Patient Information
Offices
Port Townsend Office
911 Tyler Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360.385.4555
360.385.0699 (fax)
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Located in the uptown part of Port Townsend, Dr. Collin’s practice is in an old Victorian-style cottage. With easy parking on the side street surrounding the house patients enjoy pleasant grounds entering the office. Dr. Collin’s practice shares office space with the Townsend Letter. the magazine published by Dr. Collin, which enjoys worldwide circulation, and is available by subscription.
Patients are welcomed by our receptionist and medical secretary, Joy, who schedules and assists patients during the visit. The small office space provides a comfortable atmosphere to have the patient visit. Patients generally find the slow-paced office affords time to talk with other patients sharing stories and experiences. Patients needing special treatment, such as intravenous injections of vitamins and minerals, enjoy a comfortable space suitable for conversation, reading and relaxation.
Kirkland Medical Office
12911 120th Avenue NE, Suite A-50
Kirkland, WA 98034
425.820.0547
425.820.0259 (fax)
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Situated across the street from the Evergreen Medical Center Hospital and nearby the Evergreen Pharmacy, Dr. Collin’s practice is located in a suite in a complex of medical and dental offices. The office is at ground level and is approached through a pleasant courtyard from an ample street-level parking lot.
Patients are welcomed by our receptionist and medical secretary, Kim, who schedules and assists patients during the visit. The small office space provides a comfortable atmosphere to have the patient visit. Patients generally find the slow-paced office affords times to talk with other patients sharing stories and experiences. Patients needing a special treatment, such as intravenous injections of vitamins and minerals, enjoy a comfortable space suitable for conversation, reading and relaxation.
Patient Forms
PORT TOWNSEND FORMS
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms OVER 65 (with HIPAA info)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms OVER 65 (short)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms UNDER 65 (with HIPAA info)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms UNDER 65 (short)
Jonathan Collin MD HIPAA Information Packet
Jonathan Collin MD HIPAA Acknowledgement
Jonathan Collin MD Treatment Consent Form
Jonathan Collin MD Telephone/Telemedicine Consent Form
Jonathan Collin MD Medicare Prohibition Form
KIRKLAND FORMS
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms OVER 65 (with HIPAA info)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms OVER 65 (short)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms UNDER 65 (with HIPAA info)
Jonathan Collin MD New Patient Forms UNDER 65 (short)
Jonathan Collin MD HIPAA Information Packet
Jonathan Collin MD HIPAA Acknowledgement
Jonathan Collin MD Treatment Consent Form
Jonathan Collin MD Telephone/Telemedicine Consent Form
Jonathan Collin MD Medicare Prohibition Form

Dr. Collin’s Medical Approach

Dr. Collin’s appointments offer a lengthy office visit permitting ample time to review the medical history, conduct examination, do laboratory testing and recommend treatment protocol. Patients provide information about their medical conditions, treatments, and prescriptions but also about their nutrition, use of supplements, as well as “alternative” therapies. Dr. Collin’s consultation seeks to “integrate” conventional medical treatment with “alternative” therapies optimizing the health outcome using both approaches and minimizing adverse effects of drugs. The consultation is like a second opinion to see if treatment recommendations advised previously are optimal or need a change in direction. Time spent with the patient concerns, even the less important problems, often provides clues to devising a better treatment approach using both medicine and alternative therapies. Patients are encouraged to share their opinions—too often medicine ignores simple solutions which are often simpler and less toxic. It has been quipped that if the diagnosis is right, and the treatment protocol is correct, the patient outcome is not important. Dr. Collin believes that nothing is more important than the patient outcome—the diagnosis and treatment protocol are secondary.
EDTA Chelation Therapy
Jonathan Collin, MD specializes in preventative medicine, with emphasis on nutrition and wellness. He has two offices in Western Washington. One is in Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula. The other is in Kirkland, on the Seattle side of the Puget Sound.
