Guy F. Pugh, MD

Primary Care, Cambridge

Education:

BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1979;
MS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1981;
MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1990

Internship/Residency:

Internal Medicine, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA, 1990-91;
Mount Auburn Hospital, 1994-96

Academic Appointment:

Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associations:

American Medical Association; Massachusetts Medical Society; American College for Advancement of Medicine

Special Areas of Interest:

Alternative approaches to thyroid and adrenal problems; EDTA chelation therapy for heart disease

Philosophy of Care:

“I am a conventionally-trained (Internal Medicine) Primary Care Physician with an interest in Alternative and Functional Medicine.  I try to help patients understand where their medical condition best fits on the spectrum of care, between conventional medicine - best for many things, but not for everything - and alternative/functional medicine, which can provide a valuable set of tools for dealing with a number of challenging and common clinical conditions.  Most of all, I think it helps to have a Primary Care Physician who understands at least a little bit about other medical modalities and who is willing to step outside the conventional medicine box a little to provide what I hope is a customized approach that respects the patient’s values while remaining firmly rooted in evidence-based, common-sense medicine.”