Dr. Morton Walker, D.P.M

Morton Walker, D.P.M. (c. 1929 – 2014) was an American podiatrist-turned-medical journalist and a prolific author of books on natural, holistic, and alternative medicine.

Relation to Gerson Therapy

He is best known in this context as the co-author (with Charlotte Gerson, daughter of Dr. Max Gerson) of the bestselling book The Gerson Therapy: The Proven Nutritional Program for Cancer and Other Illnesses (first published in the early 2000s and updated in later editions). The book popularized the Gerson Therapy — a controversial alternative regimen involving intensive juicing, organic plant-based diets, coffee enemas, and supplements — to a wide audience. Walker served as the medical journalist who helped document, explain, and promote the therapy based on Charlotte Gerson’s experience running the Gerson Institute.

Background

• He earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) degree from the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in the early 1950s.
• He practiced podiatry for about 16 years and received multiple awards for research and writing from the American Podiatry Association.
• In the 1970s, he transitioned to full-time medical journalism, writing over 70 books (many bestsellers), thousands of articles, and columns on topics like chelation therapy, DMSO, nutrition, and holistic approaches to chronic disease.
• He was often described as “The World’s Leading Medical Journalist on Holistic Medicine” and received humanitarian awards from alternative medicine organizations.

Walker died in 2014 at age 85 in Boynton Beach, Florida. His collaboration with Charlotte Gerson helped keep the Gerson Therapy in public discussion decades after Max Gerson’s death, though the therapy itself remains unproven and is not accepted by mainstream oncology.