Meet Our Faculty
The best learning environment starts with the best faculty. At National University, 98% of our faculty members have the highest degree in their field, whether that means a PhD, MD, DC, or ND.
National University boasts a faculty roster of dynamic natural health, research, and science scholars. Your professors have a wealth of experience in private practice, integrative medicine, business management, scholarly publications, and leadership positions in their professions.
Meet some of our faculty leaders:
Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Hyundo Franz Kim
“My goal is to make sure that students have the confidence to operate as a sole practitioner when they graduate. Extensive clinical intern experience and one-to-one access to faculty clinicians are keys to building that confidence.”
Biomedical Sciences
Matthew Schipma
“I’m constantly amazed at how engaged NUHS students are about chemistry, and how eager they are to learn.”
Chiropractic Medicine – Lombard
Kristine Aikenhead
“Where can you get training that’s science-based, that’s going to take the whole person into consideration, that will give you a well-rounded approach that provides primary care preparation? At National, you’re prepared in a primary care way.”
Chiropractic Medicine – Florida
A. Carlo Guadagno
“…There’s a lot of emergency medicine involved in sports, and you’ll be working alongside professionals from other specialties. That’s why training in primary care is important, as well as feeling comfortable in an integrative medicine environment. Our students at National have these strengths going for them.”
Naturopathic Medicine
Fraser Smith
Assistant Dean Fraser Smith, ND, praises National’s unique “educational culture where different practitioners learning different disciplines (or learning multiple disciplines) can appreciate each other, respect each other, work with each other….”