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Dr. Buttar practices in Charlotte, NC, where he is the medical director of Advanced Concepts in Medicine, a clinic specializing in the treatment of cancer, heart disease and other chronic conditions in patients refractory to conventional treatments with a special emphasis on the interrelationship between metal toxicity and insidious disease processes.
He also serves as Director of Clinical Research and Development for V-SAB Medical Laboratories where he is extensively involved in research with polypeptide sequencing and identification technologies as well as innovative methodologies for drug delivery mechanisms.
In addition, Dr. Buttar is heavily involved in clinical research and outcome based studies with various groups including personal interest, private BioTech companies, university based projects and governmental sponsored clinical research. Buttar has lectured worldwide on these subjects at scientific congresses and professional symposiums, and is a frequently invited presenter at medical conferences. He has appeared and been featured in local, national and international media including newspapers, radio and TV.
Dr. Buttar received his under-graduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis with a double major in biology and theology and then attended medical school at the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA. He trained in General Surgery and Emergency Medicine and then served as Brigade Surgeon for the 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of South Korea and later, as the Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine at Moncrief Army Community Hospital at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, SC, while serving in the US Army.
Dr. Buttar is board certified and a Diplomate in Preventive Medicine and Clinical Metal Toxicology, is board eligible in Emergency Medicine and has achieved fellowship status in three separate medical organizations (Fellow of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, Fellow of the American Academy of Preventive Medicine and Fellow of the American Academy of Integrative Medicine).
Dr. Buttar was invited to testify in front of the North Carolina Congress as well as the United States Congress, giving special testimony before the Congressional Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness. Phillips Publishing and Dr. Stephen Sinatra have listed Dr. Buttar as being among the “Top 50 Doctors in the United States.” Dr. Buttar is in charge of the national training program that leads to Board Certification in Clinical Metal Toxicology through the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology.
He is also a member of the 12-member National Metals Task Force, appointed to address the endemic nature of metal toxicity and the resulting implications on world health. He also serves as President of the North Carolina Integrative Medical Society and is Vice Chair of the American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology.
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