MEET DR. GLADYS - Gladys T. McGarey Foundation

GLADYS TAYLOR MCGAREY, MD, MD(H)
FOUNDER, PIONEERING PHYSICIAN

Dr. Gladys McGarey is internationally recognized as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. In practice as a family doctor from 1946 to 2004, she relentlessly advocated and advanced the emergence of holistic patient care. Often ,in the early years, she experienced staunch opposition from a male-dominated medical establishment. In 1970, she co-founded the A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, where she and her former husband pioneered the integration of allopathic and holistic medical practices, laying groundwork for the cultural shift of recent years. Among Dr. McGarey’s innovations for natural birthing was the Baby Buggy Program founded in 1978, featuring a fully-equipped paramedical and emergency transport vehicle for home deliveries. Her ability to foster effective holistic self-management of debilitating chronic conditions has attracted patients from afar, including notable celebrities. Since 1979, she has offered intensive holistic healing programs such as the Phoenix Experience, a residential retreat currently held semi-annually in Carefree, Arizona. Her efforts world-wide continue to receive international acclaim.

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WRITER-SPEAKER-FOUNDER
Dr. Gladys, as she is best known, has written and lectured extensively. She authored two holistic classics:" The Physician Within You: Medicine for the Millennium (Health Communications, Inc., 1997)", and " Born to Live (Gabriel Press, 1980)", and co-authored "There Will Your Heart Be Also", a book about home and marriage. She continues to write numerous articles for health publications, both as a columnist and feature writer. Of note is a health survey she wrote for National Geographic Research and Exploration. Her public speaking career bridges four decades during which she has shared the podium with Andrew Weil, Depoch Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and other notables who became her associates in the American Holistic Medical Association, which Dr. McGarey co-founded in 1977. The Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation, over which she currently presides, has promoted holistic health education and research since 1989. In addition to the aforementioned A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix, she co-founded The Scottsdale Holistic Medical Group where she practiced with her daughter, Helene Wechsler, M.D,. from 1989 to 2004. In 2004, Dr. Wechsler opened a new practice, Scottsdale Private Physicians, at 10900 N. Scottsdale Road, where Dr. Gladys sees patients one day a week. She helps patients through difficult times with "life coaching", dream interpretation and her own form of "Living Medicine". Appointments with her may be scheduled by calling 480-483-2374.