DR. SHEBA S. ROY, ND FABNO
Dr. Roy is boarded in the interaction between natural therapies, drugs and radiation in a cancer population, and is one of approximately 75 fellows of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology practicing in the U.S. and Canada.
As a specialist in supportive care in oncology, Roy co-manages dose-limiting side effects of cancer drugs and radiation and optimizes surgical outcomes using natural therapies that are safe and clinically, evidence informed. She helps patients lower risk of recurrence in survivorship and prevent late term side effects that can impact quality and length of life.
Fellowship, Naturopathic Oncology, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Eastern Regional Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residency, Family Medicine, St. Joseph Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Doctorate, Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington
Post Baccalaureate, Pre Medical Studies, Harvard University Extension, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bachelors of Arts, Biological Anthropology and Print Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
About Dr. Sheba Roy
Sheba S. Roy, ND FABNO was born in Detroit, raised a portion of each year in Africa and the other in the States.
Roy left Michigan following her high school graduation from Cranbrook Kingswood, for Calcutta, India where she lived and worked with Mother Teresa, in pediatric hospice.
She returned to the U.S. to matriculate the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she double majored in biological anthropology and print journalism.
While still a university student, Roy traveled and studied extensively overseas in Eastern Europe and in East Africa. Following graduation, Roy returned to Calcutta, to work in adult hospice. Inspired by work in death and dying, she matriculated into Harvard University’s post-baccalaureate, pre-med program.
She graduated pre med from the Health Careers Program at Harvard University Extension. Prior to matriculation medical school, Roy was accepted on academic scholarship to a masters in public health policy at Johns Hopkins University. Concurrent with her first year at Hopkins, Roy served as the educational coordinator for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, MD/ DE chapter.
In addition to designing educational programming for inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer patients, she ran nine patient peer support groups.
Motivated by what she saw and heard and patients who persisted in asking about alternatives to drug management and natural therapy for side effects, Roy withdrew from Hopkins to pursue her doctorate in natural medicine. She was accepted by Bastyr University for a doctoral degree that combines traditional didactic and clinical medical curriculum with evidenced-informed complementary and alternative medicine.
Roy pursued additional clinical hours in internal medicine at St. Joseph Medical Center in Detroit, non consecutive.
Roy was one of a handful of graduates nationwide to be accepted to fellowship in integrative oncology; and the only graduate, nationwide, to be accepted to the program at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Eastern Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia.
While a fellow, Roy made significant clinical contributions to the field in the development of protocols for bowel regulation and co-management of bowel protocol pre and post, heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
Roy is currently boarded in the interaction between natural therapies and drugs in a cancer setting and is one of approximately 75 fellows of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology practicing in the U.S. and Canada.
Roy left Eastern Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia to join Beaumont Hospitals Integrative Medicine department under Oncology Services. Roy worked at the Royal Oak and Troy campuses and was instrumental in establishing the Gross Pointe location. She left Beaumont to found a private practice in Bloomfield Hills that reflects a holistic model of care.
Roy has received honors for humanitarian work, the most notable being a prayer medallion from Missionaries of Charity for work done in service of the ‘blessed poor’.
As a board specialist in naturopathic oncology, Roy is committed to advancing the leading edge of healthcare.
Her goal is to bring the highest standard of care to those that face this life-threatening illness, by meeting both patient and provider needs to have a trustworthy liaison between conventional management and complementary care.
Cancer behaves differently in each individual. Dr. Roy does not provide alternatives to cancer care. She augments the care that exists, to get you the best of evidenced based outcomes.
