Beth Netter, M.D. practices Holistic Medicine at the Mercycare Medical Campus Building adjacent to St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York. Her private practice has now expanded into St. Peter's Hospital where she is an attending physician on the active staff under the Department of Medicine. The Medical Acupuncture and Holistic Mind-Body Medicine treatments are available, on a consulting basis, for people who are inpatients at St. Peter's. To find out more about this contact: (518) 928-2450.

Beth Netter, M.D., is a graduate of the University at Buffalo’s School of Biomedical Sciences. She did her residency training in anesthesiology and high risk obstetric anesthesiology at Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and served as director of obstetric anesthesiology and staff anesthesiologist at Memorial Hospital in Worcester.

It was while she was practicing anesthesiology that she felt inspired to discover more natural and holistic ways to support people in feeling healthy and happy. She now practices holistic mind-body medicine which includes medical acupuncture, meditation and breathing therapies, and strategies for wellness and pain and stress reduction.

Previous Medical Experience
Holistic Physician; The Center for Integrative Health and Healing; Delmar, New York.

Director, Department of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Anesthesiologist; Worcester Memorial
Hospital; Worcester, Massachusetts

Anesthesiologist; Alta Bates Medical Center; Berkeley, California

Medical Education and Training
Harvard Medical School: Structural Acupuncture for Physicians; Certified and licensed to practice acupuncture as a physician in New York State

Holistic Mind-Body Medicine: American Meditation Institute; Averill Park, New York

Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery/Heal Faster Guided Imagery Workshops

Residency in Anesthesiology; specialized focus in high risk obstetric anesthesiology:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard University; Boston, Massachusetts

Medical Doctorate; School of Biomedical Sciences; State University of New York at Buffalo

Undergraduate Education
Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Studies: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Columbia University; New York, New York
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology; magna cum laude with high honors in Psychology, University of Rochester, and London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.




The American Meditation Institute's Heart and Science of Yoga Holistic Mind-Body Medicine course is accrediated by The American Medical Association through Albany Medical Center to provide CME and CUE credits to for those physicians and nurses taking the course. The course is taught by Institute's co-founder and director Leonard Perlmutter, who has been practicing yoga science for over 33 years and is author of the award-winning book: 'The Heart and Science of Yoga.'

Participants will learn stress and pain management strategies, meditation, yoga, aand breathing practices along with other  educational structures to help promote their health and happiness.
 
Classes are held throughout the year in 6-week blocks on 6 consecutive Tuesday nights, in Averill Park, NY July 16-18, 2010, and the course is also offered specifically for healthcare practitioners at the Cranwell Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts November 5-7, 2010.  There is a discount for office staff and family members for the Cranwell course.
This year Bernie Siegel, MD-holistic mind-body medicine pioneer and surgeon,will be speaking at the Cranwell course.

The course provides 12 category 1 credits and the Cranwell course 15 category 1 credits.

To find out more, visit: http://americanmeditation.org/physicians.htm
(518) 674-8714
 The American Meditation Institute: 60 Garner Road; Averill Park, NY 12018