Bastyr University
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Former names
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John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine Bastyr College |
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| Motto | Leading innovation in natural health education |
| Established | 1978 |
| President | Charles "Mac" Powell |
| Provost | Timothy C. Callahan |
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Academic staff
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273 |
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Administrative staff
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219 |
| Students | 1018 |
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14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore, WA 98028-4966, Kenmore, Washington, US 47°43′49″N 122°15′10″W / 47.7304°N 122.2528°W |
| Campus | 51 acres (20.5 ha) |
| Colours | Cranberry and ginger |
| Website | Bastyr.edu |
Bastyr University is an alternative medicine university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Programs include naturopathy, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and midwifery.
Bastyr's programs teach and research topics that are considered pseudoscience and quackery by the scientific and medical communities.Quackwatch includes Bastyr University in its list of "questionable organizations" as a school which is "accredited but not recommended".
Bastyr University and similar naturopathic programs are not accredited as medical schools but as special programs that are overseen by a naturopathic council that is not required to be scientific. Bastyr's naturopathic program has been accused by critics of misrepresenting its medical rigor and of spreading misinformation about its ability to train primary care clinicians.
Bastyr University was established in 1978 as the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine in Seattle. Three co-founders, Joseph Pizzorno, Les, Griffith, and Bill Mitchell, named the institution after John Bastyr, a teacher and advocate of naturopathy in the Seattle area. Baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs have been offered since 1989. In 1984, the school was renamed Bastyr College; in 1994, it became Bastyr University.
In 1996, Bastyr relocated to its current location in the Saint Thomas Center, formerly St. Edward Seminary, a Catholic seminary building in Kenmore, Washington. Pizzorno served as president until his retirement in June 2000. During his tenure, Bastyr became the first accredited university of natural medicine and the first center for alternative medicine research funded by the National Institutes of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine, the predecessor to the controversial National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
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