Biography

Richard Pitt, CCH, RSHom (NA) | Homeopath and Educator

Richard has been practicing and teaching homeopathy in San Francisco since 1995. He orginally trained in England and has been practicing homeopathy since 1984. He is Director of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy in San Francisco and also teaches at many other schools in the United States and Canada. He is a founding board member and past president of the Council for Homeopathic Certification, which has established professional certification for the homeopathic profession in North America. He is in private practice in San Francisco.

Homeopathic Practitioner

Trained in England between 1981-1984 and admitted to the Society of Homeopaths in the UK in 1985
Practiced homeopathy for 20 years
Maintained a practice in San Francisco for the past 10 years
For the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy - have run three student clinics for 15 years, seeing patients and overseeing student practitioners and offering low-cost homeopathy for the community.

Executive Director and Educator

Executive Director of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy, a three-year professional training program in San Francisco (1997 - present)
Board member of the Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC) for 13 years (1992 �� present), serving as its President from 1995 to 2000.
Faculty member of the Colorado Institute of Classical Homeopathy, Boulder, Colorado (1992 �� 2002)
Frequent and popular guest lecturer at homeopathic schools, including the Vancouver Academy of Homeopathy, BC, Canada; The School of Homeopathy, New York; and the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California.
Board member of the Council on Homeopathic Education from 2000 to present. Working toward the goal of accrediting all homeopathic schools.
Coordinator and member of the North American Network of Homeopathic Educators (NANHE). Organizing an annual conference of homeopathic educators in San Francisco and establishing a network for educators throughout North America.

Lecturer, Advisor and Writer

Lectured at many homeopathic conferences, including the National Center of Homeopathy Conferences in 2000 and 2005.
Part of an expert panel on homeopathy advising a private online health company.
Regular contributor to the New Mission News, a San Francisco neighborhood paper from 1997 to 2004.
Regular speaker on homeopathy and health issues for various institutions including the UCSF Medical School - Integrative Medicine department, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Elderhostel groups, the University of San Francisco radio station, San Francisco State University, Department of Holistic Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies.
Published an article in Mothering Magazine in July 2005 on the Flu Vaccine and its impact on children.
Spoke on KPFA radio station, Berkeley, California, in August 2002 on the current issues and controversy of vaccination policy including the implications of introducing a new smallpox vaccine after 9/11.
Contributed a chapter on homeopathic education and certification for a homeopathic textbook published by Churchill Livingstone Publishers.
Published a book on a homeopathic study of tobacco called "Tobacco, An Exploration Of Its Nature Through The Prism Of Homeopathy."
Submitted numerous articles to major homeopathic journals including Simillimum, Homeopathic Links (Holland), The Homeopath (UK), The American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine and The American Homeopath.
Co-editor of The Californian Homeopath, a homeopathic journal published through the California Homeopathic Medical Association (founded 1887).
Researched and published homeopathic "provings" on Taxus brevifolia (Pacific Yew) and Petroleum.

Organizations

Member of the North American Society of Homeopaths from 1991 to present.
Certified through the Council for Homeopathic Certification from 1991 to present.
Board member of the Council for Homeopathic Certification from 1991 to present, and President from 1995 to 2000.
Board member of the California Homeopathic Medical Association from 2002 to present.
Board member of the Council on Homeopathic Education from 2000 to present.
Member of the North American Network of Homeopathic Educators, participating in annual conferences from 1996 to present.
Board member of the California Health Freedom Coalition from 2000 to 2005. The CHFC was instrumental in the passage of the California health freedom bill, SB577, clarifying the legal right of individuals to practice alternative and complementary therapies.
Representing homeopathic educators as part of the Homeopathic Action Alliance (HAA).