One of the primary goals of the national Indigenous Health Authority, which oversees the licensing of tribal health practitioners, is to support the growth of Indigenous medicine across the United States so that more Americans can benefit from this natural approach to healthcare.
At present, the only doctoral-level program in Indigenous Medicine is offered by National University of Medical Sciences (USA), with the inaugural class scheduled to begin in September 2026.
Following the recommendation of the Indigenous Health Authority, we have updated the name of the program to better reflect its vision and scope.
Effective immediately, the program (Doctor of Indigenous Health Sciences) will be known as:
Doctor of Integrated Indigenous Medicine (DIIM)
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I sincerely appreciate all your advice and your work to give us the best means to improve our odds to succeed in this new path. Your speech at graduation ceremony was very inspiring. As you said, you will always be part of the change in our lives, an important part, let me complete, and I will always be grateful to you for all the knowledge that you have transferred to us but most of all, for your devotion as a teacher and your engagement to your students to make successful people of us. Words are not enough. Thank you. .
Irmina Toledo Gehrmann, DO (Spain)
Hi Dr Pourgol, Just wanted to let you know I am enjoying your online classes, I like the fact that you use the skeleton and then the actual human patient, it really drives the point home, I especially like the Ethics and Clinical Management lectures, I thought they would be boring, but your personal experiences make it very inspiring. Thanks.
Dr Randy Nagir, ND (San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago), 3rd semester National University of Medical Sciences (Spain) student – Doctor of Osteopathy program
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