Dan Rubin, ND, FABNO

Class of 1997

Dr. Rubin’s practice of naturopathic oncology has been an integral part of the Phoenix metropolitan medical community for the past 27 years. After graduating from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (now Sonoran University) in 1997, Dr. Rubin returned to SCNM (now Sonoran University) to complete his residency. In 2004, he became the Founding President of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (OncANP). The OncANP represented a revolution for the field of naturopathic oncology providing, for the first time, definition, validation and standardization of the field of naturopathic oncology. Since then, Dr. Rubin has become an internationally recognized naturopathic oncologist and was selected as the AANP 2024 Physician of the Year and the AZNMA 2019 Physician of the Year. He also served several terms and continues to serve on the AZ ND Licensing Board.

Dr. Rubin is co-Founder (along with his wife, Debi Smolinski, ND, also SCNM 1997) and Medical Director of Naturopathic Specialists, LLC, in Scottsdale, AZ, where he practices full-time as a naturopathic oncologist. At present, Naturopathic Specialists has served the clinical and logistical oncology needs of people from all 50 states as well as 19 countries.

Dr. Rubin is an expert at the integration of traditional and naturopathic medicine for people with cancer and services both the adult and pediatric population. He is also an expert in the naturopathic approach to people with cancer who either are unable to undergo conventional therapy or who choose not to. His selected positions include those from the regulatory, education, advisory and community sectors and his main philanthropic interests are focused on children with cancer as well as post-graduate education.