Author:  William Shevin M.D., D.A.B.H.M.

Dr. Chase joined the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States (HPCUS) in 1981 and retired on April 22, 2026, after serving for the last 40 years on its Board of Directors. But, interestingly and uniquely, she had previous experience with the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States (HPUS) itself.

After graduating from Woman’s Medical College of Medicine in 1971, she completed a family practice internship and residency programs through the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University) in 1974.  She then enrolled in one of the earliest National Center for Homeopathy summer programs for aspiring homeopathic physicians in Millersville, Pennsylvania.  Ruth Rogers, M.D., a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH), served as the instructor. Dr. Rogers also served on the AIH Committee responsible for publishing the HPUS.   The two became friends at the summer program; Dr. Chase then joined the AIH in 1974 and worked with the publications committee.  After the HPCUS was incorporated separately from the AIH, Dr. Chase was recruited by its first President, Wyrth Post Baker, MD.  She became an associate member of the Convention in 1981 and an Active Member in 1982. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 1986, became its Secretary, and later the 1^st Vice President.

Dr. Chase’s involvement with Homeopathy began much earlier.  Her father, when he was 12 years old, had recurrent tonsillitis.  Unable to find help through conventional medicine, his mother, Mae Chase, took him to the distinguished homeopathic physician named Julia Minerva Green, M.D., who effected a cure.  When John E. Chase married Julia Dobromilska in 1944, it was understood that homeopathy would be the family’s preferred modality of care.

While researching this tribute, Dr. Chase told me that “when I have been asked at various times within the homeopathic community how did I come into Homeopathy, I have answered that I am the only one among my American homeopathic colleagues who came into homeopathy head first. My mother was delivered of me by the distinguished Homeopathic obstetrician, J.B. Gregg Custis, on referral from Julia Minerva Green, MD., at National Homeopathic Hospital in Washington, D.C.”

In addition to running a successful and exclusively classical homeopathic practice from the late 1970s until 2020, she has been involved in a multitude of organizations and activities.  I asked her why she chose to do so.  Her answer — “It was important.”  Such a clear, basic, and natural statement had to reflect a deep commitment to Homeopathy as a healing art. She elaborated, noting the need for continued access to Homeopathy for people and a desire to see Homeopathy recognized as a medical specialty.  She also felt it was important to integrate American Homeopathy into the much more active international community.  She also wanted Homeopathy to gain respect as an empirical science.  Her commitment to these ideals led to the following:

• Board of Directors, HPCUS  1986 – 2026
• Diplomate, American Board of Homeopathic Medicine, 1983
• Former President, American Board of Homeopathic Medicine, 2009-2011
• Former Trustee, American Institute of Homeopathy Board of Trustees 
• Recipient, American Institute of Homeopathy Samuel Hahnemann Award, 12/02/2020 
• Chairman, American Institute of Homeopathy Hahnemann Monument Preservation Committee, 2000 to the present 
• President, American Institute of Homeopathy Foundation 
• Recipient, Certificate of Special Appreciation, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, June 2013 
• Recipient, Silver Replica Seal of the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis  
• Recipient, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States Service to Homeopathy Award, April 2012 
• Member, Council of Past Presidents, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis 
  President of Honor, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, October 2004-  
• Recipient, Henry N. Williams, MD, DHt, Professional Service Award, National Center for Homeopathy, April 2004
• Recipient, Gold Medallion, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis, 2003
  Former General Secretary for the Newsletter (1998- 2013), Member Executive Committee, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis  
• Former Editor (and founder), The Liga Letter, annual newsletter of the Liga 
• Former President, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis,1995-1998 
• Former President, American Institute of Homeopathy, 1997-2000 
• Former Prime Vice President, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis 
  Former General Secretary for Public Relations, Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis 
• Recipient, James Tyler Kent Award for Outstanding Service to the Homeopathic Community, American Institute of Homeopathy, November 1987
• Former National Vice President for the USA, LMHI, and thus organized the AIH-hosted Liga Congress, Washington, DC, 1987
• Former President and Former Director of Publications, National Center for Homeopathy