Dr. Eugene R. Zampieron is a licensed Naturopathic physician, Medical Herbalist and Professional Member of the American Herbalist Guild. He is a 1990 alumni of Bastyr University of Natural Health Sciences receiving his doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine with honors. He is an expert in the biochemistry & pharmacology of plant based medicine from around the globe, as well as clinical phytotherapeutics.
Dr. Zampieron, a.k.a ‘Dr.Z’, was on the elite founding advisory board that helped firmly establish the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine as the first accredited naturopathic medical college on the US Eastern seaboard. He is currently the senior-most faculty member at the institution.
Eugene teaches and has taught many courses including rheumatology, botanical medicine, phytopharmacognosy, botanical pharmacy, urology, geriatrics, and history of natural medicine. His clinical emphasis and expertise is in holistic rheumatology and he sees patients both in a private practice in Woodbury, CT and at the UBridgeport Naturopathic clinic. He presents at international symposiums and webinars frequently in the fields of holistic rheumatology, botanical medicine and pharmacognosy and tropical ethnobotany.
Dr.Z’s radio and TV career has spanned over 30 years. He has authored over 1,000 tapes and articles and he is currently heard regularly on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.org, WPKN FM Bridgeport, and WUSB FM Stony Brook.
He is an international lecturer who teaches with an encyclopedic knowledge of natural medicine. He has co-authored several books including Arthritis: The Alternative Medicine, Definitive Guide (1st and 2nd editions) and The Natural Medicine Chest and was a contributing author/photographer for Cycles of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the Stages of a Women’s Life and a textbook of antiageing medicine.
