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| GIL ALVARADO, N.D., L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. THE NEW LIFE CENTER 118-A OLD DURHAM RD. CHAPEL HILL, NC 27517 (919) 490-4930 www.DrGil.com |
Dr. Gil Alvarado*, a naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist, has over 30
years clinical experience using a wide range of natural therapies for your health and
healing. He is the founder of The New Life Center, the longest functioning naturopathic
and oriental medicine health center in North Carolina. Dr. Alvarado's focus is to help
you find and clear the cause of your difficulties, while providing you with effective relief
from your symptoms.
Everyone who receives care from Dr. Alvarado is treated as a whole person. No one is
treated as just a disease, just a body, or just a mind. You may have various difficulties or
illnesses, but you are much more than any of these. People come to Dr. Alvarado with
the full range of physical, mental, and emotional problems, and by using this “whole
person” approach the vast majority not only receive the benefits they seek, but often
much more.
During your first visit to The Center, Dr. Alvarado will talk with you and review your
personal health history and current health challenges, give you a physical examination,
explain to you what he finds, give you the initial plan for your care, and then give you
your beginning treatment(s). This first appointment will be approximately 2 hours long.
He takes the time to understand your problems and to know you as a person so the
individualized program of care you receive is right for you. Sometimes more
information may be needed before beginning your full personal treatment plan at your
next visit.
The care you receive from Dr. Alvarado will incorporate his extensive natural healing
experience and insights to clear the root cause of your problems while providing you
with effective relief from your symptoms – physical, mental and emotional. Depending
on your wishes and needs you might receive dietary and nutritional guidance along with
acupuncture, Chinese or western herbs and body work. With different needs and wishes
you may require other additional therapies. In certain situations you may benefit from
mental or emotional clearing and balancing processes, and of course anti-aging and
preventive care is always available.
Whatever your needs, the focus is always to clear the root cause of your problems while
providing you with effective relief from your symptoms. By integrating modern
scientific information with the wisdom from ancient traditions, Dr. Alvarado will give
you a treatment program designed for your individual personal needs and healing. By
combining traditional, proven methods with the latest cutting-edge research, Dr.
Alvarado is often able to bring relief to people for whom conventional medicine has had
no solution. The treatment you receive from Dr. Alvarado will be given to you with true
compassion and care.
A tool is only as good as the hand that holds it. Natural therapies are tremendously
effective when used with true expertise. By respecting and skillfully using the gifts of
nature combined with the advances of modern science, and by caring for people as
whole human beings, Dr. Alvarado has been privileged to help people overcome their
illnesses and to bring about deep healing in their lives.
You are invited to call and find out what Dr. Alvarado can do for you.
* Dr. Gil Alvarado, N.D., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) is a Doctor of Naturopathic
Medicine and a Licensed Acupuncturist. He grew up in San Francisco, California. He
first began studying herbal therapy and natural healing in the Sierra mountains in
California, and later extended this study to other cultures as far away as India. His initial
study of acupuncture and oriental medicine first began as a personal mentoring program
with Wong Lee Foon, a seventh generation Chinese physician from China.
Dr. Alvarado graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of the
State of New York. He received his acupuncture degree from The Northwest College of
Acupuncture in Portland, Oregon. He received his degree of Doctor of Naturopathic
Medicine from The National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He
also holds a Diplomate in Acupuncture of The National Certification Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He established The New Life Center in Charlotte,
NC in 1980 and moved it to Chapel Hill, NC in 1992.
Dr. Alvarado is the founding president and a current member of The North Carolina
Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He is a licensed primary care naturopathic
physician in the state of Arizona and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of North
Carolina. He was a charter member of The National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Alliance, he is a lifetime member of the American Association of Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine and he is a member of the North Carolina Association of Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine.
years clinical experience using a wide range of natural therapies for your health and
healing. He is the founder of The New Life Center, the longest functioning naturopathic
and oriental medicine health center in North Carolina. Dr. Alvarado's focus is to help
you find and clear the cause of your difficulties, while providing you with effective relief
from your symptoms.
Everyone who receives care from Dr. Alvarado is treated as a whole person. No one is
treated as just a disease, just a body, or just a mind. You may have various difficulties or
illnesses, but you are much more than any of these. People come to Dr. Alvarado with
the full range of physical, mental, and emotional problems, and by using this “whole
person” approach the vast majority not only receive the benefits they seek, but often
much more.
During your first visit to The Center, Dr. Alvarado will talk with you and review your
personal health history and current health challenges, give you a physical examination,
explain to you what he finds, give you the initial plan for your care, and then give you
your beginning treatment(s). This first appointment will be approximately 2 hours long.
He takes the time to understand your problems and to know you as a person so the
individualized program of care you receive is right for you. Sometimes more
information may be needed before beginning your full personal treatment plan at your
next visit.
The care you receive from Dr. Alvarado will incorporate his extensive natural healing
experience and insights to clear the root cause of your problems while providing you
with effective relief from your symptoms – physical, mental and emotional. Depending
on your wishes and needs you might receive dietary and nutritional guidance along with
acupuncture, Chinese or western herbs and body work. With different needs and wishes
you may require other additional therapies. In certain situations you may benefit from
mental or emotional clearing and balancing processes, and of course anti-aging and
preventive care is always available.
Whatever your needs, the focus is always to clear the root cause of your problems while
providing you with effective relief from your symptoms. By integrating modern
scientific information with the wisdom from ancient traditions, Dr. Alvarado will give
you a treatment program designed for your individual personal needs and healing. By
combining traditional, proven methods with the latest cutting-edge research, Dr.
Alvarado is often able to bring relief to people for whom conventional medicine has had
no solution. The treatment you receive from Dr. Alvarado will be given to you with true
compassion and care.
A tool is only as good as the hand that holds it. Natural therapies are tremendously
effective when used with true expertise. By respecting and skillfully using the gifts of
nature combined with the advances of modern science, and by caring for people as
whole human beings, Dr. Alvarado has been privileged to help people overcome their
illnesses and to bring about deep healing in their lives.
You are invited to call and find out what Dr. Alvarado can do for you.
* Dr. Gil Alvarado, N.D., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) is a Doctor of Naturopathic
Medicine and a Licensed Acupuncturist. He grew up in San Francisco, California. He
first began studying herbal therapy and natural healing in the Sierra mountains in
California, and later extended this study to other cultures as far away as India. His initial
study of acupuncture and oriental medicine first began as a personal mentoring program
with Wong Lee Foon, a seventh generation Chinese physician from China.
Dr. Alvarado graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of the
State of New York. He received his acupuncture degree from The Northwest College of
Acupuncture in Portland, Oregon. He received his degree of Doctor of Naturopathic
Medicine from The National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He
also holds a Diplomate in Acupuncture of The National Certification Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He established The New Life Center in Charlotte,
NC in 1980 and moved it to Chapel Hill, NC in 1992.
Dr. Alvarado is the founding president and a current member of The North Carolina
Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He is a licensed primary care naturopathic
physician in the state of Arizona and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of North
Carolina. He was a charter member of The National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Alliance, he is a lifetime member of the American Association of Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine and he is a member of the North Carolina Association of Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine.
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