Elmer M. Cranton

Dr. Cranton graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1964. Before medical school, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where he served as a jet fighter pilot. After medical school, he was president of Smyth County Medical Society, Virginia, and Chief-of-Staff at a U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Oklahoma. He is a Charter Fellow and Life Member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Cranton was board certified and recertified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine. He served for many years as Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of Advancement in Medicine, and the Journal of Holistic Medicine. He has authored a number of books and scientific papers, some of which are listed below. Dr. Cranton retired in 2003, after more than 40 years of medical practice.

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Memberships and Offices

President, Smyth County Medical Society, Virginia, 1979-1980.

Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice, certified 1974, re-certified 1985.

President, American Holistic Medical Association, 1980-1981.

President and Founding Fellow, American College for Advancement

in Medicine, 1991-1992.

Fellow, International College of Applied Nutrition, 1975.

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Holistic Medicine, 1981 to 1986.

Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Advancement in Medicine, 1986 to 1989.

Charter Fellow, Life Member, American Academy of Family

Physicians, 1974 to present

Institute for the Study of American Cultures, College of Fellows

Dean's Council, Harvard Medical School 2012