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HANNA IAN, M.S., N.M.D.
formerly Hanna–Ian Faraclas

Education

Southwest College of Naturopathic
Medicine and Health Sciences

Tempe, Arizona
School of Naturopathic Medicine
Degree: Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine
Area of Specialization: Women’s Health,
Environmental Medicine
Research: : “The Effects of Dietary Nutritional Supplements in Increased Intestinal Permeability:
A Preliminary Prospective Clinical Trial”.

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut
Department of Public Health
Degree: Master of Science
Area of Specialization: Community Health Education
Thesis: “A Comparison of Obstetrical and Midwife Assistance during Labor and Birth”

International Childbirth Education Association
Providence, Rhode Island
Childbirth Educator Training Program
Certification: Childbirth Educator
Teaching Internship: CHCP Health Maintenance Organization
New Haven, Connecticut

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Psychology

Skyline High School
Salt Lake City, Utah
Degree: High School Diploma

 

Clinical Experience

The Naturopathic Physician, L.L.C.
2006 to present
Surprise, Arizona
Specialty: Women’s Health, Oncology, ADD/ADHD/Autism, Environmental Medicine, Allergies/Sensitivities, Eczema, Asthma

Brookfield Integrative Medicine, L.L.C.
2005
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Specialty: Women’s Health, Oncology, ADD/ADHD/Autism, Environmental Medicine

Michael Cronin, N.M.D.
2004
Scottsdale, Arizona
Specialty: Family Medicine

Eugenie Anderson, M.D.
2004
Phoenix, Arizona
Specialty: Women’s Health

Kyle Cronin, N.M.D.
2004
Scottsdale, Arizona
Specialty: Women’s Health

Harry Watters, D.O.
2004
Chandler, AZ
Specialty: OB-GYN

Casa de Nacimiento
2003
Birthing Center
El Paso, Texas

Indigenous People’s Project
2003
Navajo Nation
Canyon de Chelle, Arizona

Farra Swan, N. D.
2003
Tempe, Arizona
Specialty: Women’s Health

Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center
2003, 2004
Scottsdale, Arizona
Specialty: Primary Care, Oriental Medicine

Kathleen M. Riley, N.D.
2001
Hawleyville, Connecticut
Specialty: Family Medicine

Nancy White, N.D.
2001
West Hartford, Connecticut
Specialty: Environmental Medicine

Waterbury Hospital
2001
Emergency Department
Waterbury, Connecticut

 

Academic and Professional Experience

Maricopa Community College System
Maricopa County, Arizona

Glendale Community College
2006-2008
Department of Fitness and Wellness
Glendale, Arizona

Mesa Community College
2002-2004
Department of Exercise Science
Mesa, Arizona

Adjunct Professor
Responsibilities:

Curriculum and resource development, course instruction, laboratory instruction, evaluation of students, course-related administrative work, counseling undergraduate students.

Courses:
• Healthy Living
• Women’s Health Issues
• Introduction to Complementary and
  Alternative Medicine.

Southern Connecticut State University
1980-2001
Department of Public Health
New Haven, Connecticut

Adjunct Professor
1980-1987, 1988-1998,1999, 2001

Assistant Professor of Public Health
1987-1988, 1998-1999

Assistant Director,
International Field Studies in Health
1991-2001

Responsibilities:
Curriculum and resource development, course instruction, evaluation of students, course-related administrative work, annual international field study, counseling undergraduate and graduate students.

Courses:
• Women's Health Consciousness
• Health Promotion
• Wellness
• Death and Dying
• International Field Studies in Health
• Woman Heal Thyself Institute

Woman Heal Thyself Institute
Guest Lecturer:
Women's Study Program, Women's History Month
Topic: “The History of Childbirth in America”

Thanatology Institute
Topic: “Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death”

Health and Its Determinants
Topic: “A New System of Health Care: Tools, Skills, Information and Support”

Nutrition Institute
Topic: “Phasing in the New American Diet,”
Topic: “Nutritional Factors in Pregnancy”

Medical SelfCare Institute
Topic: “Safe Alternatives in Childbirth”

Human Sexuality Institute
Topic: “Physiology of Labor and Birth”

Yale-New Haven Hospital
1995-2002
Department of Obstetrics
New Haven, Connecticut

Responsibilities:
Community education and counseling, participation in various committees and task forces as needed.

