About Keith R. Holden, M.D.
I am a physician, published author, and Udemy instructor on the power of the mind in health and healing. In 2018, I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer—an “incurable” disease by conventional standards. Yet my experience as a physician has shown me that “incurable” can be a misnomer: some individuals experience what’s often called radical remission—or, in some cases, a complete cure—despite grim prognoses.
We don’t fully understand how these remissions occur, but their existence testifies to the remarkable resilience of the human body and spirit. My Udemy course, Power of the Mind in Health and Healing, explores these phenomena in depth, including a section entitled “Curing the Incurable.”
I’ve always been fascinated by what science cannot yet explain. While science is indispensable in advancing medicine, it doesn’t have all the answers. Recognizing this encourages me to explore the full range of possibilities for healing.
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My career
I graduated from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1992 as a junior-year Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society member, reserved for the academic top ten percent.
I completed LSU's Internal Medicine residency program in 1995. I attained board certification through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in 1995 and recertified through ABIM in June 2008.
I left ABIM and did not recertify through that program due to its perceived monopoly and questionable business practices. Since December 2017, I have been certified through the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons.
I completed additional postgraduate training in Functional Medicine through The Institute for Functional Medicine. Functional Medicine tends to work best for chronic diseases and conditions. It guides patients and their practitioners in finding the root cause of disease and correcting it to allow for healing and resolution of the illness.
My training in Functional Medicine filled in many of the blanks that medical school and residency left out.
On January 10, 2017, I was honored to present Grand Rounds for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine—Jacksonville. This lecture, titled "Power of the Mind in Health and Healing," detailed the latest science in mind-body medicine.
I also lectured 4th-year psychiatry residents in this program about the placebo effect in January 2017 and October 2018. Thankfully, academic medicine is starting to embrace many of the concepts presented in my book and course.
In May 2014, I presented a lecture at the Accordo Health Institute's Spring Symposium in Longwood, FL, titled Power of the Mind in Health and Healing. This lecture inspired the creation of my book and Udemy course, which have the same name.
In August 2013, I lectured on how food sensitivities and gut dysfunction contribute to systemic illness and autoimmunity at the International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics (IACA) annual conference in Calgary, Canada.
I participated in a wellness panel at IACA's 2012 annual conference in Hollywood, FL. IACA is an international group of neuromuscular dentists dedicated to advancing innovative oral health and practice management education.
My article “Functional Medicine: Innovating Chronic Disease Care” was published in the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies' Fall 2012 Visions magazine.
I've lectured four times at conferences for the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) on the biological effects of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. A4M is a global organization of 26,000 physicians and scientists from 110 countries devoted to detecting, preventing, and treating aging-related diseases while advancing research into methods that slow and optimize the human aging process
I wrote a scientific article titled “Biological Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy,” published in A4M’s May 2012 Issue of Anti-Aging Medical News magazine.
In 2012, I presented to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center in Baltimore, MD, about the scientific evidence for the beneficial effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on osteoporosis.
In 2012, I presented a webinar on gut health and systemic disease for Cell Science Systems (CSS), a life sciences company that is a leader in food intolerance and sensitivity testing.
I consulted for the Social Security Administration's Disability Determination Services in Florida and Georgia. I garnered awards for consulting, advising, and teaching in this field, including:
2002 Georgia Disability Adjudication Services Medical Consultant of the Year Award
2001-2002 Georgia Disability Adjudication Services People’s Choice Trainer of the Year Award
2004 Florida Disability Determination Services Medical Consultant of the Year Award
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— Keith
