#1272 - Michelle Perro

Michelle Perro is a veteran pediatrician with four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include GMO and pesticide advocacy. She has both directed and worked as both director and attending physician from New York's Metropolitan Hospital to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland. Dr. Perro has managed her own business, Down to Earth Pediatrics, creating a new field of integrative urgent care medicine. Dr. Perro has co-authored the highly acclaimed book, What's Making our Children Sick and is Executive Director of a non-profit scientific-based website, GMOScience. She has authored many publications and has a column with the journal, The Townsend Letter. She is an Advisor for the recently launched website, Regeneration Health International, a nonprofit based group focused on holistic health, promoting food as medicine. Dr. Perro has lectured nationally and internationally on regenerative food/soil, environmental health and justice issues focused on children.