Not Just Treatment, But Finding Causes: How a New York Surgeon Combines Traditional and Alternative Medicine
'28.03.2025'
ForumDaily New York
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Michael Fulmes – a surgeon from New York with many years of experience. He started as a regular proctologist, but the more his practice developed, the more the doctor realized that patients could not be completely cured by traditional methods alone. This is how his original method was born, which combines traditional methods and alternative medicine. This synthesis, according to him, is capable of not only curing diseases, but also preventing them.

From a scalpel to an integrated approach
Mikhail began his career relying on traditional medicine. He is a proctologist surgeon, so he most often performed operations and then prescribed medication.
Over the years of practice, the doctor has developed his own original methods of treating the most common proctological diseases. He managed to develop highly effective and painless methods for treating anal fissures and hemorrhoids. But he quickly noticed one pattern.
“When I started working as a surgeon, I noticed that medicine often misses one important detail: we treat not the causes, but the consequences,” says Mikhail.
He noticed that many patients were having new problems despite successful surgeries and treatments. Then Mikhail realized: it was necessary to look for the root of the problem.
“When a patient comes to me with an infection, the first thing I ask myself is: why did it occur? In traditional surgery, this is rarely thought about - they just eliminate the problem, prescribe antibiotics and send the person home. But an infection does not just appear. Its cause, as a rule, lies in a weakened immune system, a disturbed physiological balance. Everyone talks about immunity, but few people delve into the details. But it is important to understand how the patient's thyroid gland works, what is his level of vitamins (the same vitamin D, C or group B), whether there are enough microelements, what are the psychological and stress factors. This is why my approach is more successful - I consider health in a comprehensive manner, taking into account all aspects that could lead to the disease,” explained Dr. Fulmes.
So Mikhail came to the decision to expand his practice and begin using alternative methods in treatment.
"In medicine, a lot of details related to the patient's health are often overlooked, but they are the ones that determine how susceptible a person is to diseases. Therefore, my approach is not just treatment, but finding the root causes and eliminating them", — the doctor shares.
Health Formula: 5 Key Elements
According to Mikhail, health is not just the absence of disease, but a balance of several important things. He identified five key elements of high energy levels, which is essentially what health is:
- Spiritual world - internal state, support of the environment, awareness of the existence of a large amount of free energy around.
- Hormonal balance – proper functioning of the endocrine system.
- Adequate oxygen delivery to organs and tissues.
- Healthy eating and water.
- Absence of toxins and acute dormant infections in the body.
"All these parts are interconnected. You can't treat an infection without taking into account what a person eats, how their hormones work, whether their organs are getting enough oxygen. If you only pay attention to the disease and not to the causes, it can come back again and again," the doctor noted.
Over the years of practice Michael Fulmes developed his own system that helps maintain health. He called it the “Recovery Plan” and now tries to apply it to each patient. If you come to Dr. Fulmes’ clinic, you will be offered more than just standard procedures and medications. For example, the doctor may recommend increasing the oxygen level in the body, undergoing ozone therapy, or adjusting your diet – giving up certain foods or adding a vitamin complex.
“To understand the cause of health problems, you need to look at all five factors that affect the body. For example, if a person goes to a job he hates, this affects his condition. If he lives in a place with a lack of oxygen or, God forbid, where there is mold, this also affects. Maybe he has problems with hormones, low levels of vitamin D, a lack of important microelements. Or he eats incorrectly - is on a diet that is not suitable for him. For example, unlike animals, we do not have the ability to produce vitamin C, so its deficiency is very common. It is important to monitor the level of omega-3 fatty acids - they are often lacking in the diet now. Instead of healthy fats, people consume unstabilized fats, trans fats. There are products that help restore balance. For example, broccoli sprouts contain sulforaphane - a substance that, according to studies, can kill cancer stem cells. This is especially important given the increase in cancer, for example, breast cancer in women. I grow broccoli sprouts right in the office and make capsules from them so that patients can get the maximum benefit.", – the doctor shares his experience.
