Christopher Metro

As the son and grandson of chemists in Buffalo, New York, it was almost preordained that Chris Metro completed a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering. His knowledge of chemical systems began with silicate, chlor-alkali, and petroleum-based derivatives, but evolved into the chemistry of people, which led him to study natural medicine, first at the New England School of Homeopathy, then at the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM). He completed a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine along with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine in 2004. During his tenure at NUNM, he developed clinical experience in drug treatment and coinfections by completing internship programs at Portland Alternative Health Center, De Paul Treatment Youth Center, Outside In, and Dignity Village. He developed his interest in and experience with difficult and recalcitrant diseases at the Immune Enhancement Project at the Institute for Traditional Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Metro has travelled to China and attended the Sacred Mountain Retreat multiple times, where he worked extensively with the respected Daoist elder Prof. Wang Qingyu of the Sichuan Academy of Cultural History and Prof. Liu Lihong of Guangxi University’s Institute for the Clinical Research of Classical Chinese Medicine. He has trained and worked with Dr. Fruehauf since 2006, when he began to focus on the use of Chinese herbs for the treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases. Dr. Metro also taught integrated nutrition in the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at NUNM.

Dr. Metro is an avid beekeeper. Spending much of his medical school time working in the medicinal gardens with Dr. Jill Stansbury, he continues to actively cultivate medicinal herbs in his own garden and maintains a small orchard with a variety of fruit and nut trees.