Dr. Williams is internationally known for his pioneering work in integrative medicine, where the best of all forms of therapies serve the patient's power to heal. With an emphasis on "green medicine," biological and nutritional therapies, Dr. Williams has twenty-five years of clinical and academic experience. He earned his Doctor of Oriental Medicine from Sino-American University of Oriental Medicine and his acupuncture degree from the California Acupuncture College. He is board-certified as a naturopathic physician by the American Naturopathic Medical Association, has been nationally board-certified in Chinese Herbology, and is a Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Williams is on the medical advisory boards of several nutraceutical companies including Life Factor Research and Doctors for Nutrition; is a member of the editorial board for Alternative Medicine Review; was a member of Scripps Hospital's rehabilitation advisory board; and is the former director of Alternative and Complementary Medicine for the Center for Women's Medicine in San Diego. Presently, he is the academic dean at the East West College of Natural Medicine. Called the "Indiana Jones of Natural Medicine," Dr. Williams has traveled the globe in search of cures. From the Artic, to the Andes Mountains and Amazon rainforests, and China he investigates healing practices and medicinal plants. He is a widely published author of numerous medical papers in Europe, North America, Cuba, and Mexico, and in addition has authored several papers published in international journals on ethnography and biodiversity. He is the author of Viral Immunity, A 10-Step Plan to Enhance Your Immunity against Viral Disease Using Natural Medicines, Prolonging Health, and The Andean Codex, a book on how shamanism may improve our understanding of ourselves and our environment.