Todd Caldecott is a clinical herbalist, practitioner of Ayurveda, author, and educator with more than three decades of experience in the field of natural medicine. After beginning his studies in Western herbal medicine in the early 1990s, he undertook formal training in Ayurveda and completed internships in South Asia, integrating classical Ayurvedic principles with modern clinical herbal practice. Todd has maintained a full-time clinical practice since 1997, focusing on complex chronic disease through personalized approaches that bridge traditional knowledge with contemporary research.
He is the author of Food As Medicine: The Theory and Practice of Food and Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life, co-editor of Ayurveda in Nepal, and the author of extensive educational materials, papers, and articles on herbal medicine, nutrition, and integrative medicine. As the founder and director of the Dogwood School of Botanical Medicine, Todd has trained students internationally in herbal therapeutics, holistic nutrition, and medical Ayurveda. He has taught widely across North America, South Asia (including Nepal), and the Bahamas, and maintained a clinical practice in Trinidad and Tobago from 2004 to 2005. In 2014, he was appointed Visiting Mitchell Scholar at Bastyr University, where he lectured on Ayurveda and clinical herbalism.
Todd is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner (CAP) with the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), a Professional Member of the American Herbalists Guild (AHG) for 28 years—serving on several committees including the Admissions Review Advisory Committee (ARAC)—and a Professional Registered Herbal Therapist (RHT) with the British Columbia Herbalists Association (BCHA). Throughout his career, he has served the herbal community as a mentor, teacher, and advocate for professional standards in clinical herbalism, while promoting ecological awareness and ethical stewardship of medicinal plants. His work continues to emphasize the unbroken lineage connecting people, plants, and place in the living tradition of herbal medicine.