About the Authors of The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide

 

George Grossberg, M.D.

George Grossberg, M.D.

George Grossberg is the Samuel W. Fordyce Professor and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. The former President of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Dr. Grossberg currently serves as President of the International Psychogeriatric Association.

Dr. Grossberg and his work have been featured in numerous national publications, including "People," "Good Housekeeping," "USA Today," and the "New York Times." He has appeared on many television programs, including "48 Hours," "CNN," "Lifetime TV," and the "Sally Jesse Raphael Show." Dr. Grossberg has edited six textbooks and contributed over 300 articles, chapters and abstracts to the geriatric literature. He currently serves as Medical Editor of CNS/LTC, Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Geriatric Psychopharmacology, and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Demencia Hoy.

Dr. Grossberg has served as a consultant on nursing homes to the U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division, and he chaired the development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression in the Nursing Home for the American Medical Director's Association. He also developed educational guidelines on Alzheimer's disease for the American Academy of Family Practice.

Dr. Grossberg serves as a consultant to Abbott, Astra-Zeneca, Bayer, Forest, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, Organon, Omnicare and Synthelabo.
 

Barry Fox, Ph.D.

Barry Fox, Ph.D.

Barry Fox is Chair of the Consumer Advisory Council of the American Nutraceutical Association, and Editor the the Associations online journal, "The Nutraceutical Report."

He is also the best-selling author of coauthor of numerous health books, including the New York Times #1 best-selling The Arthritis Cure (St. Martin's, 1997), Alternative Cures That Really Work (Rodale, 2007), The Side Effects Bible (Broadway Books, 2005), What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Migraines (Warner 2001), Arthritis For Dummies (Wiley, 2000), Cancer Talk (Broadway Books, 1999), Immune For Life (Prima, 1986) and DLPA To End Chronic Pain and Depression (Simon & Schuster, 1985).

He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, ranging from QVC to CNN's "Newsmakers," from San Francisco's "Good Morning Bay Area's" to Nashville's "Good Morning Tennessee." Between 1994 and 2002 he was a regular guest and substitute host on "HouseCalls," a health and inspiration call-in radio program heard in the greater Los Angeles Area.