewhere are currently under way.  Twenty-five states and provinces, in the United States and Canada, have professional associations for naturopathic medicine.  Naturopathic training requires a minimum of seven years post college, the taking of boards and licensure examinations, and focuses on the basic and clinical sciences needed by the primary care physician.  It is eligible, or soon to be eligible, for reimbursement by most major insurance companies in those states that license naturopathy. Dr. Giordano is a member of both our national organization, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), and our local organization, the Massachusetts Society of Naturopathic Doctors (MSND).  Many of us may not be aware of it, but there were over 30,000 naturopaths throughout this country in the late 1920s ~ treating effectively, and naturally.