Community Contributor - Dr. Alex Shikhman

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Alexander R. Shikhman, M.D., Ph.D., FACR                

• Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Board Certified in Rheumatology
• Ph.D. in Immunology

Dr. Shikhman brings his extensive medical education, clinical research and global experience to bear on Restorative Remedies and its clients. Dr. Shikhman quite literally personifies an integrative approach toward health and medicine. While his formal training has been scientific and medical, he comes from a long-standing European tradition of treating and caring for the whole person, not just a disease. His M.D., Ph.D. degree in immunology, and Board Certifications in internal medicine and rheumatology, along with his experience in conducting clinical trials, have allowed him the opportunity to pull from a variety of modalities and treatments to bring about the best whole-body course of action and life-enhancing treatment for any given patient.

Dr. Shikhman received his M.D. cum laude from the Russian State Medical University (formerly known as 2nd Moscow Medical Institute named after Pirogov). It is the oldest and largest national institution for higher education in medicine and has played a role in countless advancements and discoveries. After graduation, Dr. Shikhman spent five years in basic and clinical research studying autoimmune diseases driven by infectious agents, during which he also studied for and received his Ph.D. in immunology from the Moscow Medical Academy (1st Moscow Medical Institute). In 1988, Dr. Shikhman was a visiting professor in Germany where he worked with the Academy of Medical Sciences at the Institute of Experimental Medicine.

In 1990 he immigrated to the United States and became a research professor at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, where he conducted pioneering work on mechanisms of molecular mimicry. He served his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, and completed his clinical fellowship in rheumatology at Scripps Clinic, in La Jolla, California. Subsequently, he became a member of Scripps Clinic Division of Rheumatology and a faculty member in the Department of Arthritis Research at the Scripps Research Institute. His additional training includes the study of medical acupuncture at UCLA, master classes in musculoskeletal ultrasound, auricolotherapy and auriculodiagnosis, and application of low-level lasers in therapy of arthritis and allied conditions.

Dr. Shikhman was among the first awardees of the National Institute of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to study the molecular mechanisms of glucosamine in arthritis. His research resulted in the discovery of glucose transporting mechanisms in humans and the identification of several natural products with promising therapeutic benefits for patients with osteoarthritis. As a symbiosis of this clinical and basic research activity, Dr. Shikhman developed a comprehensive approach to treat various arthritic conditions which combines state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, dietary modifications, nutritional supplements and biomechanical adjustments.

Dr. Shikhman is Board Certified in internal medicine and rheumatology. He is a leading author of numerous scientific publications in peer review journals. He serves as a member of the editorial board of Future Rheumatology and is a member of the Board of Trustees at National University. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Medicine and Guide to America’s Top Physicians by Consumer’s Research Council of America. Dr. Shikhman is also an adjunct professor at The Scripps Research Institute, one of the country’s premier research foundations.