Home: Emerald Bay Rocky View County, Calgary, Alberta; Cape Town, South Africa. Age: 67. Birthplace: Port Elizabeth, SA. Profession: M.D. Organization: Bruce O. Hoffman Professional Corporation. Title: MSc, MBChB, FAARFM, IFMCP. Pronouns: He/Him/His. Alma mater: University of Cape Town Medical School (M.D); University of South Florida (M.S., Medical Sciences). Professional credentials: M. D. IFM functional medicine certification; board certified and fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative medicine (A4M); Shoemaker Mold certification (CIRS); certified Ayurvedic practitioner, certified Traditional Chinese Medicine – Acupuncture and Herbology; certified Hellerwork practitioner; certified Family Constellation practitioner. Languages spoken: English and rudimentary Afrikaans.
Current project: Finishing my book “The New Medical Curriculum” and a series of courses outlining the new medical curriculum – “The Seven Stages to Health and Transformation”. Recent recognition: Numerous favorable reviews on RATE MD from grateful patients and medical doctors with complex illness and who understand the need to change the present medical system. Speaker at SEEDS medical conference on peptides and a Body Bio webinar on the new medical curriculum and the cell danger response. Recent professional development: Multiple educational endeavors across a broad range of topics. Education on circadian biology and quantum biology principles. Latest accomplishment: Slow and steady progress toward the completion of my book and online teaching modules. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Finishing writing my book; changing my medical model from in-person to mainly online consulting; closing my physical clinic at its present location and moving it to my home. Hobbies: Surfing, music, art, learning/education, gardening, bee keeping, resistance training, listening to Bill Maher on Friday nights and podcasts across a broad number of subjects. Watching the art channel on TV. Recent travel or adventure: South Africa, as well as surfing in Sumba and Nicaragua. Last book read: The Mitochondrial Manifesto, by R.D. Lee. Recently viewed and recommended: The Godfather, To Leslie (movie), Elon Musk interview with Joe Rogan, Woody Harrelson interview with Bill Maher. Recent unique acquisition: A beautiful sculpture by Abraham Anghik Ruben, an indigenous Canadian artist.
Personality profile: INTP, Pitta/Kapha disposition, avoidant attachment style, open trait; sardonic and benignly sarcastic at the absurdity of the human condition. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Humorous (when I choose to be). Moral compass: Plato and Aristotle on Truth (that which defines reality), Goodness (that which fulfills its purpose) and Beauty (that which is lovely). How do you define a perfect friendship? Having similar values, intelligent, few but meaningful interactions of depth and substance. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Similar values and independent skill sets that mutually serve each other. What is your greatest joy? Being still and quiet in a beautiful transcendent setting, listening to early Van Morrison and Jimi Hendrix; seeing patients transform from despair to hope to flourishing, hanging out with my partner, kids, grandkids, siblings and extended family. What is your greatest fear? Coming to terms with an aging body. What is your guilty pleasure? Ice cream. What word or phrase do you use far too often? That is not my experience. What natural talent have you neglected? Poetry, writing, surfing. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Artists, Jungian psychoanalysts, extreme athletes (big wave surfers), musicians. What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? Art purchases. What is at the top of your bucket list? See Monet's gardens and trace Vincent van Gogh’s places of inspiration; visit Zurich and Carl Jung’s home and office. How do you relieve stress? Sit quietly, garden, watch European movies, nap, read. What is your go-to workout? Resistance weight training, surfing, swimming. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Luxury, access to showers, surf, sea.
What was your first paying job? Set builder in an opera company. What was your favorite college course? Biochemistry. What book have you repeatedly read? Ecological Intelligence, by Ian McCullum. What movie have you repeatedly watched? Fitzcarraldo (Werner Hertzog, 1982). Until the End of the World. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Many different types of art, photos of kids and grandkids, surf photos. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? High school teacher Roger Loveday. What’s the best advice you received growing up? Stick with medical school (when I wanted to be a writer). What’s the best advice you received in your career? Learn how to manage your finances, and, whatever you learn at a conference, take notes and turn it into a product, handout, protocol. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Starting to appreciate AI. What is your favorite app? WhatsApp. What is your go-to source of news and information? Podcasts, TV, apps. What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? Music, especially Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell.
What company or organization do you most admire? John Demartini. What world event has had the greatest influence on your life? Witnessing apartheid growing up and witnessing the emerging greatness of Nelson Mandela. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? Meeting Roger Loveday, being exposed to Eastern thought and the ideas of Carl Jung and being exposed to the world of creativity and imagination behind the mask of appearances.
What is your big idea?
Creating a New Medical Curriculum and changing the paradigm of medicine.
What change would you like to see in the world? The passing of this ridiculous MAGA movement and all the vile it spills out into the world. What message do you want to send out into the world? Learn to discriminate between that which is true, good and beautiful and that which is psychopathic and Machiavellian in intent. What widely held belief do you reject? That all politicians are the same.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? The New Medical Curriculum: From Toxicology to Self-Actualization. What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Viggo Mortensen. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Carl Jung. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A writer/poet and then a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My animals and as much art as possible. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? Sitting quietly with my kids, grandkids and loved ones. What advice would you give your younger self? Finish your psychiatric and psychoanalytic training. Finish writing and publish. What day in your life would you choose to re-live? Seeing U2 at the Sphere with my two kids and Justine; my two children’s wedding days. Spectacular events. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My thirties and forties.
Personal mission: Creating the New Medical Curriculum and changing the paradigm of whole person healing. Personal motto: Seek out the Truth, the Good and that which is most Beautiful. Favorite quote: “Everything is love - all else is an illusion” (John Demartini).
