Welcome to THE POWER OF HEALING.

I'm Dr. Howard Elkin, a cardiologist practicing in southern California. Rather than list my educational and professional achievements, I would like to enlighten you as to what this site is about.

Several years ago, I pioneered a holistic wellness program called the POWER OF HEALING. This weekend interactive gathering was truly a marriage of allopathic and alternative healers who convened to provide and share cutting-edge modalities, and impart healthful enlightenment to each other and to the attendees.

The creation of the POWER OF HEALING program was a by-product of my own soul searching to achieve a more balanced, relaxed and happy lifestyle. Having been blessed to have worked with amazing practitioners in the healing arts over the last several years has reshaped my priorities. Because of their gifts of friendship and unconditional love, I have been inspired to give back what I have received. This program, therefore, not only reflects my personal work, but expresses my desire to help individuals feel empowered in their daily lives, whether in wellness or in illness.

Being traditionally trained in Western medicine at a prestigious, well-established, medical school in Virginia, and later pursuing postgraduate work in Chicago, I became quite adept at making diagnoses, elaborate treatment plans and saving people's lives. Initially, it was very exciting. However, six or more years into private practice I realized that something was missing. What my colleagues and I were doing in our earnest attempt to treat patients, was to fix the problem--apply a band-aid. But we never fully addressed the problem. How did this disease or malady get there in the first place? How can we prevent recurrence?

Shortly thereafter, I developed my mission to assist patients in feeling empowered to heal themselves, while taking an active role in their health. I established the HeartWise Fitness Institute, which was unique as it combined the nutritional, physical and emotional elements of a healthy lifestyle; not merely to combat disease, but to ensure a vibrant state of wellness. Sound nutrition and the non-diet approach to dieting, along with regular exercise and stress management techniques has formed the backbone of our program.

Continuing in this vein of getting to the root of the problem, I subsequently established the HeartWise Lipid Clinic to address those individuals with cholesterol and triglyceride concerns, and most recently the HeartWise Longevity Center, which espouses a holistic view on aging. We have two choices, and as I see it my role is to promulgate the following: We can either sit back and age ungracefully ever after, or become proactive and enlist the appropriate supplemental and hormonal balance that ensures an active lifestyle into mid-life and beyond.

To this end, I have attempted to repeat our efforts in May 2003 with a third annual POWER OF HEALING program.

Indeed, this program is an extraordinary experience where one can find solace, pleasure and fun in "exploring new options for healthy living." Through this day of numerous workshops and demonstrations, we shall explore both traditional and complementary health practices in an integrative fashion. It is my wish that in doing so, you too will experience the empowerment and joy in living that is our birthright.

Thanks for visiting our site. Please be sure to read about our presenters both here and via the links to their respective web sites. I welcome you all and hope to witness your participation at the POWER OF HEALING May 17, at the Norwalk Arts and Sports Complex in Norwalk, California.


Howard K. Elkin, M.D., F.A.C.C.