Home page of the former Capital University Of Integrative Medicine (maintained I assume for "alumni") the school from which Staninger was issued a "doctorate." On this page you can see that it was
only licensed as a school and had
no accreditation. This is how adult education courses are run by different states. In no way could this “university” be viewed as a serious academic center of learning. No accreditation reveals that this school did not have top notch professors for to attract such faculty a school would have to be accredited. In other words the academic curriculum and/or faculty of this school did not meet requirements for academic accreditation. Other schools which have such licensing are barber colleges, beauty schools, schools of cosmetology or auto mechanics:
“From 1996 to 2006, CUIM served as a
licensed graduate professional university and the only resident institution of higher education in the United States with a curriculum of widely diverse integrative health therapies. Following a decade of service, CUIM graduated its final class of students, and closed June, 2006.”
CUIM Home Page
From Quackwatch. I don’t always agree with what this site says, but in this case I think I agree that the person who founded this “university” has a rather murky background:
The CFCM was launched in 1972 as the CFCCT, incorporated in February 1973, and assumed its current name in 1984 [1]. At around the same time, Bradford also founded the Robert Bradford Research Institute; the Robert W. Bradford Foundation; American Biologics-Mexico (a hospital in Tijuana); a pharmaceutical firm called American Biologics.
Later he founded a nonaccredited school called Capitol University of Integrative Medicine. All except the hospital and school were located at the same address in Chula Vista, California. In 1999, American Biologics stopped licensing its name to the Mexican facility and began operating a new one [2].
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The Capital University of Integrative Medicine (CUIM), a nonaccredited school headquartered in Washington, D.C., was founded by Robert Bradford and three others. Its offerings included "Doctor of Integrated Medicine" and "Master of Integrated Health Science" programs. Its first graduating class (December 199
included 7 medical doctors, 5 dentists, 4 physical therapists, 4 naturopaths, and 7 others [27]. Bradford served as "Professor of Medicine/Chairman, Dept. of Oxidology, Microbiology and Microscopy." In December 2000, CUIM awarded an honorary "doctor of humanities degree" to U.S. Representative Dan Burton (R-IN), quackery's best friend in Congress.
CUIM officially closed its operations as of June 30, 2006 but it appears to have stopped functioning in 2003. “
http://www.quackwatch.org/04Consumer...corg/cfcm.html
More about Robert Bradford who founded Captial “University” of Integrative Medicine. Note how the product which killed the woman mentioned here was made by American Biologics, a company also owned by Bradford:
Lyme scammers arrested. Robert W. Bradford, C.R.B., Inc. (d/b/a American Biologics), C.R.B.'s chief operating officer Brigitte G. Bird, and John R. Toth, M.D. have been charged with a total of 25 counts of conspiring to violate federal food and drug laws and defraud individuals seeking medical care. The indictment states that Bradford, C.R.B., and Bird marketed bogus Lyme disease products and a microscope falsely claimed to diagnose the disease. Toth, who used the microscope/product system in his office surrendered his medical license in 2006 and is is serving a 40-month prison sentence for manslaughter related to the death of a woman whom he falsely diagnosed with Lyme disease and treated with a dangerous product sold by American Biologics. In a separate case, Carl E. Haese, owner/operator of The Haese Clinic of Integrative Medicine in Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been charged with fraud in connection with using Bradford's system. [Barrett S. Lyme disease quack arrested. Casewatch, June 30, 2009]
Bradford, 77, has a long history of quackery-related activities. [Barrett S. A close look at Robert Bradford and his Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine. Quackwatch, June 30, 2009] In 1977, he and three others were convicted of conspiring to smuggle laetrile (a quack cancer remedy) from Mexico into the United States. In 1986, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a tax court assessment of more than $2 million in income taxes and penalties against Bradford for not reporting the income from his smuggling operation. In 1984, 1986, 1988, and 2004, the FDA took various actions against products that American Biologics marketed with illegal claims. For many years, Bradford owned, operated, and/or served as a consultant at a Mexican clinic that purported to treat cancer and other serious diseases. In the late 1990s, he founded and served as "professor of medicine" at The Capital University of Integrative Medicine, a
nonaccredited "medical" school that offered a "Doctor of Integrated Medicine" degree."
Consumer Health Digest, July 2, 2009 __________________