Dr.Edward Shalts, M.D is trustee of the American Institute of Homeopathy and Vice president of the National Center for Homeopathy. Born and raised in Russia, he graduated from medical school in Moscow. He practiced family medicine and homeopathy there until 1988, when he immigrated to the United States.

     For four years following his arrival, Dr. Shalts worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University. He then completed psychiatric residency training at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, where he served as chief resident. Afterwards, he practiced homeopathy, conducted research, and taught for four years at the Continuum Center for Health and Healing, one of the largest centers of complementary and alternative medicine in the world, which is affiliated with the Beth Israel Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Shalts remains on Beth Israel’s faculty and also has a private practice in New York City.

     He is a diplomate both of the American Board of Homeotherapeutics and of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. The father of two daughters, he lives in Closter, New Jersey with his wife, Natasha.