After having a life-changing health experience, Dr. Gershfeld changed careers from electrical engineering to become a chiropractor. This led him down the path of health promotion through healthy living where he had experienced tremendous results as a patient at the TrueNorth Health Center.
After completing his internship, Dr. Gershfeld became a staff doctor at TrueNorth Health Center between 2011-2014 and during that time joined the Board of Directors of the TrueNorth Health Foundation. Dr. Gershfeld is the founder of the Fasting Escape, an in-patient fasting facility in Southern California.
While interning at TrueNorth Health Center, Dr. Gershfeld, together with Dr. Alan Goldhamer and Dr. Peter Sultana, authored a case study on fasting and appendicitis which appeared in the 2011 edition of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Since then, various doctors and researchers have published articles on the effects of fasting on various conditions.
As fasting becomes more well known, TrueNorth Health Foundation's work is vital to advance the scientific understanding of therapeutic fasting and a proper reintroduction of food, a health-promoting diet, sleep, exercise, and awareness of "The Pleasure Trap".