Robban A. Sica, MD graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toledo and received her doctorate from the Medical College of Ohio. Dr. Sica is the founder, president, and medical director of an innovative and very successful integrative practice of natural and alternative medicine, The Center for the Healing Arts, PC in Orange, CT. Since 1992, Dr. Sica and her affiliated clinical staff maintain a high standard of delivering truly integrative and preventive medicine and are dedicated to development of a new model for medical practice. Years of passionate study evolved into Dr. Sica’s integrative approach which is a successful model for assessing and addressing the patient’s health conditions by identifying underlying stressors originating from all aspects: spiritual, emotional, physical, and social. Dr. Sica successfully integrates her background study including holistic medicine, anti-aging, natural hormone replacement and endocrine problems, nutrition/vitamin supplementation including natural alternatives to medication, allergies and environmental medicine, heavy metal toxicity, chelation therapy, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and treatment of chronic illnesses.  Dr. Sica has received certifications in Integrative, Holistic Medicine, Longevity Medicine and Clinical Metal Toxicology. She is President of the International College of Integrative Medicine and Secretary of the American Association for Health Freedom, and Vice President of the Connecticut Health Freedom Coalition. She was formerly the secretary of the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College for Advancement in Medicine.

Accomplishments and Accolades:

Honors:  Graduated Magna cum Laude, Honors Program, Phi Kappa Phi

Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honorary Society.

 

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:

Experience in short and long term inpatient treatment, outpatient therapy, child psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, descriptive diagnosis, child psychiatry, family therapy.

 

OTHER POST-GRADUATE COURSEWORK:

 

ACTIVE LICENSURE:

State of Connecticut, License # 026453

 

CERTIFICATES:

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

-Health Dynamics Center, East Haven, CT, Medical Director

-Family Health Network, Stratford, CT, Consultant

-Integrated Health Center, Westport, CT, Consultant

-Westport Clinic, Westport, CT, Independent Practitioner

-Life Extension Center, Ridgefield, CT, Independent Practitioner

Founder, Owner, and Director of the Holos Health Center. (1989-92), a multi-disciplinary holistic center, Bridgeport, CT.

Founder, President, and Medical Director of the Center for the Healing Arts, PC, an integrative multi-disciplinary integrative medical practice. (1992 – present).

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS:

PRESIDENT: International College of Integrative Medicine

Alliance for Natural Health-USA (formerly American Association for Health Freedom)

American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology

Integrative Medical Consortium

Connecticut Health Freedom Coalition:

American College for Advancement in Medicine:

Member, Milford Chamber of Commerce.

Member since 1991, American Academy of Environmental Medicine.

Member since 1985, American Holistic Medical Association

Member, American Association of Physicians and Surgeons

Member since 1992, New Haven County Medical Association

Member since 1985, Connecticut State Medical Society

Past Affiliations:


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:


PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

Moderator of bi-weekly conference calls on integrative medical topics for professionals and the public and Author of bi-monthly newsletter.

1993 Thorne Research Lecture Series:

Long Island, NY, Stamford, CT, Santa Monica, and San Francisco, CA.

American Academy of Environmental Medicine Annual Meeting,

Reno, NV, 1993.

“Exploring Trends in The Care Of Body, Mind, And Spirit”.

Guest Speaker on two segments:  “Introduction to Holistic Medicine” and “Women’s Issues and Natural Hormonal Replacement.”

New Haven, CT, 1995.

Seminar sponsored by the Hartford CFS Support Group. November, 1995.

56th Annual Northeast Congress of Optometry, Bedford, MA, November 10-11, 1996.

Guest Expert on “Asthma and Allergies.”  Filmed 1996.  Televised nationally.

Monthly  Guest  Speaker with Kevin Skiest, 960 am, Hamden, CT.  1996 to 1999.

Committee on Geriatric Nursing Education.  June 25, 1997.  Meriden, CT.

New Haven Chamber of Commerce Health Care Council Meeting, August 1, 1997.

Alzheimer’s Resource Center of Connecticut, Inc., October, 12, 1997.

(Co-presented with Dr. Barry Sears), Sponsored by the Broda O. Barnes, MD Research Foundation.  January 31, 1998.  Stamford, CT

Fairfield University’s Institute for Retired Professionals. Fairfield, CT, February 12, 1998.

Broda O. Barnes Research Foundation, Inc.  Annual Physicians’ Teaching Conferences:  Fall 1997, Houston, TX and Spring 1998, Seattle, WA.

Niantic Support Group for Parents of Autistic and Developmentally Delayed Children.  March 2,1998.

New Haven Chapter of Infectious Disease Nurses.  Connecticut Hospital Association, Wallingford, CT, March 9, 1998.

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians’ 1998 East Coast Conference.  April 2-4, 1998, Boston, MA.

Guest Lecturer on longevity and integrative medicine including the Holistic Health      Institute Course and other graduate courses in the School of Public Health.

New Haven, CT, 1996, 1998-2006.

FreeLife International Annual Convention: 1998, 1999, 2000.

ACAM 25th Anniversary Meeting, Phoenix AZ, Nov. 1998; Orlando, FL, May 1999.

Guest Appearance with Robert Silverstein, MD on Public Access TV, Hartford, CT.  October 1, 1998.

Guest Lecturer on “Longevity Medicine” and “Natural Approach to the Endocrine System”.   April 11-18, 1999.

Filmed show for PBS Feb. 1999.  Televised nationally throughout 1999-2000.

Filmed second segment for PBS, July 209 for release December 2009.

            Natural Health & Healing program guest expert, 2002-present.

            Touchstones program: October 2005.

