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Marvin Portner, M.D. | Eleanor Haspel-Portner, Ph.D. | Contact Us
Marvin
Portner, M.D.
Primary Education:
Residency in Allergy and Immunology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Long
Beach, California, 1968-1969
University of Michigan-Medical Center, 1963-1966
Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, Internship, 1962-1963
University of Michigan Medical School, 1958-1962
University of Michigan, 1955-1958
Board Certifications:
Conjoint Board – Pediatric and Adult Allergy, 1975
Allergy and Immunology, 1972
Internal Medicine, 1970
Awards:
Alpha Omega Alpha, medical honor society, 1961
Phi Beta Kappa, Scholastic Honorary Society, 1958
Grants:
University of Michigan-University of Mexico, Joint Department of Pharmacology
Studies in Mexico City, August-October, 1961
Work Experience:
Private Practice, Allergy, Immunology, Internal Medicine, Holistic Medicine,
Pacific Palisades, California, 1970- Present
Private Practice in Allergy and Immunology, Century City, California, 1970-1978
Private Practice in Allergy and Immunology, Newhall, California, 1969-1978
Practice in Internal Medicine, United States Navy, 1966-1968
Hospital Staff:
Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital, Santa Monica, California, 1970-present
Faculty Appointments:
Attending Physician, Allergy specialty, Veteran’s Administration Hospital,
California, 1974-1976
Acting Chief of Allergy, University of California at Irvine Allergy Clinic,
Irvine, California, 1973-1974
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine,
1973
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles,
California, 1972
Clinical Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1970
Additional Training:
Tai Chi Chaun, Dr. Mary Chow, 1979-1982 (private training), 1989-90 (group classes)
Reiki Master/Teacher in the Usui Reiki Tradition, 1980
Holistic Medical Training in Ayurvedic Medicine, Acupuncture, Moxabustion , Poona,
India, July-Sept 1978
Senior Staff, Center for the Healing Arts, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1978
Co-Director of Holistic Medicine Training Program, Center for the Healing Arts,
training included biofeedback, acupressure, hypnosis, and guided imagery, herbs,
acupuncture, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1978
Group Therapy for patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses, Center for
the Healing Arts, Los Angeles, California, 1976-1978
Publications:
Portner, M. and Gracie, W.B. (September, 1966) Pulmonary Nodules, Pleural
Effusion and Eosinophilia in Rheumatoid Arthritis. New England Journal of Medicine, 175,
697-700.
Portner, M., et. al. (January, 1972). Initiation of Alternate Day Steroid
Therapy in Steroid Dependent Asthmatics. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
Presentations at V.A. Hospital (Long Beach/ University of California at Irvine),
re: Aerobiology in Santa Clarita Valley and Long Beach, 1973-1974.
Portner, M., et al. 1972. Aerobiology of Santa Clarita Valley and Long
Beach. Presented
at the American College of Allergy. Annals of Allergy.
Primary
Education:
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, The Committee on Human Development,
1971.
M.A., The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, The Committee on Human Development,
1967.
B.A., The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
Cum laude, department of psychology, 1965.
Work Experience:
Clinical psychologist, private practice. Portner Medical Corporation 1980–Present
Specialist in relationships and dating, communication, hypnosis, parenting, spiritual
development issues, past-life. Licensed by Board of Psychology, State of California
as a Clinical Psychologist, 1977-Present.
President, CEO of Unified Life Sciences. 1999-Present. Dedicated to scientific
documentation of the Multidimensional Human and Mammalian Design Systems. Consulting.
Astrological counseling.
Consultant in private practice. The T. Noble Company. 1988-Present.
Specialist in entertainment and creative counseling with an emphasis on spiritual
issues.
Technical consultant, “Good Advice.” CBS sitcom starring Shelley
Long. 1992-1994. Aired on CBS, Spring, 1993 and 1994.
Itzbinso Long Inc., Partner in Production Co., 1986-1999.