Certain patients with circulation disorders or toxic metal poisoning are considered for a special treatment known as EDTA Chelation Therapy. The following links offer some basic information on — and personal experiences with — EDTA Chelation Therapy.
Impact of TACT on Conventional Cardiovascular Therapy
by L. Terry Chappell, MD
Chelation Therapy for CAD
by Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, FACC; Ian Ergui, BS; Omar M Issa, DO
Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (disodium EDTA or edetate disodium), patented in 1938 by Munz, is a chelating agent capable of binding cationic metallic and nonmetallic ions and mobilizing them from physiological tissue in a process termed chelation. Read more…
Tragedy of the Flint Michigan Contamination
Lead In The Water – Is It Time To Freak-Out?
by John Parks Trowbridge M. D., FACAM
A Timeline for EDTA Chelation Therapy as a Treatment for Vascular Disease
by Terry Chappell, John Trowbridge, and Michael Schachter
NIH Trial Gives Surprising Boost To Chelation Therapy (Offsite link) 2012
With a result that is likely to surprise and baffle much of the mainstream medical community, a large NIH-sponsored trial has turned up the first substantial evidence in support of chelation therapy for patients with coronary disease.
From the Townsend Letter:
Chelation Corner
Chelating Iron in Conditions of Iron Overload (Hemochromatosis)
by E. Blaurock-Busch, PhD
Online publication only
(May 2009)
Chelation Corner
Toxic Metals and Autism
by E. Blaurock-Busch, PhD
Online publication only
(April 2008)
Chelation, Heavy Metals, Heart Disease, and Health: An Oral Detoxification Program: Part Two
by Garry Gordon, MD (H)
Full text online publication only
(July 2007)
Shorts briefed by Jule Klotter
The Chelation Controversy, a Basic Health Guide
AND Chelation for Autism
(April 2006)
Thirty Years of Progress in Cardiovascular Health
by Michael Gerber, MD, HMD, MD(H)
A comprehensive catalogue of non-toxic therapies for the prevention and reversal of heart disease compiled by a long-experienced practitioner.
(February/March 2006)
Chelation
by Martin Dayton, DO, MD, MD(h)
A primer on chelation therapy and a look at the revolutionary Trial to Access Chelation Therapy (TACT), a National Institutes of Health-sponsored study.
(February/March 2006)
EDTA Intravenous Chelation Demonstrated Effective in Coronary Artery Disease by Electron Beam Tomography
by Jonathan Collin, MD
(August/September 2002)
Chelation Study Criticized
by Stuart H. Freedenfeld, MD
(November 2002)
Interview with Arline Brecher on Chelation Therapy
from Laura Lee’s “Conversation for Exploration”
The coauthor, with her husband, of Forty-Something Forever explains the history and scientific basis of chelation therapy for treating cardiovascular disease.
(November 2002)
Editorial: Wisconsin State Medical Board Imposes Harsh Sanctions Against Chelation Physician
by Jonathan Collin, MD
(January 2003)
From earlier publications and other sources:
A Clinical Study: EDTA Chelation Therapy in the Treatment of Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerotic Conditionsby Jonathan Collin, MD
Chelation Therapy—An Alternative to Bypass Surgery
Dean Baxter’s Speech to the American Academy of Medical Preventics
Editor’s Note RE: Chelation Therapy An Alternative to Bypass Surgery
(A Patient’s Report by Dean Baxter)
Jonathan Collin, MD
My Experience with EDTA Chelation Therapy
Ted Dickson
Chelation Therapy
from the New Age Journal article by Judith Glassman
Chelation Therapy and Preventive Medicine
by Ray Evers, MD
What’s the Fuss Over Chelation?
by Jonathan Collin, MD
EDTA Chelation: Why Is It Being Denied Access To Victims of Heart Disease?
Chelation Therapy is Not a Placebo
Chelation Therapy: How to Prevent Or Reverse Hardening of the Arteries
For more information on EDTA Chelation Therapy, please e-mail Dr. Collin or call 360.385.6021
(EDTA is Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid)
Videos
A New Zealand dairy farmer dying from pneumonia did not make any recovery until his doctors began injecting him with Vitamin C. Read about it in the November 2010 issue of the Townsend Letter.
