Dr. Robert Ivker
Author ‘Love Your Nose’
Host: Basima Farhat
Previously Aired On: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - Listen to the Show!
Dr. Rob Ivker is a physician healer, health educator, and best-selling author. He is a board-certified holistic physician (ABIHM), a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, healing touch certified practitioner (HTCP), and certified laughter yoga leader (Dr. Kataria’s School of Laughter Yoga). He has been practicing medicine since 1972. For the past 20 years his holistic medical practice has focused on the treatment of respiratory disease – chronic sinusitis, asthma, and allergies – and the creation of optimal health.
Dr. Ivker is the Co-Founder and Past-President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM); co-creator of the Annual ABIHM Review Course, ABIHM certification examination, and the ABIHM evidence-based curriculum. He is also a Past-President of the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA). Dr. Ivker is a former Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and is currently a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
He is the author of four editions of the best-selling SINUS SURVIVAL: The Holistic Medical Treatment for Sinusitis, Allergies, and Colds. Dr. Ivker has also written six other books including ASTHMA SURVIVAL, and in November 2008 he published a new e-book, LOVE YOUR NOSE NATURALLY: Integrative Holistic Medicine for Sinus Infections, Chronic & Fungal Sinusitis, Allergies, and Colds. The e-book is currently available on his website: www.physicianhealer.com; and will soon be followed by LOVE YOUR LUNGS NATURALLY: Integrative Holistic Medicine for Asthma & Fungal Asthma.
Married for 40 years to Harriet, a psychiatric social worker, they have two daughters and sons-in-law and three grandchildren. They live in Littleton, CO.
