Debbie Lindquist, M.D.

I was born in Minnesota in 1950.  I grew up in and went to college and medical school in Nebraska.  I did residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis.  I did fellowship training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  My first position was at the Boston VA Medical Center.  In 1989, I started my clinic in Sedona, Arizona.  My area of particular clinical expertise is breast cancer, and I am actively involved in clinical research.  I was an author on the article in The New England Journal of Medicine, December 27, 2006, describing the pivotal trial using a new agent lapatinib with oral chemotherapy of capecitabine, that showed a profound benefit for women with Her 2 positive breast cancer.  I am on the national breast cancer committee for our corporation.  I am a member of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, am a fellow in the American College of Physicians, and a member in the American Society of Breast Diseases.

I first took the Avatar®  course in 1993, and the Masters Course in 1995.  I started teaching Avatar in 1995.  I especially love teaching Avatar at the International Courses, with interaction with people from many places.  I find the Avatar tools work beautifully even if the other person you are working with is speaking in another language.