Doctors treating Aukland farmer Alan Smith had decided it was time to turn his life support machine off, until a timely intervention by his family and Vitamin C, saved his life.
“I take 15000mg to 20000mg+ vitamin c (ascorbic acid) almost 1 year already, my kidney works great, completely no symptom of having kidney stone but totally feel better!!! Sodium ascorbate seems a much better choice, because it’s not acidic, especial good for who can’t eat ascorbic aicd & someone who want to take mega doses of Vitamin C for treatment!”
A Letter to Patients
December 2014
Excellence in Integrative Medicine
In early September, a group of us slipped away from our jobs to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay for a post–Labor Day getaway and celebration. The Hyatt in Cambridge, Maryland, offers all the amenities, with a golf course, tennis courts, and banquet halls.
At that time of year, the weather is hot and sultry, and one can easily lose oneself sunbathing at the beach or pool. But we were greeted in the atrium by Abigail Adams and Martha Washington in Continental Congress attire and given T-shirts championing America’s declaring independence from King George and a book about George Washington titled Blood of Tyrants while registering for the Sacred Fires of Liberty event. At 5 p.m. we gathered in tuxedoes and formal gowns, greeting fellow attendees; and as dinner commenced, we began to listen to politically based journalists and radio-show hosts, including Jim Engle of Fox News, espound on the dangers facing our nation and the need to defend our freedom and liberty. My wife, Deborah, and I were sitting at a table with Dr. Jonathan Wright and his wife, Holly, and we listened patiently to the talk of the Revolutionary War heroes – a few speakers bedecked in 18th-century military garb – knowing that at some point we would be presented with an award for “Excellence in Integrative Medicine.” Awards were to be given not just in medicine, but medical research, nutrition, and journalism, as well as special honors for defending liberty – the Sacred Fires of Liberty awards. A committee from Emord & Associates, a legal group in Washington, DC, bestowed the awards as part of celebrating the firm’s 20th anniversary.
I first met attorney Jonathan Emord in the early 1990s. It was at an ACAM meeting and physician members were abuzz with the outrageous behavior of the FDA, which had organized local county police to raid Dr. Wright’s clinic. The FDA had been sorting through the garbage receptacles behind the clinic. Agents had found empty Vitamin B injection vials, implying that Dr. Wright had been injecting patients with vitamins. Following the raid, Wright’s office needed to shut down, and the alternative and naturopathic community were aghast. There was no narcotic drug diversion, no Medicare fraud, and no gross medical malpractice – just B vitamins. At the spring 1992 ACAM meeting, Emord proposed swift legal action to respond to the FDA. He played an important role in supporting Wright and fighting the unjust accusations by the FDA – Dr. Wright’s office reopened with no legal repercussions. In 1999, Emord’s successful First Amendment suit against the FDA in Pearson v. Shahala overturned the agency’s prohibition against making nutritional claims about the activity of folic acid. Emord has prevailed against the FDA more than eight times in federal court – this would be a legal record. In celebration of 20 years of defending the freedom to practice medicine and having free speech regarding making nutritional claims, Emord’s firm held this gala event. Nearly 150 individuals received awards for excellence in integrative medicine, journalism, and scientific research. Besides Dr. Wright and me, other colleagues receiving the award for excellence in integrative medicine were Drs. Julian Whittaker, Robban Sica, and Joe Mercola. Drs. Alan Gaby, Jeanne Drisko, and Jeffrey Bland also were conferred the award but were not in attendance.
As the evening rolled on and the speeches became ever more politically and historically enthralling, I noticed Dr. Wright roll his eyes several times – we were not to be given our award that evening. The award celebration did extend for a second night, albeit without the formal attire, and we eventually had our 15 minutes of glory, although it turned out to be the emcee’s introducing us with a 3-minute bio and our walking onto the stage. Dr. Wright and I were hoping to be able to deliver an award speech at the ceremony. Unfortunately due to the limited time, we were not able to talk. I would like to share my thoughts having being awarded “Excellence in Integrative Medicine” and “Excellence in Medical Journalism.”
