Ivan Figueroa-Otero
M.D., FAAMA, USA
Biography
After graduating from the School of Medicine of the University of PR in 1970, Dr. Figueroa Otero trains as General Surgeon at the University Hospital of the UPR School of Medicine, integrating a one-year fellowship in the study of cancer, and one year in experimental research. Post-graduate studies in Pediatric Surgery, then follow at Miami Children's Hospital and the San Juan Municipal Hospital.
Looking for non-surgical or less invasive options for pediatric conditions, Dr. Figueroa Otero explores Eastern philosophies that emphasize a holistic concept of disease. He was one of the first physicians to become certified in medical acupuncture in Puerto Rico, training in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture with professors from the University of Seville. Eventually, he was certified in medical acupuncture nationally.
In 2009, he became certified in anti-aging medicine and in December of that year, he retired from the practice of pediatric surgery, focusing instead on a holistic medical practice and emphasizing disease prevention and modification of lifestyles. In 2011 he was invited to become a Trustee of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture, which is the national body organization responsible for certifying physicians in the field of acupuncture through national exams. In that same year, he was recognized by Natural Awakenings magazine as Holistic Physician of the Year.
Dr. Figueroa Otero is currently engaged in his private practice and continues in his role as an educator, trying to achieve full integration of traditional Chinese acupuncture courses in the curriculum of medical schools, promoting that physicians to be certified both locally and nationally, and to establish clinical research protocols on the use of acupuncture in known conditions compared to the methodology established by modern medicine. Another immediate priority is to incorporate meditation techniques and their role in preventive and therapeutic medicine.
Abstract
Short essay where I propose a holographic vision of disease, which places the human organism within the universal hologram, describing how the imbalances that occur in the mayor hologram affects the minor one, and vice versa. Diseases are harmonizing mechanisms (alarms) guided by the intention to maintain health, or total equilibrium. Here, I describe in detail the timeline relationship of the imbalances and how their time-space relationship affects their resolution. I explain the importance of our genetic codes and their historical archives in the development of diseases and their cure by way of epigenetic effects. I teach what epigenetics, the details of the holographic detox process, and the possible genetic origins of cancer are.
For the first time, there is an etymological model of disease integrated to the universal holographic model. This model describes the sequence of disharmonies within the context of time, biology, mind, emotions, and spirituality, where every action that affects the organism cause repercussions throughout the whole hologram.