Founder

Throughout the course of his career, Dr. Leonard A. Wisneski has served as a beacon and trail blazer on the frontiers of research, education, and clinical care. He has embodied the true meaning of the title ‘physician-healer’ and, for more than 30 years, provided clinical care that fully integrated conventional, complementary and alternative care with compassion, reverence, and humanism. After completing an undergraduate degree in chemistry/engineering at Drexel University, Dr. Wisneski graduated from Thomas Jefferson Medical College and performed his postgraduate training in the field of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology in the George Washington University healthcare system, where he served as Chief Medical Resident in Internal Medicine. From 1977 until 1997, he was the Corporate Medical Director of Marriott International, Inc., and Director of Medical Education at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, an affiliate of George Washington University Medical School and Children's National Medical Center where he devoted his efforts to the clinical practice of internal medicine and endocrinology.

In clinical practice, Dr. Wisneski has exemplified the true meaning of the title doctor healer, teacher, and listener resulting in a close association with his patients. His thirst to scientifically incorporate natural methodologies and innovations in the field of mind-body medicine (psychoneuroimmunology) into clinical practice have caused his services to be widely sought. He maintains a Fellowship position in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Nutrition, and the American Institute of Stress. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Holistic Medical Association and is a past President of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Wisneski has served as a Clinical Professor of Medicine since 1984, at George Washington University, an Adjunct Professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, and has been granted a professorial appointment at Georgetown University Medical School. During this time he has stressed the importance of humanism, holism, and innovation to medical students, interns and residents. He has served as founding Medical Director of the Bethesda Center, President of the Washington Region of American Whole Health, and founding Medical Director of Integrative Medicine Communications. He has completed extensive research, development and presentations with pharmaceutical corporations, published a textbook on the scientific basic of integrative medicine, and served as Chief Medical Editor of The Integrative Medicine Consult. He has received numerous awards including Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Member in Internal Medicine and the C. Everett Koop Award for Excellence.

Dr. Wisneski serves as Chancellor at the University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine.