The Toronto School of
Homeopathic Medicine
The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine's highly-trained faculty is dedicated to providing the highest quality professional training in classical homeopathy. All homeopathic faculty members are credentialed classical homeopaths and have done extensive post-graduate work in the field. The School's faculty is also bolstered by frequent appearances from internationally-recognized guest lecturers. Find out more about the faculty by reading their bios using the following links:
Lisa Decandia, BFA, DSHomMed, RCSHom
Joyce Edge, DSHM, FSHM--Operations Manager
Raymond Edge, RSHom(NA), CCH, RCSHom
Kim Elia
William Ellwood, BA, FSHomMed
Monica Frohmann, DSHomMed
Rebecca Gower, Registrar/Administrator
Gary Hardy, DC, ND, FCAH, CCH
Greg Hesketh, B.Sc.(Honours) Microbiology
Joseph Kellerstein, D.C., N.D., FCAH, CCH
Rebecca Kellerstein, B. Sc., N.D
Andrea McClintock, DSHM(Hons)
John Millar, BSc, ND, DHANP, CCH
Marla Samuel, MASc (Nutrition), BA, DSHomMed, RNCP
Paul Saunders, MS, PhD, ND, DHANP, CCH
Joy Schwartz, B.S., F.S.Hom.Med.
John Somerton, BSc, DSHomMed, FSHomMed
Meet Our Faculty
Lisa Decandia, DSHomMed, HD, RCSHom, B.F.A. Honours
Lisa Decandia graduated from the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine and also has an honours degree from York University where she studied science and art. She completed a certificate in advanced homeopathic studies with Joseph Kellerstein; Homeopathy by the Book.Since 2000, Lisa has operated a Family Homeopathic Practice in Toronto, where she has treated a variety of health complaints. Her practice focuses on the treatment of children, especially ADD/ADH/Autism; and women complaints; PMS, menstrual and menopause. Lisa is a Faculty member and student clinical supervisor of the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine where she teaches a range of homeopathic studies. She is also an international speaker and has spoken at the National Center for Homeopathy Joint Conference. Lisa has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Society of Homeopaths.
Joyce Edge, DSHM, FSHM Operations Manager
Joyce Edge brings a wealth of business experience to her position as Operations Manager at TSHM. Her background includes many years spent in the telecommunications and commercial real estate industries. Her interest in maintaining good health through nutrition, fitness and spiritual practice led her to homeopathy. She graduated from the three-year professional training program in homeopathic medicine at TSHM. Joyce then went on to complete The School’s post-graduate Clinical Mastery Program and earned a Fellowship with The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine. Joyce oversees the day to day operations of The School including lecture scheduling, information sessions and enquiries, liaising with faculty and administration, assisting in curriculum development and promotional activities, etc. She maintains private practices in Toronto and Bayfield, Ontario.
Raymond Edge, RSHom(NA), CCH, RCSHom
Raymond Edge is the founder, dean and resident homeopath of the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine. Raymond began his career in the healing arts as a medical herbalist, graduating from the Dominion Herbal College in 1978. He has been studying, practising and lecturing in homeopathy since 1987. He graduated from the School of Homoeopathy on-campus program in Devon, England and was the director of the Mirianog West Childrens Clinic in Wales, providing low-cost homeopathic treatment for underprivileged children. Raymond is a registered professional member of North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH). He is also certified in classical homeopathy with the Council for Homeopathic Certification. He is a core lecturer and clinical supervisor at the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine.
Kim Elia
Kim is currently running a 4 year homeopathy program at the Hahnemann Academy in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. In addition, he was just recently asked to teach a 10 week homeopathy class for the Naturopathic College, Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Kim has also taught at SCNM (The Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine), NCNM (The National College of Natural Medicine) as well as The University of Bridgeport. He has worked in the clinic at the University of Bridgeport and at CCNM (The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine) seeing new patients as well as overseeing student cases in their clinic. He has taught at the Pacific Academy of Homeopathic Medicine, The Texas Institute of Homeopathy, The Colorado Institute of Homeopathy, The Homeopathic Academy of Southern California and the Vancouver Academy of Homeopathy where he still teaches about once a year. He has also taught at The Homeopathic School of the Americas in Guatemala and El Salvador. He is currently a teacher at TSHM (The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine). He has been in homeopathic practice for almost 22 years and has studied with various teachers including George Vithoulkas, Roger Morrison, Paul Herscu, Andre Saine, Vasillis Ghegas, Henny Heudens-Mast, Sheilagh Creasy, Rajan Sankaran, Jan Scholten, Divya Chhabra, Farokh Master, Vega Rozenberg and others.
