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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

Past Additional Training:

Tai Chi Chaun, Dr. Mary Chow
Reiki Master/Teacher in the Usui Reiki Tradition, 1980
Holistic Medical Training in Ayurvedic Medicine, Acupuncture
Senior Staff, Co-Director of Holistic Medicine Training Program, Center for the Healing Arts, Los Angeles, California

Cranio-Sacral Upledger Training

Hypnosis Training

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.

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Eleanor Haspel-Portner, Ph.D.

Primary Education:
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, The Department on Comparative Human Development, 1971.
M.A., The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,
The Department on Comparative Human Development, 1967.
B.A., The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
Cum Laude, Department of Psychology, 1965.

Work Experience:
Coach & Licensed Clinical psychologist, private practice. Portner Medical Corporation 1980–Present
President, CEO of Noble Sciences, LLC. & Unified Life Sciences. 1999-Present. Multidimensional Tools for Conscious Living.
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 Astrological 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.
Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh. Poona, India. August, 1978.
Muktananda, Santa Monica, California. 1982.
Clinical hypnosis.Erika Fromm-Reichmann University of Chicago.1974.
Usui Reiki Master/Teacher. 1982.
Sex Therapist. Masters and Johnson, St. Louis, Missouri, 1974
Training as Jungian Analyst, Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, Chicago, Illinois 1974-1977

Publications:

• Multiple publications: www.noblesciences.com and www.noblesciences.com/nsstore
Marriage In Trouble: a time of decision. Nelson -Hall. 1976. Chicago, Illinois.
Sociocultural Factors in the Development of Guilt. University of Chicago, Dissertation. 1971.
Forward for Appointment with Destiny. By Katherine de Jersey. J & B Editions, Inc. Richmond Va. 1995.

Memberships:
• Relationship Coaching Institute

• International Coach Federation

• American Psychological Association
• California Psychological Association
• Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists

• American Psychotherapy Association
• American Federation of Astrologers
• The Reiki Alliance

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Portner Medical Corporation
Phone: 310-454-6226
Fax: 310-454-5318
email: webmaster@portnermedical.com

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