Trustees
Mark Elliott, BVSc, VetFFHom, MRCVS, FIPsiMed, PCH, DSH, RSHom
Dean of The Laurence Institute of Holistic Medicine and a Member of the Council for The Laurence Society of Holistic Medicine
A Veterinary Surgeon since 1989, Mark qualified as a Homeopath through the Faculty of Homeopathy in 1996. In 1999 he completed his training in Psionic Medicine. He founded the Centre for Integrated and Holistic Medicine (2001/2), which then took Homeopathy back into a new ‘first opinion’ practice at Oving in West Sussex (2010). This practice evolved in 2020 to become Elliott and Bulbeck, an integrated modern practice with traditional values. Elected three times to the role of Council Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and a Past-President of the British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons, Mark has written six small books on Homeopathy and Holistic care of animals. In May of this year, Mark was awarded a prestigious Fellowship (Vet FFHom) of the Faculty of Homeopathy.
Dominic Upton, BA(Hons) RSHom, MLIHM
President of The Laurence Society of Holistic Medicine and a Member of the Institute
Dominic has been professionally involved in the homeopathic community for more than 35 years, the first ten or so working closely with the late John Ainsworth, founder of Ainsworths Homeopathic Pharmacy. A full-time registered practitioner with the Society of Homeopaths, he gained his Diploma from the School of Homeopathy. Son of the late Carl Upton, who along with Dr’s Laurence and Westlake founded the Psionic Medical Society (now LSHM) in 1969, Dominic lives and practices in Surrey where, before entering into full-time homeopathic practice, he ran his award-winning health food store in Haslemere for 21 years.
Rumana Zahn BSc, ND, DipCK, DipAc, CEd, DipM, FAMH, MLIHM
Member of the Council for The Laurence Society of Holistic Medicine
Rumana started her career as a microbiologist in 1988 and retrained to become a Naturopath and Medical Herbalist. She went on to qualify and incorporate homeopathy, acupuncture, kinesiology, iridology and yoga into her thriving multidisciplinary practice in the North East of England. She is a member of the Association of Master Herbalist (AMH) since 2002 - on the AMH council for nearly 20 years, former Chair for a period of three years and awarded a Fellowship of the AMH, She is also a member of the Herbal Alliance UK since 2020 and served as a former board member of the EHTPA Accreditation Board (European and Traditional Herbal Practitioners Association) regulating Herbal degree courses in the UK. Rumana was introduced to the Laurence Society of Holistic Medicine in 2017 where she became a member and completed her studies with the Institute of Psionic Medicine.
Denis Hall PhD, LCHE, RSHom
Lay Vice President of the The Laurence Society of Holistic Medicine
Though initially following a career in higher education Denis studied Homeopathy avidly, under the guidance of Dr. Pamela Tatham, an active member of the Laurence Society. His interest deepened in 1995 when, in the process of researching his Ph.D. he contracted Lymes disease in Washington D.C. At this point, Pam's treatments were privotal, as the NHS consultant was not aware of the up-to-date US protocols. Importantly her homeopathic treatments helped Denis to make a full recovery. Thereafter, his move into self-employment, providing both adult education strategies and latterly as a film-maker for the Department of Education and NHS enabled him to spend more time with Pam and deepen his learning. Her death in 2018 prompted him to qualify. Following his 4 years of study with the College for Homeopathic Education Denis gained his Licentiate and is a registered member of the Society of Homeopaths. Whilst he treats a wide range of conditions, over half of his patients are male and he focuses on patients with chronic disease and has had marked success particularly with chronic eye conditions.