William Ellwood, BA, FSHomMed, HD
William brings a mix of established approaches and fresh ideas to homeopathy classes. A previous winner of the Margaret Tyler Scholarship, William is a graduate and fellowship holder of the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine, as well as having a degree in Psychology from McMaster University. In addition to being a faculty member at TSHM, he maintains private practices in Hamilton and Toronto. William Ellwood brings to the School a commitment to homeopathic education. He has redesigned the Homeopathic Philosophy program to comprehensively span the three-year course of study, making it one of the most thorough courses available. He is also a clinical supervisor at the TSHM Teaching Clinic. His previous experience as a composer and musical recording artist lends spontaneity and creativity to the program.
Monica Frohmann, DSHomMed
Monica Frohmann graduated from The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine in 1999. Upon completion of her formal schooling she continued her homeopathic studies for an additional three years. During that time she helped develop and teach a post-graduate course for homeopaths and naturopaths.As a member of the faculty at TSHM she teaches in all three years of the program as well as the post-graduate year. In her Newmarket, Ontario practice Monica has been treating patients, both human and animal since 1999 and has had the privilege of being a contributor of veterinary additions to the Synthesis Repertory.
Rebecca Gower - Registrar/Administrator
Rebecca is the most recent addition at The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine as the Registrar/Administrator. Rebecca brings a wealth of experience to this position most of which has focussed on community development, health promotion and counselling in the community services sector. She also has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin where her research focussed on gender and health in Nineteenth Century East Africa.Rebecca graduated from The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine with honours in 2008 during which time she wrote a research thesis on Using Homeopathic Medicine to Treat People Living with HIV/AIDS. Since that time, she has done further studies with Joe Kellerstein and Andre Saine. In addition, she has the privilege to be involved in a 3-year research study with Dr. D.P. Rastogi of New Delhi comparing HIV-positive patients on HIV medications and those on HIV medications and homeopathic medicine. Rebecca has a private practice in Toronto with areas of interest that include women’s health and especially candida, children’s health, LGBT health and HIV/AIDS.
Gary Hardy, DC, ND, CCH, FCAH
Gary Hardy graduated in Business Administration from Ryerson in 1976. He studied 1 year of laboratory sciences at Ryerson in 1977. He then studied at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College graduating in 1982 with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. In 1986, he graduated from the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine and won the Dr. Farqueson Award for Excellence in Homeopathy. In 1991, he graduated from the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy and is a Fellow of the Academy. Gary has studied Neurolinguistic programming and hypnosis at NLP International in Spain in 2000. He further studied hypnosis at the Ontario Hypnosis Centre and later at the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis between 2000-2002. In 2008, he completed the School of the Work of Byron Katie. His passion is to assist his clients to restore their health through taking responsibility for their life choices, the foods they eat and to develop self-awareness as they undertake homeopathic treatment.
Greg Hesketh, BSc (Honours) Microbiology
Greg graduated from the University of Guelph with an honour’s degree in Microbiology. During his four years at the University he held research positions in the Biochemistry and Pathobiology departments studying the effects of cancer and salmonella detection systems respectively. Greg managed a small environmental testing laboratory after taking a year off from his degree. Positions held after graduation included vaccine research with Aventis Pasteur along with positions in the Quality departments of both Apotex and GlaxoSmithKline. Currently Greg run the anatomy and physiology lab and School of anatomy, which houses cadavers and cadaveric material, at Humber College. Concurrently he also teaches anatomy and physiology courses at Humber college and The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine.
Joseph Kellerstein, D.C., N.D., FCAH, CCH
Joseph Kellerstein graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto in June 1976. He then studied at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, graduating in 1980 with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic with honours. He also received the Dr. Walter Sturdy Memorial Award for general proficiency over the 4 year program, plus the J.M. Wallace award for academic proficiency in the graduating year.He then went on to study Naturopathic medicine at the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine, graduating in 1984. At the OCNM he was class valedictorian. He has had a Chiropractic and Homeopathic practice in Oshawa and Toronto since 1984. In 1991 he graduated from the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy and is a Fellow of that institution. He has lectured at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine from 1987 to the present; and lectured at the Canadian Academy of Homeopathy from 1990 to the present. He was also Chairperson Department of Homeopathy at that institution from 1992-1993. His mission statement is "To facilitate the healing and personal growth of my clients through communication, awareness and vitality enhancing therapies - especially homeopathy".
