Seth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FACPM, FAHA, FNLA
Seth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FACPM, FAHA, FNLA, a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Electrophysiology. He has directed the Cardiac Catheterization laboratories at both Boca Raton and North Ridge hospitals, where he also founded the Electrophysiology laboratories. Dr. Baum has worked extensively in Integrative Cardiology, directing the Harvard affiliated Mind/Body Medicine Institute, Boca Raton division, lecturing to physicians and the lay public, and teaching a graduate level course in Integrative Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. In 2002, he founded VitalRemedyMD, a conservative and scientifically-based nutritional supplement company, and The Foundation for Preventive and Integrative Medicine, a non-profit entity devoted to charity, education, and research in preventive medicine.
In 2005 Dr. Baum was one of approximately forty US cardiologists to achieve board certification in Clinical Lipidology, and in 2009 he was granted fellowship in the National Lipid Association. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). Dr. Baum is a Founding Physician/Scientist Member of the Society for Cardiovascular CT and is board certified in Cardiovascular CT. He lectures internationally in the fields of Lipidology, CCTA, and Integrative Cardiology. Deeply involved in the field of Omega-3 fatty acids, Dr. Baum serves as treasurer of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL), a 43 nation society of scientists and physicians. In July of 2011, Dr. Baum was appointed Director of Women’s Preventive Cardiology at The Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health and Wellness Center, Boca Raton Regional Hospital. His responsibilities include both creating and overseeing this program. In March 2012 he was elected Secretary of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). Dr. Baum sits on two American Heart Association’s Councils: Epidemiology and Prevention as well as Cardiovascular Imaging, and is a peer reviewer for the journal Atherosclerosis. Dr. Baum has written numerous articles as well as two books, The Total Guide to a Healthy Heart, and Age Strong, Live Long; Lessons from my Patients. He has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows including National Public Radio, Voice of America, CBN, Fox, and MSNBC. On faculty at FAU Medical School and the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Baum also maintains a clinical practice located at 7900 Glades Road in Boca Raton, Florida that is devoted predominantly to Lipidology and Cardiovascular Prevention.
Laura Baum, MD
Laura Baum was born as Laura Jeannette Denson in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of an Army cardiologist and his young RN wife. She was one of four children who were ultimately raised in a New Jersey suburb. Like her parents she chose a medical career, receiving her BS degree in 1981 as a pre-med psychology major at Barnard College, Columbia University in NYC. There she met her future husband Seth Baum who also followed the track of medical education. Laura attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark NJ and was graduated in 1985. After marrying Seth Baum, both doctors entered New York University where Dr. Seth Baum pursued a career in Medicine, and Dr. Laura Baum a career in Psychiatry. Dr. Baum started her family during the latter part of her Residency training, and has continued to balance motherhood and her professional career over the past twenty years. She finished her Psychiatric training at NYU/Bellevue Hospital in 1989 and immediately established a private practice in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Until 1991 she saw not only private patients, but also served on staff at Hackensack Medical Center and was appointed the Psychiatric Director of their Alcohol Rehabilitation Center.
Dr. Laura Baum has continued her part-time private practice of Psychiatry in Boca Raton Florida. The remainder of her attention was focused on cultivating the growth and health of her family. In 2005 she dramatically limited her practice in order to devote greater attention to role as Editor in Chief of VitalNews, the Quarterly Newsletter for VitalRemedyMD. Her readership has grown into the tens of thousands, and Dr. Laura Baum now has a devoted group of readers who frequently express their appreciation for providing them with not only sound scientific information, but superb and healthful recipes as well. Doctor Baum, a Director of the Foundation for Preventive and Integrative Medicine and now Editor-In-Chief of VitalRemedy, the foundation’s Quarterly Newsletter, is also deeply dedicated to the mission of research and education in this evolving area of healthcare.