Nicola Ducharme, ND
Naturopathic Physician
928 Fort Stockton Dr Suite 213 San Diego CA, 92103About
Nicola McFadzean Ducharme, ND is the founder and Medical Director of RestorMedicine. She practices holistic medicine specializing in Lyme disease, hormone balancing, autistic-spectrum disorders, pre-conception health care and digestive disorders.
Dr. Nicola is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, trained in both the United States and her native country of Australia. She received her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, and her Bachelor of Health Sciences (Naturopathy) from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia. Her training included a two-year internship at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health, an internship in medical research at Columbia University as a Mountbatten Scholar, and four years at the Bastyr University Research Institute.
Education and Training
Bastyr University ND 2003
University of New England Bachelor Degree 0
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What is Naturopathic Medicine?
I believe that naturopathic medicine is the medicine of the future.After several years of being in practice as a Naturopathic Doctor, I am more and more certain that this is the way that medicine is going; at least, I believe that it’s the way many consumers would like medicine to go. Ironically,...
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Professional Memberships
- International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
- California Naturopathic Doctors Association
Favorite Place to Vacation
- New York City, Australia
Hobbies / Sports
- Running, horse riding, Peloton
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Get to know Naturopathic Physician Dr. Nicola Ducharme, who serves patients in San Diego, California.
A licensed naturopathic physician, Dr. Ducharme is the Founder and Medical Director of Restor Medicine in San Diego, California. She practices holistic medicine specializing in Lyme disease, hormone balancing, autistic-spectrum disorders, preconception health care and digestive disorders.
An Aussie girl at heart with an unshakable passion for health and wellness, it has become her life’s work to help people live their happiest and healthiest lives. Through her private practice, four books, Dr. Nicola’s Wellness Community and integrative health courses, she is proud to have created a health-driven business and community that has impacted thousands.
Brought up by an obsessively healthy mum, her days were spent eating my veggies and being dragged from one hike to the next. Her first job was in the fitness industry, teaching aerobics and designing weight training programs, and she was instantly hooked on helping people get healthy.
After a while, Dr. Ducharme wanted to do more than help people with their fitness and outer appearance because she knew they also needed to get healthy on the inside. This led her to pursue more education in nutrition and eventually natural medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Health Sciences degree in Naturopathy at the University of New England in Australia before moving to the United States in her mid-20’s.
During an internship in medical research as a Mountbatten Scholar at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, she saw a bigger vision for her life and moved to Seattle, where she obtained her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from Bastyr University. In search of a drier climate, she moved to San Diego in 2003, where she started her private practice soon after.
In her professional experience, Dr. Ducharme started her career working with children with autism. She also developed a preconception health care program and worked with adults in areas of hormone balancing, detoxification, digestive issues and fertility. Before long she started seeing Lyme patients and is now recognized as a Lyme expert internationally.
The doctor has authored several books on the subject, including the best-selling The Lyme Diet, The Beginners Guide To Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease in Australia and Lyme Brain. She has also been a chapter contributor in two of Connie Strasheim’s books, Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies, and New Paradigms in Lyme Disease Treatment: 10 Top Doctors Reveal Healing Strategies That Work.\
The practice of naturopathic medicine includes modern and traditional, scientific, and empirical methods. Naturopathic medicine is a distinct primary health care profession, emphasizing prevention, treatment, and optimal health through the use of therapeutic methods and substances that encourage individuals’ inherent self-healing process. Naturopathic physicians manage and seek to prevent acute and chronic illnesses to restore and establish optimal health.
On a more personal note, Dr. Ducharme lives in San Diego with her husband, Dave, and their daughter, Valentina. They have two dogs, four rabbits and a horse. When she is not helping others get healthy, she enjoys spending time with her family, at the barn or hopping on a plane to visit one of their favorite cities.
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