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You can find a lot of things in Mikhail's office machines that you are unlikely to find in other New York clinics. He uses infrared light, magnetic fields and other unusual methods to treat. For example, Pyro-energen deviceInvented in Japan in 1968, the device has the ability to improve blood circulation, reduce inflammation, address immune problems and kill viruses.
"Pyro-energy affects the bodyzm with static current. Creates an environment in which viruses cannot multiply and mutate. I used it on myself for the first time. Like many other people, I periodically get herpes on my lips. Before I started doing alternative medicine, if I had herpes, it would continue to develop for about two weeks until it healed. When I started doing ozone therapy and other methods, the process was reduced to a week and in general the disease began to manifest itself much less often. But one day, when herpes made itself known again, I decided to use this device. I used it for 30 minutes in the morning and in the evening. The next day I woke up - and did not find the slightest sign of herpes", – says the doctor.

Seasonal diseases and prevention: vitamins C and D
When it comes to seasonal illnesses such as colds and flu, Michael Fulmes also actively uses his experience. To prevent and treat such illnesses, he recommends his patients to start with vitamins, especially vitamin C and D3.
“Vitamin C should be taken in high doses. One gram every half hour. It seems like a lot, especially to those who have never heard of it before. Many people think: “I eat oranges, lemons, they have vitamin C.” But one orange, if I’m not mistaken, only contains 25, maybe 50 milligrams. This is incomparable with the dosage needed during illness. It should be taken in such doses for a day or two, sometimes three. Vitamin C cannot be overdosed in the usual sense. If there is too much of it, the body will simply react — a mild laxative effect will appear. But until this happens, most people can easily tolerate 10 grams per day or more.”, – the doctor shares his experience.
During seasonal illnesses, special attention should also be paid to vitamin D3, which is especially relevant in the autumn-winter period, when a lack of sunlight can lead to its deficiency.
"Many people consider a vitamin D level of 30 to be normal, but in fact, this is low. It should be above 60, - notes Fulmes. - Pand it is necessary to take it together with vitamin K2. Not everyone knows about this - neither doctors nor patients. K2 helps direct calcium to the bones, boron, which is contained in dietary supplement RESET, developed by Dr. Fulmas, also strengthens bones.
Alternative medicine in traditional practice
Mikhail admits that not all his colleagues understand and accept his approach. He himself encountered bewilderment from traditionally oriented doctors when he began to introduce alternative medicine methods into his practice.
“I once suggested giving a patient high doses of vitamin C in the hospital. But they told me that hospitals don’t have such doses. Because the protocols don’t provide for its use. I tried to explain: “Give at least three grams, it’s not that much.” But they told me that 500 milligrams is already a lot and can be toxic. In fact, they just don’t understand what we’re talking about.”, - the doctor shares, emphasizing that the use of vitamin C in high doses has already been tested on patients, but many traditional doctors often do not take these global developments into account.
“For example, Dr. Meric from Virginia, a professor who works in intensive care, began using intravenous vitamin C. When he started doing this, the mortality rate from sepsis dropped from 50% to zero. Dr. Yaroslav Ilchyshyn from the Austrian-Ukrainian clinic in Chernivtsi also began using intravenous vitamin C before joint transplant surgeries. Before using vitamin C, the clinic had a small 10-bed department for treating suppurations after surgeries. But after they started using vitamin C, this department was eliminated, since postoperative infections simply disappeared. Vitamin C has a positive effect even during pregnancy. For example, Dr. Klener from Florida uses large doses of vitamin C for pregnant women. He claims that thanks to this, childbirth is much easier, children are born healthier, get sick less often, and so on.”, - tells Michael.
The doctor says: he tries not to argue with his colleagues. He just does his job. But his results and experience lead to patients increasingly turning to him. Often, those who have tried to recover for many years using traditional methods come to him. And they managed to recover completely only when they began to eliminate not only the diseases, but also their causes.