Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, Ph.D.
Dietrich Klinghardt MD, PhD is known for his successful treatment of chronic pain and illness. He studied medicine and psychology in Freiburg, West Germany. After graduating, he conducted three years of research on the dysfunction in autoimmune disorders at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg and earned his PhD.
Dr. Klinghardt studied medicine (1969-1975) and psychology (1975-1979) in Freiburg, Germany, completing his PhD on the involvement of the autonomic nervous system in autoimmune disorders. Several publications followed.
After immigrating to the USA, he spent two years as a full-time emergency physician before becoming Medical Director of the Santa Fe Pain Centre.Dr. Klinghardt is considered an authority in his field and has been instrumental in advancing non-invasive pain management. He has helped to transform many practices in the U.S. and abroad into healing centers and helped many practitioners to become accomplished healers.
Dr Klinghardt has lectured at the universities of Illinois, Utah, Freiburg (Germany), Adelaide (Australia), and others, and the medical schools of Geneva and Zurich. He is regularly invited to teach workshops at the prestigious Medicine Week in Baden-Baden, Germany. He is regularly invited to teach workshops at the prestigious "Medicine Week" in Baden-Baden, Germany.He currently resides in Bellevue, WA where he treats patients and teaches workshops on his healing methods. He currently offers workshops in the United States and Europe.
In recognition of his work, Dr Klinghardt received the Physician of the Year award from the Global Foundation of Medicine in May 2007.
Board Certifications:
- Facharzt fuer Allgemeinmedizin
- American Board of Pain Management
- American Board of Pain Management Specialties
- American Board of Orthopedic and Neurological Medicine
- PhD Thesis on the involvement of the autoimmune and collagen in vascular diseases
