Michael W. Loes, M.D., is the director of the Arizona Pain Institute. He is a monthly columnist and section editor of both Alternative/Complementary Health and Arthritis for The National Pain Foundation. He serves as a consultant at SW Pain Management and is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona. Dr. Loes has had extensive training in complementary or alternative (integrative) medicine including hypnosis, acupuncture and homeopathy. He serves on a variety of committees and editorial boards and is published extensively.

He has co-authored numerous books, including: Arthritis: The Doctor’s Cure, The Aspirin Alternative, Healing Sports Injuries Naturally and The Healing Power of Jerusalem Artichoke Fiber, each book exploring the alternative or complementary methods of healing naturally. Dr. Loes recently wrote and published The Healing Response: Applying the Ten Principles and Laws of Healing.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley and his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Loes completed his internal medicine residency with fellowship training in clinical pharmacology at the University of Arizona and earned further board certifications in addiction and pain medicine. Dr. Loes is certified by boards or qualifying exams in Internal Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pain Management, Alcohol and Chemical Dependency, Acupuncture, Clinical Hypnosis. Homeopathy and Disability Medicine.

Dr. Loes is a popular national speaker usually addressing audiences on strategies to Prevent & Heal Pain. He has been involved in pain research for nearly 20 years and has authored multiple professional articles. Writing and speaking have always been a primary thrust of Dr. Loes's endeavors, having started at age 18 being the senior editor for his high school newpaper in St.Cloud, MN. He then went to University of California, Berkeley and where he graduated with honors in linguistics, writing his honors thesis on language acquisition in autistic children.

Today, he lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife Lauren and 5 daughters. His oldest, Jaspar, wants to be a writer and is studying English and music at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN. His other children (Kaelyn, Gina, Andrea & Janelle) haven't declared their interests beyond childhood as of yet but they all have that glint in their eye forecasting bold things to come. Dr. Loes still sees private patients, but devotes more than half of his professional time to education and research. He has a complete line of Healing Response Products available only at BioNatures.

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