Michael E Godfrey

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Michael E Godfrey (1938-2024)

Mike Godfrey qualified LRCP.MRCS (England) and MBBS (London) in 1963. He joined a General Practice in Mt Maunganui, New Zealand in 1971, after seven years in various hospital posts in England. He left general practice in 1986 to establish an environmental health and chelation clinic in Tauranga.

Dr Godfrey is a founding member and past-President of the NZ Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, and a Clinical Associate of the Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburn University, Melbourne.

Established the Bay of Plenty Environmental Health Clinic, which operates (2024) as Clinical Thermography NZ.

Post-graduate qualifications and appointments:

1989 Diploma American Board of Chelation Therapy. Recertified 1994,1999;
1991 Fellow of American College of Advancement in Medicine (FACAM);
1996 Fellow of Australasian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine
(FACNEM);
2000 Clinical Associate (visiting lecturer) Swinburne University, Melbourne;
2003 Board member of International Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology.

Conference presentations:

Dr Godfrey has presented 14 clinical papers at post-graduate medical conferences in America, Australia, Germany, India and New Zealand between 1989 and 2007. He was a lecturer for chelation and heavy metal toxicity at Fellowship training courses for the ACNEM, Melbourne, 1998-2004, and Auckland Medical School GP CME training in 1999.

Publications:

Chronic illness in association with dental amalgam: Report of two cases. J. Advanced Medicine 1990;3(4):247-255.
Dental Amalgam - a potentially toxic source of mercury? NZ Science Review, 1992;49(2):52-56
Confirmation of mercury retention and toxicity using Dimercapto-1-propane-sulphonic acid sodium salt (DMPS). Godfrey M E, Campbell N, J. Advanced Medicine, 1994;7(1):19-30
Improved results in cancer therapies: Biological adjuncts and non-surgical alternatives to standard cancer therapies. J. Advanced Medicine, 1996;9(1):59-68.
Candida, Dysbiosis and Amalgam. J. Advanced Medicine, 1996;9(2):115-120.
A dental focus as a cause of trigeminal neuralgia: Case report. J. Advanced Medicine, 1997;10(4):267-272
Dental Amalgam and Human Health - Current Situation. Cutress T W, Godfrey M E, Miller J H and Whyman R E, 1997. Health Department, Government Publication, Wellington, NZ.
Dental Amalgam and Senile Dementia. NZ Science Review. 1998;55(4):141-144.
The pathophysiology of long-term exposure to dental amalgam: A potential hazard for senile dementia. Godfrey M E and Huggins H A. J. Clinical Applied Alternative Medicine, 2000;1(2):107-12
Apolipoprotein E Genotyping as a potential Biomarker for Mercury Neurotoxicity. Godfrey M E, Wojcik D P, Krone C A. J. Alzheimer’s Diseases, (2003):5(3):189-193
Is Bio-Resonance the 21st Century’s New Medicine? Godfrey M E. J. Australian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine, 2004;23(1):9-11.
Haemorrhagic meningococcal meningitis: is it scurvy? Godfrey M E. NZ Medical Journal, 20 August 2004, vol.117, No.1200.
Mercury toxicity presenting as chronic fatigue, memory impairment and depression. Wojcik D P, Godfrey M E, Christie D and Haley B E. Neuroendocrin. Letters (2006) 27(4):415-423.
Black Tea Source, Production, and Consumption: Assessment of Health Risks of Fluoride Intake in New Zealand, Hindawi Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2017, Article ID 5120504, 27 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5120504
Godfrey, M. Letter: A case of skeletal fluorosis? NZMJ 4 May 2018, Vol 131 No 1474.
Godfrey, M. and Godfrey, P. (2023) Breast Thermography: A 20-Year Retrospective Review of Infra-Red Breast Thermal Imaging in New Zealand and Its Potential Role in Breast Health Management. Advances in Breast Cancer Research , 12, 129-141. doi: 10.4236/abcr.2023.124010

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