Tom Cowan

Dr. Tom Cowan discovered the work of the two men who would have the most influence on his career while teaching gardening as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, South Africa. He read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price, and a fellow volunteer explained the arcane principles of Rudolf Steiner's biodynamic agriculture. These events inspired him to pursue a medical degree. Cowan graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1984. After his residency in...See more

Dr. Tom Cowan discovered the work of the two men who would have the most influence on his career while teaching gardening as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, South Africa. He read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price, and a fellow volunteer explained the arcane principles of Rudolf Steiner's biodynamic agriculture. These events inspired him to pursue a medical degree. Cowan graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1984. After his residency in family practice at Johnson City Hospital (Johnson City, NY), he established an anthroposophic medical practice in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dr. Cowan served as vice president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophical Medicine and is a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. He writes the "Ask the Doctor" column in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts, the foundation's quarterly magazine, and has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada. He practices medicine in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife Lynda Smith Cowan. See less