Hepatology One Masterclass

Lyn Patrick graduated from Bastyr University in 1984 with a doctorate in naturopathic medicine and has been in private practice as a state licensed naturopathic physician in Arizona and Colorado for 35 years. She is a faculty member of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (acam.org) continuing medical education conferences, lecturing in the area of environmental medicine and is a past consulting member of the Board of Directors of ACAM. She is also a physician-member of the Hepatitis C Ambassadors Team, a national interdisciplinary team of providers and hepatologists seeking answers to chronic hepatitis  treatment through research in complementary/alternative medicine (www.hepchallenge.org).

She is a published author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, she is a past contributing editor for Alternative Medicine Review, and she recently authored a chapter in the newly released textbook Clinical Environmental Medicine (Elsevier 2019). Dr Patrick speaks internationally on environmental medicine, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, endocrine disruption, metal toxicology, and other topics. She is currently faculty for the Metabolic Medicine Institute Fellowship in collaboration with George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is also a founding partner and presenter at the Environmental Health Symposium, an annual international environmental medicine conference based in the United States. 

Lyn speaks internationally on the integrative medical treatment of chronic hepatitis C, environmental medicine and other topics. She is a small-scale organic farmer on an urban farm in Mancos, Colorado at 7,000 feet where she grows Chinese herbs, fruit and vegetables. She also practices and believes in the healing benefits of meditation and yoga, open-water kayaking, mountain biking and mountain climbing. 

Robert G. Gish is currently an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada Schools of Medicine in Las Vegas and in Reno. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University as well as a Staff Physician at Loma Linda University’s Liver Transplant Clinic in Las Vegas. In addition, he is also Medical Director of the Asia Pacific Health Foundation in San Diego, CA and of the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Gish was first in Pharmacy School at the University of Kansas and then obtained his medical degree from the University of Kansas Medical School in Kansas City, Kansas. He completed a 3-year internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Diego, and a 4-year gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles which included transplant medicine. Dr. Gish is a fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, the American Society of Transplantation and American College of Physicians.  He has served on the editorial boards of American Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, and Gastroenterology, among many others. He co-authored a public health policy for liver health in Vietnam focusing on HBV and is also assisting with the development of viral hepatitis health care policies in Georgia, Armenia, and the Philippines.

He was a major early contributor to decipherment methods for the detection of hepatitis B and C virus and characterising its epidemiology and clinical presentation in humans. He was involved in studies that led to the genotypic classification strategies and methods now in use worldwide. He has published more than 700 original articles, abstracts, and book chapters. 

Dr Mona Morstein has been a naturopathic physician for thirty-one years. She brings her experience, devotion, and passion to each patient she works with. Dr Morstein earned a Summa Cum Laude BS in Foods and Nutrition, and did her medical sRobert G. Gish is currently an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada Schools of Medicine in Las Vegas and in Reno. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University as well as a Staff Physician at Loma Linda University’s Liver Transplant Clinic in Las Vegas. In addition, he is also Medical Director of the Asia Pacific Health Foundation in San Diego, CA and of the Hepatitis B Foundation in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

She has been in private practice all along but for eleven years was also Chair of Nutrition, Gastroenterology professor and Clinical Supervisor at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe, Arizona. Mona sees patients for all types of chronic conditions, but has an expertise in hormonal conditions, such as prediabetes, Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, thyroid (Hashimoto’s and Graves), adrenals, reproductive (in women and men). She is the author of the highly-esteemed book “Master Your Diabetes: A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach For Both Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes.”Dr Morstein also has a very strong gastroenterological practice, and regularly sees patients with SIBO, IBS, GERD, gallbladder conditions, Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis and pancreatitis. Dr Morstein is a frequent lecturer at medical conferences.  She lectures on many topics related to diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, Bio-Identical Hormone prescribing, and the value of nutrition.

Dr Morstein won the President’s Award from her national profession organization the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians in 2012, for the benefits she has given to naturopathic medicine profession. She has devoted her life to being the best physician she can be.  She is caring and compassionate and spends a great deal of time with patients.  Her medical office is attentive to patient needs, friendly, professional and welcoming.