My patients frequently ask me why I chose to practice integrative and alternative medicine when I could have practiced surgery or conventional medicine. In fact, I was set to complete a medical residency, but I opted to investigate and learn about alternative and “unconventional” medicine with medical maverick Leo Bolles, MD, in Washington State. Bolles was trained in internal medicine, but he shifted away from a hospital-based practice and focused on administering nutritional medicine in 1970. His practice emphasized treating patients with naturopathic modalities including nutrition, diet, exercise, mind-body work, and vitamin-mineral therapies. Bolles thought that while some patients needed drugs to treat acute conditions, they did not need them long term. He did not agree that the medical profession should have abandoned a therapy called chelation. Bolles concurred that ill patients need to detoxify their chemical and toxic burden, despite medicine’s disinterest in detoxification. He agreed with the late Dr. Max Gerson’s theory that a highly regulated diet in combination with supplementation of nutrients such as potassium, vitamin A, and iodine, as well as thyroid hormone, is remarkably important in enabling the cancer patient to survive. When I did my medical work with Bolles, I discovered that many so-called unproven treatments were not only instrumental in turning around patients’ health problems but also minimally invasive, nontoxic, easy to administer, less expensive, and friendly to the patient and family. Patients were empowered to use these treatments because they dramatically changed their illnesses without causing side effects and put them in control of their lives. When I went to Dr. Bolles, I said that I would look over his alternative therapies and if they didn’t work, I would leave. But that didn’t happen. I found that the more I worked with the patients using these methods, the better the patients responded and the more the patients encouraged family and friends to seek the same medical help.
At the same time I was introduced to another medical pioneer, a very insightful biochemistry professor, Dr. Jeffrey Bland. He was collaborating with Bolles at the same time that I came to work with him. Bland not only knew his biochemistry in and out, but he could also articulate how there were biochemical mechanisms behind using vitamins and herbs as medicine. Bland would later term the science behind alternative medicine as functional medicine predicated on physiology and biochemistry. In conventional medicine, doctors would do lab testing to determine if there were evidence of systemic disease. Bland conjectured that lab tests could be done to determine if the system was functioning optimally. Dysfunctional biochemistry would usually precede the development of disease. One of the earliest tests that Bland worked out was demonstrating that there are enzymes measurable in the blood that could determine if vitamins were deficient or malfunctioning. He found that vitamin B6, vitamin B1, and vitamin B12 were often impaired but conventional medical lab testing would fail to diagnose it. The development of functional laboratory testing provided important tools to diagnose patients and monitor their progress. So not only was I seeing patient improvement using integrative approaches but I could also monitor their nutritional status.
One area that intrigued me greatly was psychiatry, particularly the treatment of mood disorders. Psychiatrists were developing a growing list of pharmaceutical agents to treat depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. However, Dr. Abram Hoffer did very early work that demonstrated that certain vitamins, such as niacin, could play an extremely important role in controlling brain neurotransmitters. Niacin frequently enabled people to function with less dependency on drug therapy. Hoffer and his colleagues called this treatment orthomolecular medicine. His work was championed by chemistry Nobel laureate Dr. Linus Pauling, who found that orthomolecular medicine, especially the use of vitamin C, was critical not just in mental health but in battling cancer. My work with psychiatric patients at the Seattle Well Mind Clinic provided me with ample evidence that psychiatry was missing the boat by not employing orthomolecular vitamin treatment.
My work would not have been accomplished without the longstanding support of Deborah, who has stood by me in advocating and backing my medical practice. There are too many others who have played a vital role in supporting me to name here. Let me conclude by thanking two grandmothers in my life: my father’s mother, Kate, who thought that the key to health was through eating well organically, and my wife’s mother, Anne, who introduced me to the power of connecting to health through meditation, drumming, talking, eating, and playing.
Jonathan Collin, MD