History of the Goldberg Tener Clinic
A Beacon of Light For The Chronically Ill: Long Established & Time Tested
Many years before natural health care came into vogue and decades before the current fad of “functional medicine,” “integrative medicine”, “complimentary medicine” and “anti-aging medicine,” The Goldberg Tener Clinic was established with a focus on the reversal of chronic diseases by addressing their causes.
The Goldberg Tener Clinic is an institution whose history evolved out of one person’s quest to help others reverse their chronic disease conditions after successfully doing so with himself.
The Goldberg Tener Clinic today is the outcome of both an extensive professional education and over forty years of clinical experience by its founder, Dr. Paul Goldberg, who can say to those suffering from chronic disease, “I’ve been there, done that.”
The Goldberg Tener Clinic today assists others in reversing degenerative disease conditions in a logical manner, combining the best of science and nature. Our goal is to assist those who have lost hope of regaining their health return to an active, comfortable life and take control of their destiny.
A Dark Beginning, Early Lessons and the Search for Help
Pain and disability are dependable motivators. As a young man, Dr. Goldberg developed excruciating joint pains throughout his body accompanied by oppressive fatigue, ulcerated bleeding bowels and perfuse muscular pains. A competitive swimmer and cyclist who loved an active lifestyle, he was devastated by the progressive physical disability he faced while pursuing a joint Law and Preventive Medicine degree at Ohio State University. He was alarmed when doctors diagnosed him with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and ulcerative colitis.
In 1975 the medical outlook for these diagnoses, like today, was gloomy. He was hospitalized and told that steroids, painkillers and the possibility of removing his colon were his best options. Unwilling to accept such a dark future and after ten miserable days in the hospital, the future doctor began his quest for answers. Somehow he had gotten into this mess and he believed there had to be a way out of it.
He consulted conventional medical physicians, "holistic" doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors, herbalists, naturopaths, and "nutritionists"—was given bottles of herbs and other supplements all to no avail. As with conventional medicine, the focus in the alternative medicine arena remained on managing symptoms rather than addressing the root causes of disease. Dr. Goldberg soon realized that whether the treatment involved steroids or willow bark, antibiotics or herbs, and regardless of the practitioner's title, their approaches still prioritized symptom management rather than identifying and addressing the underlying causes. Dr. Goldberg continued his quest and was rewarded for his perseverance as a more rational approach to health and disease, in time, became evident to him.
Opportunity at a Bookstore!
By chance, while looking through an old bookstore, he came upon the writings of Drs. John Tilden and Herbert Shelton, introducing him to a philosophy of health based upon understanding man’s biological requirements. This helped Dr. Goldberg understand how disease evolves when our biological needs are not met and conversely how by creating the right health promoting conditions for the individual, health can be restored.
Soon after, on a bitterly cold December Night, Dr. Goldberg drove out of Columbus, Ohio and ventured to the West Coast of Florida to a Hygienic Institute. He was accepted as both a student and staff member eventually becoming the Institute’s Director. Here he witnessed first hand how seriously ill people, living in accordance with Natural Laws, could restore their health viz medicae naturae, i.e. the healing power of nature. He witnessed the reversal of so called “incurable” diseases, not through treatments but by creating the right conditions of health. This experience and the recovery of his own health formed the foundation of what he called The Bio-Hygienic Re-Creation System™.
Public Health / Chronic Disease Epidemiology
After a year studying and working at the Hygienic Institute and having the opportunity to witness how the right conditions could restore health to “incurables” while regaining his own health, Dr. Goldberg continued his academic studies at the University of Texas Medical Center.
In 1977 he was accepted for a U.S. Public Health Service Grant at the University of Texas where he undertook studies in chronic disease control/ epidemiology to further understand the origins of chronic diseases. Writing his thesis on “A Biolistic Approach to Rheumatoid Diseases” he graduated and was recruited by the Federal Government as a Health Planner, focusing on the increasing incidence of mental and physical disorders in the population.
Teacher, Professor, Practitioner
While developing health strategies for the Federal Government Dr. Goldberg decided to work directly with individuals suffering from chronic diseases and help them find answers for their health issues as he had done for himself.
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He was hired as an Instructor at a Chiropractic College in Atlanta to teach Clinical Nutrition and Public Health while given the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree.
Rising to the rank of Full Professor, his University Affiliations and published articles on Chronic Disease Topics opened doors and he became a sought after speaker, particularly in the areas of autoimmune/rheumatoid diseases, allergic problems, gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes and cancer. With the opening of The Goldberg Clinic for the Reversal of Chronic Diseases in 1983, Dr. Goldberg became fully engaged as both health care practitioner and professor. Since that time he has earned two diplomates in clinical nutrition, taught over 35,000 students and practitioners and brought thousands of patients with “incurable” diseases back to good health not by treating disease but by identifying and addressing causes and building health.
In 2010, the Goldberg Clinic was fortunate to bring on board Dr. David Tener who became the Director of the Goldberg Tener Clinic in 2020.
Hygieia: A Bio-Hygienic Educational Institute
In 2013. Hygieia, located in Brooks, Georgia was opened. Located on ten acres of beautiful land, Hygieia is used, in addition to the Clinic in Tyrone, Georgia, as a health education center, a Retreat and for organic gardening.
Re-Creation™
A key element in the evolution of the Goldberg Tener Clinic and its approach to health and disease is the concept Dr. Goldberg began to employ early in the clinic’s history, which he refers to as Re-Creation™.
Over the decades Dr. Goldberg developed and refined ways to optimize the catabolic/anabolic process so that patients have the opportunity to go through a metamorphosis of breaking down older, inferior, tissues and allow the body to replace them with healthier cells and tissues… transforming their health.
Many of the clinic’s before and after photos of patients (as seen on this website under “Success Stories") show the changes that take place with patients, not only experiencing relief from disease symptoms but looking and feeling younger.
An Ongoing Tradition of Excellence
Today, fifty years after Dr. Goldberg’s journey back to health began, the Goldberg Tener Clinic is a beacon of hope to those with chronic health issues seeking to restore their health. No magic pills, but rather serious investigation with the patient as to the causes of their ill health followed by an individualized health program. Today, patients come from across the United States and internationally, to work diligently with us in restoring their health.