Martha M Grout, MD, MD(H)

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Martha M. Grout of the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine, our Scottsdale integrative medical center, is dedicated to the natural treatment of cancer, Lyme disease, diabesity (cardiometabolic), irritable bowel and other chronic diseases. She is also AHIMA's Program Director.

"American mainstream medicine is wonderful in acute emergency situations, but for chronic diseases brought on by genetics, diet and lifestyle, allopathic medicine is not much help. I do not see that pharmaceutical medicine helps people heal from chronic illness." - Dr. Martha Grout

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Work Experience

Training

• AB from Radcliffe College (Harvard University), 1966
• MD from Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1971
• Dually licensed in Arizona (Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine)
• Homeopathic license in Arizona, 1997

Post Residency Training

• Medical Acupuncture for Physicians, UCLA, 1997
• American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology, Advanced Course on Heavy Metal Toxicology, September 2000
• American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Diagnosis and treatment of inhalant and food sensitivities, April 2004
• Diagnosis and treatment of chemical toxins and heavy metals, April 2005
• Institute for Functional Medicine, Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, March 2005

Professional Memberships​

• Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medicine Association (AHIMA) – past President, current Program Director
• Arizona State Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine Examiners, 2006-2010
• Arizona State Board of Acupuncture, 2003-2006
• Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)
• International Organization of Integrative Cancer Physicians (IOICP)
• IPT Academy
• International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)

Medical Experience

• Emergency Department Physician, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.
  full-time staff, assistant attending, 1974-77
• Emergency Department Physician, Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.
  assistant attending, 1975-79
• Emergency Department Physician, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y.
  assistant attending, 1979-80
• Emergency Department Physician, Upstate Medical Center, SUNY, Syracuse, N.Y.
  associate attending, 1980-82
• Staff Attending Physician, Groton Nursing Facility, Groton, N.Y.
  1988-92
• Emergency Department Physician, HCA LW Blake Hospital, Bradenton, FL
  full time staff, 1992-1995
• Partner, Bradenton Emergency Medicine Associates, 1994-1995
  Medical Records and Utilization Review Committee 1994-1994
  Physician Director of Employee Health 1993-1995
• Emergency Department Physician, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
  full time staff, 1995 - 1996
  Quality Management and Utilization Review Committee 1995 -present
  Physician Coordinator for Logicare Medical Records System 1995 - present
  Special Care Committee, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, 1996 (oversees ICU, PCU, ED)
• Emergency Department Physician, Englewood Community Hospital, Englewood, FL
  provisional/active status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1996
• Emergency Department Physician, Phoenix Memorial Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
  Active status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1997 - present
• Emergency Department Physician, Kingman Regional Medical Center, Kingman, AZ
  Active (courtesy) status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1997- 2002
• Emergency Department Physician, John C. Lincoln Hospital Deer Valley, Phoenix, AZ
  Active (courtesy) status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1997- 2002
• Active Medical Staff, Payson Regional Medical Center, Payson, AZ
  Active in Department of Emergency Medicine 1997 - 1998
• Emergency Department Physician, Chandler Regional Medical Center, Chandler, AZ
  Active (courtesy) status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1997- 1999
• Emergency Department Physician, St. Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
  Active (provisional) status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 1998
• Emergency Department Physician, Arrowhead Community Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
  Active status in Department of Emergency Medicine, 2002 - present
• Medical Acupuncture - 6137 East Mescal Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
  Private Practice of Medical Acupuncture, 1997 - present
• The Crossroads Institute - 40040 North 56th Street, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
  Private Practice of Medical Acupuncture and Neuro-biofeedback, Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
• CrossRoads Clinic, PLC
  Private Practice of Medical Acupuncture, Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
  Neuro-biofeedback, 2003 - 2007
• The Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine
  (name change in 2008, expanded modalities)

Publications

• An Alphabet of Good Health In A Sick World - Martha M. Grout MD, MD(H), Mary Budinger and New Medicine Press.
• "Treatment of Small Bowel Obstruction with Acupuncture: two case reports," Medical Acupuncture, Spring-Summer 2001
• "The Use of Acupuncture in the Emergency Department," The Pain Clinic, February 2001
• "The Use of Medical Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Stress Related Illness," Acupuncture Today, August 2002
• "Medical Acupuncture in the Emergency Department," Medical Acupuncture, 14:1 (39-40)
• "Treatment of Severe Depression Following Head Injury," Medical Acupuncture, 15:2 (35-39)
• "Dissipating the Pharaoh's Curse: Thwarting the West Nile virus," Explore!, November 2007 (7-11)
• "Norwegian Mammography Study Points to a New Future." Explore!, December, 2010