Committee of German Doctors for Developing Countries
Dr. Niez’s medical path started with the Committee of German Doctors for Developing Countries (https://www.german-doctors.de/en/home) – a charity institution offering free medical and surgical care. As a scholar of German Doctors, Dr. Niez was exposed to the practical clinical setting as early as her first year of medical school. This is through the Institute’s rolling clinic – a medical team on wheels that go to far-flung areas normally not having easy access to medical care.
Dr. Niez was given skillful training early on under the guidance of German Doctors who were experts in their individual fields. This gave her an opportunity to develop a good clinical eye at the outset.
After passing the medical board exam, Dr. Niez continued with German Doctors as a resident physician. Because it was a charity institution, the workload was heavy, and it started to take a toll on her health. Unbeknownst to Dr. Niez then, she was already struggling with an autoimmune disease. This development in her life, however, opened a door for her to the academe.
Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine, Xavier University
Dr. Niez became a full time faculty at the Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine (http://www.xu.edu.ph/school-of-medicine), handling Biochemistry (her favorite subject) and Community Medicine (her major training ground). Her passion for teaching and learning, against the backdrop of her autoimmune disease, made her research more about nutrition and natural healing – opening a whole new world of paradigm shifts in therapeutics which she applied on herself.
Homotoxicology
Seeing her health recover with lifestyle changes and Homotoxicology, Dr. Niez decided to practice this modern form of Homeopathy. When she started, the training on Homotoxicology in her country was still informal. Coming from the academe, Dr. Niez saw a strong need for formal training. Together with other colleagues, they pushed for the drafting of a training program in Homotoxicology which was duly recognized by the Philippine Institute of Alternative Health Care, under the umbrella of the Department of Health.
Biological Medicine
As the cases arriving at her door became more complex, Dr. Niez saw the need to get more training. She went to Paracelsus Academy in Switzerland (https://www.swiss-biomedicine.com/) for a 6-module course in Biological Medicine. This opened a deeper appreciation in her for natural healing in the context of science. Returning to Switzerland every 3-4 months resulted to the widening of her perspective in approaching illness–which when applied to her practice, yielded more fruitful results.
Neural Therapy
Dr. Niez’s training in Biological Medicine introduced her to Neural Therapy. As she was applying this modality to her patients, she noticed remarkable results. Some responded faster to ordinary natural remedies. Some with severely degenerated conditions coped with significant improvement to their quality of life.
And so, Dr. Niez took a more extensive course in neural therapy in Berlin under the Deutsche Gesellschäft für Akupunktur und Neuraltherapie e.V. (DGfAN) (https://www.dgfan.de/) . She applied it with great fervor as she was the only Filipino so far, according to DGfAN, to be trained and certified in neural therapy.
"In a sense, I fell in love with neural therapy. As humans, we all have our blind spots. And as a practitioner, there may be areas we fail to see. But the body could see this through its network of signaling systems. My jawbone osteonecrosis was first discovered through neural therapy. And I have seen a lot of patients achieve regulation with it."
As neural therapy has been offered as an elective in Heidelberg University, Dr. Niez continues to pursue her passion for it by starting to take up Master courses on it.
Ozone Therapy
When Dr. Niez first learned of Ozone and Bio-oxidative Therapies, she developed great appreciation for these, especially after having witnessed gangrenous legs getting saved using various ozone applications. When she was at her previous work, it was normal to see a long list of candidates for leg amputation due to either complications of diabetes or Buerger’s disease.
Dr. Niez studied further about ozone therapy. She joined the European Cooperation of Medical Ozone Societies and learned more about Evidence-Based Ozone Therapy – the core of which is based on The Low-Dose Ozone Concept. Her attendance at the European Ozone Congress in Berlin introduced her to Prolozone therapy and refined further her understanding of ozone applications – including, but not limited to the following: Circulatory Disorders, Diabetes, Rheumatology, Pain Management, Complementary Oncology, and Dental treatment. Dr. Niez’s friend, the President of the Brazil Ozone Society, also taught her a lot, which she saw to have improved more the outcome in patients with acute or chronic conditions. She is also an active member of the American Academy of Ozone Therapy.
Chelation Therapy
Having learned of the role of heavy metals in various chronic illnesses, Dr. Niez studied further about chelation therapy. She took a seminar on “Mental and Elemental Toxins – Diagnosis and Treatment Options,” in Heilbronn, Germany. Thereafter, she took a certification course in Heavy Metal Assessment and Management A-Z; Clinical Chelation : EDTA, DMPS, DMSA, and Complementary Methods under the International IV Nutritional Therapy for Professionals (IIVNTP). She continues to study about it following the works of Dr. Laura Busch of Germany in more developments, especially in relation to the clinical setting. Continued learning of these helped widen her understanding of complex medical issues.
Autonomic Response Testing
Dr. Niez’s trainings in Neural Therapy, opened her deeper appreciation for the beauty of the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, that part of our body’s central government regulating our existence – from our breathing, digestion, defecation, to the beating of our hearts, to coping up with stress, to sleep, to healing and more. Tapping on this great resource could tell us a lot of information and could significantly help in the direction of healing.
And so, she went further to learn from one of the pillars of Biological Medicine, a highly respected German doctor who has the heart for, and commitment to natural healing in the light of science – Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt (http://www.klinghardtacademy.com/), who has clinical practice in the United States, Germany and the UK.
" Dr. Klinghardt is a gem. This man is a wealth of information. I feel truly blessed to have learned from him and his works."
End of Life Care
As more and more “terminal” cases were brought to Dr. Niez’s care, a number of patients who have advanced conditions that had come to full acceptance of their situation, were asking her to continue to take care of them. Since principles of End- of- Life Care, at that time, was not well- practiced yet in her country, and seeing how bad patients end up with extreme measures even if the body lost all vitality already, with the prodding of a very close patient, she took a course in End- of- Life Care in the UK and had her practicum at two institutions – Princess Alice Hospice (https://www.pah.org.uk/) and St. Francis Hospice (https://www.stfrancis.org.uk/).
Functional Medicine
There’s a dictum that says, “the more you know, the more you realize there’s more that you do not know”. Dr. Niez never stops studying as she values every patient sent to her, and would want to help them with utmost natural care. Her interest grew in Functional Medicine as she continually participates in seminars and summits offered. This reinforced further Dr. Niez’s growing knowledge of natural healing in the background of foundational physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics.
Continued Professional Development
Dr. Niez has been attending various other seminars that included the following: International Congress on Integrative Medicine, IV Nutrition workshops, Bio- identical Hormones, Low-level Laser Therapy, Herbal Summits, updates on the mitochondria, Understanding Chronic Lyme, and continues to do so. Every year, Dr. Niez, with the support of her husband, continue to visit experts to learn more and possibly widen ways to help patients, especially the less-understood ones with chronic conditions. She believes that it is only through a multi-disciplinary approach that we could offer what’s best to help.
