Heather Wright

Heather Wright, ND, FABNO is president of the OncANP and research director for KNOWoncology.org. Wright is also owner of Good Apple Wellness and works with people and families affected by cancer to empower health. Wright gained experience working in hospital-based oncology teams for the first 9 years in practice and now offers private consultations while also helping support research and publication projects in integrative oncology. Prior to attending Bastyr, Wright completed post-baccalaureate premedical studies at Tufts University and Northeastern University in Boston and worked in the Harvard Mallinckrodt Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry as Lab Manager and Research Assistant. She holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from St. Lawrence University and has completed an internship in community medicine in East Africa. After graduating from Bastyr University in 2005, Wright trained in a hospital in upstate NY in internal medicine as well as in the cancer treatment center. On moving to Philadelphia PA, Wright trained to become a Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology and became board-certified in 2011. She subsequently began developing research projects, eventually running a clinical trial on IVC and co-authoring others. Wright has team-trained 8 residents in 2-year naturopathic residency programs and has 2 children who surely eat enough fruits and veggies daily.