Rebecca Kellerstein, B. Sc., N.D
Rebecca Kellerstein, B. Sc., N.D., is a Naturopathic Doctor who has been practicing in Thornhill, ON. since 2000. She graduated with High Distinction from The University of Toronto in 1996, earning an Honours Bachelors of Science degree in Microbiology, with minors in Immunology and Hebrew Studies. She then went on to study at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She graduated in 2000 at the top of her class, earning several awards, such as The Governor’s Medal of Excellence award for academic and clinical excellence, The Saveira Zambri Award, and The Dr. J. Farquarhson Award for excellence in Homeopathic Medicine. She then went on to take three extra years of post-graduate training in Classical Hahnemannian Homeopathic Medicine.She has been a clinical instructor of several courses at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Medicine, Orthopedics, and Spinal Manipulation from 2000 until the present. She also devotes some of her time toward corporate wellness, giving seminars to the staff of large companies on the various ways they can optimize their health. But her passion has always been Classical Homeopathy. More than anything, she feels her role in life is to help her patients return to health by using the principles outlined by Hahnemann; that is, to optimize a person’s hygiene, and to retune the body with the precise homeopathic medicine needed to kick-start her patients’ healing systems.
Andrea McClintock, DSHM(Hons)
As well as being a graduate of the school, Andrea McClintock was the Registrar at the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine for almost 7 years. She contributed to curriculum, policy and clinical changes in that time. The creation of the thesis program at TSHM has been Andrea’s proudest contribution to homeopathic education.She moved on to work with the Ministry of Health to aid in regulating homeopathy but quickly missed the creativity of practice and teaching. Andrea teaches the Mental Health Awareness program for TSHM as part of the Year 2 curriculum. Her practice is in downtown Toronto where she specializes in chronic disease, women’s health, addiction and mental illness. Her blog space on the TSHM website is topical to both students and practitioners regarding contemporary issues in homeopathy. Andrea runs Homeopathy Tutoring Services which is dedicated to supporting students studying homeopathy achieve success as future practitioners.
John Millar, BSc., ND, DHANP, CCH
J D Millar B Sc ND DHANP CCH HD is a graduate of Trent University, the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and the Dynamis School of Homoeopathy. His teachers include Dr Andre Saine, Jeremy Sherr, Dr. Vassillis Gehgas Dr Rajan Sankaran and other notable homeopaths. He has been in private practice in Peterborough since 1988. As an active member of both the Canadian and Ontario Naturopathic Associations and the Ontario Homoeopathic Association,he is board certified in both Naturopathic and Homoeopathic Medicine. Additionally Dr Millar is on the Board of the Council for Homoeopathic Education and the Homoeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians. He is a teacher of Homoeopathy for the American Homeopathic Medical College, the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine and the Ontario College of Homoeopathic Medicine. Further his experience includes field work and teaching for Homoeopaths Without Borders in Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatamala
Marla Samuel, MASc (Nutrition), BA, DSHomMed, RNCP
Marla holds a Masters degree in Nutrition, and graduate degrees from The Toronto School of homeopathic Medicine, The Institute of Holistic Nutrition, and Carleton University. Marla is a faculty member of The Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine, Institute of Holistic Nutrition, and George Brown College. Marla offers corporate lectures and private workshops across Canada. Marla is a professional member of the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants, and National United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths.Marla’s private practice is located at The Yonge-Finch Chiropractic and Health Centre, providing individualized nutritional, homeopathic and lifestyle support, guiding people to healthier beginnings. Marla’s goal is to help raise awareness of the importance of healing with natural substances, in order to increase one’s immune system and vital energy. Marla is an avid believer in healing with gentle and safe methods, following her innate connection with nature.
Paul Saunders, M.S., Ph.D., N.D., D.H.A.N.P., C.C.H.
Paul is Professor of Materia Medica, teaching Botanical and Homeopathic medicine, patrenteral therapy and clinical supervision at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. He was former Chief Naturopathic Medical Officer and Associate Dean for External Affairs at CCNM and has a private practice in Dundas, Ontario. He attended the three-year Canadian Academy of Homeopathy program and has received a Diploma of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians in 1993.In 1994 and 2003 he was awarded Naturopathic Doctor of the Year by the Ontario Naturopathic Association for excellence and leadership in clinical training. In 2009, he was appointed to the Product Advisory Committee, Natural Health Products, Health Canada. At the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine, he lectures on materia medica, pharmacognosy, ethics and jurisprudence.
Joy Schwartz, B.S., F.S.Hom.Med.
Joy Schwartz is a graduate of TSHM's homeopathic practitioner program as well as the post-graduate fellowship program. She has also completed a three-year course with the Dynamis School for Advanced Homeopathic Studies. She received her Bachelor of Science from Bethel College in Kansas, and is certified as an English language teacher through the University of Cambridge.
John Somerton, BSc., DSHomMed, FSHomMed
John Somerton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Western Ontario. He also completed a three-year double major in Accounting and Finance and has a background in personal banking with TD Canada Trust. John is a graduate of the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine and a post-graduate fellowship holder from this institution. At TSHM, John lectures in business and practice management, materia medica and practice methodology.
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