ABOUT
DR. HILLEL BRAUDE, MBBCh PhD
is the Founder-Director of SomaticWell.
Hillel is a Functional Medicine Doctor receiving training with the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM),
an expert Feldenkrais Method somatic pactitioner,
and philosopher.
Medical Background
Hillel received his medical degree from the University
of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa.
Hillel has extensive experience working with infants
and toddlers on the autism spectrum.
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Between 2014-2020 Hillel was the Director of Research
at the Mifne Center, specializing in the treatment
of infants with autism and their nuclear families.
Somatic Expertise
​The Feldenkrais Method provides the foundational backbone of Dr. Hillel Braude’s hands-on somatic practice.
Hillel received accreditation as a Guild Certified Practitioner in 2013.
Further accreditation and training with infants and children:
Child'Space with Chava Shelhav - Jeremy Krauss Approach (JKA)
Feldenkrais and Play with Uli Komay (based on the pioneering work of Yael Ophir).
Hillel is presently studying Dynamic Embodiment and collaborating with Martha Eddy.
Philosophical Studies & Biomedical Ethics
Dr. Hillel Braude completed his doctoral studies in philosophy of medicine and bioethics with the University
of Chicago’s Committee for the History of Culture, obtaining his PhD cum laude (1998-2006).
Hillel has additionally trained as a Clinical Ethicist with the MacLean Center’s Center for Clinical Ethics,
the University of Chicago ( 2002-2003 ), and completed Post - Doctorate Fellowships in Neuroethics with
McGill University’s Biomedical Ethics Unit and Religious Studies Faculty ( 2008-2011).
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Hillel has published extensively in the field of Neuroethics, Somatics and Philosophy of Medicine.
Hillel sits onthe board of the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF) Journal and Research Committee.
Hillel continues to research Somatic Practices, and specific processes and outcomes associated
with hands-on therapeutic work.
INTUITION
Dr. Braude has spent many years researching the role of intuition in clinical reasoning.
Hillel’s book: Intuition in Medicine: A Philosophical Defense of Clinical Reasoning was
published by The University of Chicago Press in 2012.
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Hillel has a particular interest in harnessing the embodied, intuitive dimensions
of our human-beingness, together with advances in Neurosomatic wellness technologies.