Courses:
Smart Start: Nutrition for Healthy Childbearing
Preparation for Childbirth
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

Childbirth Educator-Private Practice
1982-1995
New Haven, Connecticut

Responsibilities:
Nutrition and exercise counseling for early pregnancy, prepared childbirth instruction, labor coaching, postpartum and lactation counseling.

Research Assistant
1976-1977
United States Army Reserve
Fort Douglas, Utah

Responsibilities:
Development, administration and analysis of a demographic attitudinal survey for regional Reserve Headquarters.

Action, Peace Corp, Vista Volunteer
1975-1976
Granite Mental Health Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Responsibilities:
Clinical casework, case management and referral for adult day care population.

Dental Assistant

Dr. Graydon Briggs, Salt Lake City, Utah 1975-1976
Dr. Robert Fairbanks, Salt Lake City, Utah 1973-1974

Responsibilities:
Chair side dental assisting, prophylaxis, x-ray, coordination of appointments, bookkeeping, patient education in oral hygiene, general office organization.

Statistical Clerk and Trainer of Volunteers
1974-1975
Community Crisis Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Responsibilities:
Data gathering and reporting of statistics to funding agencies, education and training of volunteers, crisis intervention services, counseling.


Continuing Education

Advanced Allergy Therapeutics 2009
Bethesda, Maryland

EDTA Chelation and Complementary Treatments 2009
Tempe, Arizona

Advanced Bio-Identical Replacement Hormone Therapy 2007
Los Angeles, California

Fundamentals of IV Micronutrient Therapy and Clinical Applications of Parenteral Products 2006
Tempe, Arizona

Environmental Medicine 2005
Tempe, Arizona

Botanical Medicine of the Dine’ Nation 2004
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine
Portland, Oregon

• Benign Pelvic Tumors, Pelvic Pain
  and Urological Disorders 2004
• Menopause 2003

A Century of Blood Type Science 2003
Tempe, Arizona

Botanical Medicine for Men’s Health 2002
Phoenix, Arizona

National Center for Homeopathy 2002
28th Annual Conference
Phoenix, Arizona

National Center for Homeopathy 2001
Johns Hopkins University
Bethesda, Maryland

National Center for Homeopathy 2001
27th Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts

Institute of Human Sexuality 1993
New Haven, Connecticut


Publications and Presentations

Ian, H. “The Nature Of The Counseling Relationship.”
Naturopathic Doctors News & Review. Vol. 5. No 4. 2009.

Ian H. “Ask the Expert.” monthly columnist for Arizona Republic,
Phoenix AZ, 2006-Present.

Kim L, Hilli L, Ball, J, Cooper A, Ian H, Lee J, Poindexter B, Thomason D, Toghyani J. “The Effects Of Dietary Nutritional Supplements In Increased Intestinal Permeability: A Preliminary Prospective Clinica Trial.”
Doctoral Research, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, 2004.

Faraclas H. “El Curendero: The One Who Cures.”
The Vital Force. Vol. 5. No 4. 2004.

Faraclas H. “Vitamin B6: An Essential Vitamin
For Women’s Health.”

The Vital Force, Vol. 5. No. 3, 2004.

Faraclas H. “Vitamin B6-Monograph.”
The Vital Force, Vol. 5. No. 3, 2004.

Faraclas H. “A Position Paper On The Nature Of The Counseling Relationship Within The Philosophy Of Naturopathic Medicine.”
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. February 2003.

Faraclas H. “Vitamin B6: An Essential Vitamin
For Women’s Health.”