Sponsored by Designs for Health Institute.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

“Psychoneuroimmunology:  Immunity, Illness, and Healing.”  Sept. 27-28, 1995.  Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.

An In-Depth Review of Nutritional, Environmental, and Stress-Related Factors.”  July 3-7, 1989.  Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY.

“Bereavement Support in the Hospice Continuum of Care.” May 22-23, 1986.  Branford, CT.

“The Power of Laughter and Play:  Uses of Humor in the Healing Arts.” October 17-19, 1986.  Toronto, Ontario.

“Third Annual Conference on Eating Disorders:  Medical Management and Physiological Complications of Eating Disorders.”  December 1988.

“Cholesterol and Coronary Disease; Reducing the Risk.”

“Therapeutic Touch:  An Extension of Professional Clinical Skills.”  By  Dr. Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN.  September 25, 1993.

“Literature and the Professions: A Workshop for Physicians.”  July 18, 1997. Lakeville, MA.

“Nutrition as It Relates to Environmental Medicine.”  July 24-25, 1991.  Chicago, IL.

“16th Instructional Courses in Environmental Medicine.” July 26-28, 1991.  Chicago, IL.

Practicum with Dr. William Rea, Environmental Health Center, Dallas, TX, Sept. 1991. “Environmental Medicine in Everyday Practice.”  January 23-26, 1992.  Cleveland, OH.

“Nutrition as It Relates to Environmental Medicine.”  July 29-30, 1992.  Dallas, TX.

“Environmental Medicine Advanced Instructional Course.” July 31-Aug 2, 1992.  Dallas, TX.

“AAEM 27th Annual Meeting” Oct. 24-27, 1992.  Lincolnshire, IL.

“30th Annual Meeting:  The Cutting Edge of Environmental Medicine.”  Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1995.  Tucson, AZ.

“Diagnosis & Treatment of Chemical Toxicity & Sensitivity, Basic & Advanced.” April 15-19, 2004.  Overland Park, KS.

“Planet in Peril: Best Treatment Solutions for Tough Times”, October 31-November 2, 2008, Orlando, FL.

“Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine.” 1993. Stamford, CT.

“Applying Essentials in Nutritional Medicine.” 1995.  Boston, MA.

“Improving Genetic Expression in the Prevention of the Diseases of Aging.”  1998.  Boston, MA.

“Molecular Duality of Oxygen and Degenerative Disease:  Strategies for Disease Reversal and Health Promotion.”  May 6-9, 1993.  Houston, TX.

“Chelation Therapy Workshop.”  May 5-6, 1993.

“Cutting Edge Science in Clinical Practice.”  May 1994.  Minneapolis, MN.

“Cardiovascular Disease and Treatment-A Comprehensive Perspective.”  May 9-12, 1996.  Orlando, FL.

“Nutritional Intervention in Cancer Prevention and Treatment:  Shifting the Paradigm” and

“Basic Longevity Workshop” April 29-May 3, 1998.

25th Anniversary Meeting: Phoenix, AZ: Nov. 19-22, 1998:  “Cardiovascular Disease in the 21st Century: Prevention, Reversal, & Permanent Restoration.”

Also ACAM Conferences in Orlando, FL: May 1999, Reno, NV: Oct. 1999, Dallas, TX, May 2000, and Salt Lake City, UT: Oct. 2000. Nov. 2004. Mesotherapy Conference: Nov. 2004.

2008 Spring Conference, Orlando FL.

“Optimal Health Through Integrative Medicine”, Las Vegas, NV Nov. 2010.

“Thyroid Disorders” by Jacques Hertoghe, MD.  Fall, 1989.  Stratford, CT.

“Treatment of Endocrine Imbalances.”  November 1990.  Trumbull, CT.

“Hypothyroidism, Adrenopause, Menopause, and Andropause.”  October 1992.  Trumbull, CT.

“Andropause:  The Male Climacteric and its Consequences.”  March 1993.  Rye Brook, NY.

“The Art of Balancing the Endocrine System.”  October 21, 1993.  Lombard, IL.

“Applications of Dietary Endocrinology:  Hyperinsulinemia, Obesity, and Type I & Type II Diabetes.”  Sept. 22-24, 1995.  Scottsdale, AZ.

“Spring 1997 Physicians Teaching Seminar.”  April 4-6, 1997.  Newport Beach, CA.

“The Latest Clinical Information on Balancing the Endocrine System.”  March 27-29, 1998.

“Physicians’ Teaching Seminars” 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007.

Beverly Hills, CA, June 22-27, 1998.

An Evidence Based Approach.  Monthly. 1998-1999.

“American Preventive Medical Association Legal Education Seminar”

“Quality of Life and Longevity Medicine”

“Advanced Longevity Workshop and Certification Exam.” Las Vegas, NV, May 7-11, 1998.

“Achieving Clinical Excellence:  Genomics in Primary Care Medicine.”  Westbrook, CT June 22, 2002.

Integrative IV Chelation course, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2001.

Nutritional Pharmacology and Clinical Applications of Carnitine.  October 1, 2002.

Management of Obesity, May 2003.

Practice Empowerment Series, Sept. 10-12, 2004.

Repairing Metabolic Damage in the Metabolic Syndrome. Oct. 1-2, 2005.

Women’s Health Issues Update, Presentation on Infrared Mammography, October 17, 2009.

Neurotransmitter Testing and Treatment in Clinical Practice. Sept. 28, 2005, Jan. 26, 2006.

NeuroResearch

High Performance Weight Loss and Associated Neurotransmitter Diseases.

ICIMXLVI International Congress, March 21-22, 2007.

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