Wayne B. Jonas is an American family physician, retired army medical officer, and alternative medicine researcher. He is the former president and CEO of the Samueli Institute. The institute does research into the efficacy of alternative medicine, such as on the effects of

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on treating disease, use of homeopathy to fight

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, and use of

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devices on

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injuries, with Jonas commenting on these research programs, "There is a good case for looking at these things scientifically, because we don't know a lot about them". He is professor of family medicine at

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and an adjunct professor at

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Education

Jonas received his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Career

Jonas began his career as the Director of the Medical Research Fellowship at the

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. From 1995 to 1998, Jonas was the director of the Office of Alternative Medicine (since renamed the

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), a branch of the

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. In 2001, the Samueli Institute was founded. Jonas has served as its president and CEO ever since.

References

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