Options for Living Well, Vol. 5. No. 1, 2001.

Faraclas H. “Virginia's Last Request.” The Courage To Laugh: Humor, Hope And Healing In The Face Of Death And Dying.
Allen Klein, Editor. Penguin Putnam Inc., New York, 1998.

Amenta R, Faraclas H, Nevero V, Metaxis V. "Teaching And Learning In A Graduate Women's Studies Course: Woman, Heal Thyself, Historical, Anthropological And Literary Approaches To Women's Health.”
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Classroom Research, 1996.

Faraclas H. “El Conejito Andarin.”
Spanish translation of “The Runaway Rabbit,” by Margaret Wise Brown, 1996.

Faraclas H. “El Arbol Generoso.”
Spanish translation of “The Giving Tree,” by Shel Silverstein, 1995.

Faraclas H. “The Healthy Breast.” The Breast Anthology. S. Thames, H. Ramsdell and M. Gazzaniga, Editors. Global City Press, New York, 1995.

Faraclas H. “Una Muneca Nueva.”
Spanish translation of “Katie’s New Doll,” 1994.

Faraclas H. “Traditional Women's Work And Family Stability In A Mayan Village.”
Unpublished manuscript, 1994.

Faraclas H. “Traditional Women's Work And Family Stability in a Mayan Village.”
Southern News, Vol. XXVI, Issue 11, 1994.

Faraclas H. “Impressionistic And Abstract Expression In Contemporary Christian Art.”
Slide presentation, 1993.

Faraclas H. “Birth: Alternatives For Healthy Childbearing.” Slide presentation, 1985.

Faraclas H. “Woman's Experience With Grief: Miscarriage, Stillbirth And Infant Death.”
Documentary, 1983.

Faraclas H. “A Midwife Assisted Birth.”
Photo essay, 1982

Faraclas H. “A Comparison Of Obstetrical And Midwife Assistance During Labor And Birth”
Master’s Thesis, Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, 1982.

Ian H. “Herbal Remedies Of Emelia Sophia Osterloah:
Nurse Midwife On The Canadian Frontier In The Early 1900’s.”

Distinctive Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1975.


Professional Affiliations

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Washington, D.C.

Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association
Tempe, Arizona

Institute for Human Individuality
Tempe, Arizona

Oncology Academy of Naturopathic Physicians
Scottsdale, Arizona

Advanced Allergy Therapeutics
Bethesda, Maryland


Community Service

Community Lectures to Religious, Civic and Women's Organizations

“The Natural Medicine Cabinet”

“Ask the Doctor”

“Bio-Identical Hormones for Longevity
  and Health”

“Healthy Skin: Damage Control with Free-
  Radical Scavengers”

“Living Healthy in a Toxic World”

“Eat Right for Your Type”

“Metamorphous: Transition through
  Menopause”

“Flu, Fever and Immune Boosting Herbs”

“Impressionistic and Abstract Expression
  in Contemporary Christian Art”

“Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death”

“The Educational Gynecological Exam”

“The Ovarian Cycle”

“The Healthy Breast: Strategies for Breast
  Cancer Prevention”

“Exploitation of Women in the Advertising
  Media”

 

Rio Salado Community College
RISE Lifelong Learning Center
Surprise, AZ

Southern New England Counsel for the Arts
Producer of music, theater, fine arts and cultural events for regional arts counsel.
Woodbridge, Connecticut

Youth Advisor
Weeklong bicycle excursions to Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with church-sponsored young women's youth organization.

Bicycle Merit Badge Counselor
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 602
Woodbridge, Connecticut

Telephone Counseling and Crisis Intervention

Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Community Crisis Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

 

References

Available on request.


 
 

 
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Dr. Hanna Ian
The Naturopathic Physician, LLC
15436 West Statler Circle
Surprise, AZ 85374

(623) 792-8889 (o)
(623) 792-5097 (f)
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