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The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Sidney M. Baker, MD on Learning About Disease by Traveling the World

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.59.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is the unsung hero of the transformation of health care, Dr. Sidney Baker, MD. Dr. Baker started his career after graduating from Yale Medical. He is a former assistant professor of medical computer sciences, a Peace Corps volunteer, the Director of the Gesell Institute, the founder of Defeat Autism Now!, a Linus Pauling Award recipient, and the associate editor of Integrative Medicine. He is the also the author of several books, including Detoxification and Healing, The Circadian Prescription, and, with Jon Pangborn, Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments, as well as various journal articles. He is currently a family practitioner practicing Functional Medicine in Sag Harbor, NY. Tune into this brand new episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy for more! Don't forget to leave a review if you love this podcast - it helps more people find us! For more great content, find me everywhere: facebook.com/drmarkhyman youtube.com/drhyman instagram.com/markhymanmd

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to the doctor's pharmacy.

0:06.1

That's F-A-R-M-A-C-Y.

0:08.1

And I'm Dr. Mark Heim and I'm really thrilled to be here today with one of my mentors

0:12.2

and one of the most incredible thought leaders in medicine today who's pretty much the

0:15.9

unsung hero of the transformation of healthcare and you're going to learn why.

0:20.3

This is Dr. Sidney Baker.

0:21.8

He graduated from Yale Medical School and he was a former assistant professor at medical

0:26.7

computer sciences back when a five megabyte computer weighed about 4,000 pounds in the

0:33.7

60s.

0:34.7

He was a Peace Corps volunteer and learned a lot from his time in Africa.

0:38.0

He's a family doctor, a pediatrician.

0:41.2

He was the Giselle Medical Institute Director and a founder of Defeat Autism Now, which

0:46.2

is really a new way of thinking about how we get to the root cause of autism.

0:49.9

So stay tuned that conversation is coming up next on the doctor's pharmacy.

0:57.5

I'm just honored to have you here today with us, Dr. Baker.

1:01.8

Well, thank you, Mark.

1:03.0

It's an honor and a pleasure to be with my dear friend.

1:07.8

You're talking about stuff that we believe in.

1:10.9

So I have to really let people know, full disclosure, that it's really because, in large

1:16.2

part, because of you that I do what I do and that I've succeeded in what I do.

1:20.7

Because when I was a young whipper snapper doctor who didn't know anything, I heard about

1:25.4

you.

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