Dr. Neustaedter is a homeopath, a licensed acupuncturist, and doctor of Chinese medicine, specializing in child health care. He has practiced and taught holistic medicine for more than 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has devoted his professional life to writing books and articles about children's health, teaching workshops and homeopathic classes, and curing patients. He is one of only a handful of homeopathic specialists in the field of child health care, and he is recognized within the homeopathic medical profession as an expert in child health problems. In 1997 he was acknowledged one of the Bay Area's best medical practitioners by San Francisco Focus Magazine.

An accomplished author, Dr. Neustaedter has written an authoritative text, Homeopathic Pediatrics (North Atlantic Books, 1991) which is used as a textbook at homeopathic colleges. His popular book for parents, The Vaccine Guide: Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults (North Atlantic Books, 2002), represents the gold standard on the controversial subject of immunizations and their adverse effects.

His book, Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents (North Atlantic Books, 2005) provides parents with a guide to holistic methods of raising children and treating their health problems, covering all the bases from birth through middle childhood and the school years. His most recent book, The Holistic Baby Guide: Alternative Care for Common Health Problems (New Harbinger Publications, 2010), describes the holistic treatment of allergic conditions (eczema, asthma), weakened immune function, and digestive problems (colic, reflux) of babies and toddlers.

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Dr. Neustaedter graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a major in English literature and creative writing, and completed medical training at the San Francisco College of Acupuncture. His postgraduate education includes homeopathic training at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital and an Oriental medicine doctoral degree in Hong Kong. He was director of the Department of Homeopathy at the Pacific College of Naturopathic Medicine, and has lectured at homeopathic colleges and numerous conferences of homeopathy and Chinese medicine. He founded both the Hering Family Health Clinic, the first full-service clinic in the United States to revitalize homeopathic medicine, and the Classical Medicine Center. He is co-founder and past co-president of the Holistic Pediatric Association.