Dr. Jeff Bland

Because of my speaking in the environmental science side, I was involved with ecology, I was involved with soil health, I was involved with environmental pollution studies that we were doing on air pollution-related sulfur oxides in the largest copper smelter in the Pacific Northwest, the so-called Osarco smelter, which we eventually were able to get shut down in Tacoma, Washington.

And so all of this together then ultimately got me introduced to a wide variety of different people. And it reminded me that I need to learn across multiple disciplines if I'm going to be involved in this field.

And so all of this together then ultimately got me introduced to a wide variety of different people. And it reminded me that I need to learn across multiple disciplines if I'm going to be involved in this field.

And so all of this together then ultimately got me introduced to a wide variety of different people. And it reminded me that I need to learn across multiple disciplines if I'm going to be involved in this field.

What happened to me was one of those moments, and you've had these in your life, I know, a seismic unexpected event. I had, by that time, gotten a second job in the night. I was a clinical director of a medical laboratory. I was a part owner of the Bellevue Redmond Medical Lab that was serving the only nutrition-focused physician in Seattle, Washington, Lee Bowles.

What happened to me was one of those moments, and you've had these in your life, I know, a seismic unexpected event. I had, by that time, gotten a second job in the night. I was a clinical director of a medical laboratory. I was a part owner of the Bellevue Redmond Medical Lab that was serving the only nutrition-focused physician in Seattle, Washington, Lee Bowles.

What happened to me was one of those moments, and you've had these in your life, I know, a seismic unexpected event. I had, by that time, gotten a second job in the night. I was a clinical director of a medical laboratory. I was a part owner of the Bellevue Redmond Medical Lab that was serving the only nutrition-focused physician in Seattle, Washington, Lee Bowles.

I was in our laboratory one day in Bellevue, Washington, and our receptionist came back into the lab and she said, so Jeff, we have a visitor, actually two visitors, Dr. Linus Pauling and Dr. Emile Zuckerkandl, who is the director of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto. And it just blew me away.

I was in our laboratory one day in Bellevue, Washington, and our receptionist came back into the lab and she said, so Jeff, we have a visitor, actually two visitors, Dr. Linus Pauling and Dr. Emile Zuckerkandl, who is the director of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto. And it just blew me away.

I was in our laboratory one day in Bellevue, Washington, and our receptionist came back into the lab and she said, so Jeff, we have a visitor, actually two visitors, Dr. Linus Pauling and Dr. Emile Zuckerkandl, who is the director of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto. And it just blew me away.

Was he ever. Orthomolecular medicine is what he discovered or he founded. Much to my surprise, he said, you know, Jeff, I've listened to a couple of your lectures. I've read your research papers. I'd really like to maybe have you come and spend a sabbatical year or two with us at our institute and to run some research projects. down at our facility near Stanford.

Was he ever. Orthomolecular medicine is what he discovered or he founded. Much to my surprise, he said, you know, Jeff, I've listened to a couple of your lectures. I've read your research papers. I'd really like to maybe have you come and spend a sabbatical year or two with us at our institute and to run some research projects. down at our facility near Stanford.

Was he ever. Orthomolecular medicine is what he discovered or he founded. Much to my surprise, he said, you know, Jeff, I've listened to a couple of your lectures. I've read your research papers. I'd really like to maybe have you come and spend a sabbatical year or two with us at our institute and to run some research projects. down at our facility near Stanford.

That was a life-changing experience. That was 1981. Meeting he and his wife, Eva Helen, really was a life changer because I recognized that there was much more to this than just the science. These were stewards of the universe. They were broad thinkers. They had friends.

That was a life-changing experience. That was 1981. Meeting he and his wife, Eva Helen, really was a life changer because I recognized that there was much more to this than just the science. These were stewards of the universe. They were broad thinkers. They had friends.

That was a life-changing experience. That was 1981. Meeting he and his wife, Eva Helen, really was a life changer because I recognized that there was much more to this than just the science. These were stewards of the universe. They were broad thinkers. They had friends.

You can imagine the dignitaries that came in, artists and politicians and poets and all sorts of people visited the Institute that I had a vicarious opportunity to meet. So it changed my whole thing.

You can imagine the dignitaries that came in, artists and politicians and poets and all sorts of people visited the Institute that I had a vicarious opportunity to meet. So it changed my whole thing.

You can imagine the dignitaries that came in, artists and politicians and poets and all sorts of people visited the Institute that I had a vicarious opportunity to meet. So it changed my whole thing.

And so what happened to me at that point, and I think this set me on the path and ultimately led into the functional medicine model, was on my way home, after I finished my two years, my family was in the car. I had my box with my stuff from my office, which was next to his office in the Pauling Institute. And as I was walking out, he said, so Jeff, do you think your classroom is big enough?