Clinical psychologist. private practice. Chicago, Illinois.1973-1978. Licensed
by the Illinois Board of Psychology, 1973-1978.
Lead monthly weekend seminars for psychological groups, private clinical practice.
1976-1987.
University of Chicago. Faculty. Course in Clinical hypnosis, 1974.
Parent Effectiveness Training. Director of Organizational Training Division.
Chicago, Illinois, 1973-1975.
Forest Hospital, Sexual Dysfunction Clinic, part- time therapist, 1974-1975.
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital. Chicago, Illinois. Post-Doctoral
Clinical Internship. 1972-1973.
Roosevelt University, Instructor of Psychology, undergraduate and graduate level
courses, 1968-1970
The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Instructor of Psychology,
classes in psychological testing, 1967-1968.
Research Assistant. The University of Chicago, The Committee on Human Development.
1965-1967.
Additional Training:
Regular continuing Education in Clinical Psychology areas in compliance with
California State Psychological Association and Board of Psychology
Builders of the Adytum student since 1995. Esoteric study course.
Personal Mentoring by Katherine deJersey, Gloria Stein, and Pamela Crane, and
extensive work in Thyrza Escobar’s Star Wheel technique. 1973-Present
Meditation Training. Eastern and Western disciplines. 1970’s and 1980’s.
Initiated into Transcendental Meditation. 1973.
Studied with Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh. Poona, India. August, 1978.
Studied with Muktananda, Santa Monica, California. 1982.
Clinical hypnotist. Trained at the University of Chicago, Additional training
as part of continuing education. 1974.
Trained in Depossession and Past Life Regression with Edith Fiore. 1989.
Training as a Reiki Master/Teacher. 1982.
Training for First Degree and Second Degree Reiki. 1977.
Training as a Sex Therapist. Masters and Johnson, St. Louis, Missouri, 1974
Training as Jungian Analyst, Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, Chicago,
Illinois 1974-1977
Publications:
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The Dream Design System. Unified Life Sciences. 2000, 2003. Pacific Palisades,
California.
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Introduction: Types. Unified Life Sciences. 1999. Pacific Palisades, California.
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Centers. Unified Life Sciences. 1999. Pacific Palisades, California.
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Types, Centers, Profiles, Lines. Unified Life Sciences. 1999. Pacific Palisades,
California.
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Marriage In Trouble: a time of decision. Nelson -Hall. 1976. Chicago, Illinois.
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Sociocultural Factors in the Development of Guilt. University of Chicago, Dissertaion.
1971.
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Forward for Appointment with Destiny. By Katherine de Jersey. J & B Editions,
Inc. Richmond Va. 1995.
Web Publications on Unified Life Sciences Website for free downloads:
www.unifiedlifesciences.com
Essays:
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Analysis of Pluto in Gate 5
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Bush/Gore Paper
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Essay: An Introduction to Design and its Benefits
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Essay: Meditation and the Triple Design Matrix
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Type: The Manifesting Generator as Differentiated From the Generator
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Why Use The Triple Design Matrix
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Jupiter, Tarot, and the Multidesign Matrix
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Venus, Tarot, and the Multidesign Matrix
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The Great Invocation and the Sleep Design Matrix
Seminar Series:
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Seminar Series: The Mapping of Human Consciousness using the Unified Life Sciences
System
(Presented April 19, 2002. Pacific Palisades, CA. 7:30-9:00 PM PDT)
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Seminar Series: Aries Characteristics, Hexagrams, Decanates, and Tarot Keys
(Presented on May 31, 2002, Pacific Palisades, California 7:30-9:00 PM PDT)
Memberships:
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American Psychological Association, member 1970-2000.
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California Psychological Association, member since 1977.
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Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists, member since 1977.
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American Federation of Astrologers, member since 1990.
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The Reiki Alliance, member since 1997.
Portner Medical Corporation
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