AIM in the MEDIA
Talks:
2011
An Overview of Naturopathic Medicine, Naturopathic Oncology and Case Presentation, Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2011
An Overview of Ovarian Cancer & Naturopathic Management, Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 2011
2012
A Holistic Approach to Cardiovascular Disease & Cancer, Pennsylvania Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 2012
Naturopathic Medicine, it’s Role in an Integrative Model and Delivery of Oncology Care, International Congress for Educators in Complementary & Integrative Medicine, 2012
Presenter, Vitamin E and Select Trial Data, Interdisciplinary Meeting of Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine and Naturopathic Medicine, 2012
2013
Naturopathic Adjunct to Oncologic Management for Prostate, Lung, Colon and Breast Cancer, Integrative Health Symposium, 2013
2015
Nutrition and Post Surgical Support for Glioblastoma, Beaumont Hospitals Neuro Oncology Symposium, 2015
Grand Rounds, Radiology Oncology, Beaumont Hospitals, Prophylaxis for Radiation Burns, Latest Research and Indications 2015
Pancreatic Cancer & Supportive Care, Ask Dr. Nandi 2015
Testicular Cancer & Supportive Care, Ask Dr. Nandi 2015
Optimizing Surgical Outcomes with Natural Co Management, Michigan Integrative Medicine Conference, 2015
Breast Cancer & Supportive Care, Ask Dr. Nandi 2015
Guest, Natural Medicine and it’s role in Supportive Care, Oncology, William Beaumont Medical School, 2015
2016
Breast Survivorship, Sharing & Caring, Breast Support Beaumont, 2016
Three Part Curriculum on Cancer and Well Aging, Society of Active Retirees, 2016
Leukemia and Lymphoma and Adjunct to Care, Oncology Nursing Society, 2016
Cancer Prevention, American Cancer Society & Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, 2016
Achieving Best Outcomes in Reconstructive Surgery, Panel Talk: Drs. Brown, Williams, Roy, Beaumont Hospitals, 2016
Managing a New Diagnosis of Breast Disease, Panel Talk: Meninger, Gadzaikian, Roy, Beaumont Hospitals, 2016
Grand Rounds, Breast Cancer and Adjunctive Care, University of Michigan, Breast Oncology, 2016
Ovarian Cancer and Risk Reduction in Survivorship, Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance, 2016
Open Forum: Ask an Expert in Natural Medicine, Ovarian Cancer, One to One Ovarian Cancer Support, Beaumont Hospitals 2016
Panel: Prostate Cancer & Nutrition, Michigan Institutes of Urology and Men’s Health Foundation, 2016
Cancer Survivorship, The Healing Nest, 2016
2017
Diseases of Aging, and Aging Well, Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Senior Series, 2017
Cancer Survivorship, Black Leadership Conference & University of Michigan, Cancer Care, 2017
Diabetes & Cancer, American Cancer Society & Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, 2017
Prostate Cancer Survivorship & Nutrition, Michigan Institutes of Urology and Men’s Health Foundation, 2017
Prostate Cancer Prevention, Diet & Lifestyle Measures, Michigan Institutes of Urology and Henry Ford Hospitals, 2017
Cognitive Fog: Strategies for Treatment following Chemotherapy, One to One Ovarian Cancer Support, Beaumont Hospitals 2017
Cancer, Nutrition and Natural Therapies, American Cancer Society, 2017
Cancer Survivorship, Lake House Detroit, 2017
2018
Cancer and Supplements, Lake House Detroit, 2018
Nutrition in Survivorship and Ovarian Cancer Part I and II, One to One Ovarian Cancer Support, Beaumont Hospitals, 2018
CoVID-19 and the Special Impact on the Black Community, Amplify Christian Church, 2018
Diabetes and Prostate Survivorship , Michigan Institutes of Urology and Men’s Health Foundation, 2018
Cancer Survivorship and Nutrition, Margot’s Birmingham, 2018
Cancer Survivorship & Lifestyle, Margot’s Birmingham, 2018
2019
Top Ten Supplements for Cancer Care, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2019
Cancer and Natural Therapies, Lake House Detroit, 2019
Breast Cancer and COVID-19 Crisis, Changes in Care, The Pink Fund, 2019
Death and Dying in the Cancer Patient, American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 2019
Key Factors in Cancer Survivorship, Gilda’s Metro Detroit, 2019
2020
Psilocybin & Emerging Data in Cancer Care, CNN & Anything Technologies Media Inc, 2020
2021
A Good Death in Cancer Care, Oncology Association of Naturopathic Oncology, 2021
Keynote: Breast Cancer Prevention, The Pink Fund and Oakland County 1000, 2021
Breast Survivorship, The Pink Fund, 2021
Cannabis & Cancer, One to One Ovarian Cancer Support, Beaumont Hospitals, 2021
What is a Cancer Fighting Diet?, Gildas Metro Detroit 2021
Guest, Anything is Possible, Talk Radio WJNR, 2021
2022
How Sugar and Cholesterol Impact Cancer Survivorship, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2022
Coping with the Holidays, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2022
Sex, Intimacy & Cancer, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2022
Cancer & Sleep Disorders, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2022
Food As Medicine, An Overview of the Top Three Cancer Fighting Nutrition Strategies, Gildas Metro Detroit, 2022
Triple Negative Breast, Strategies in Survivorship, with Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Zion, Gildas Metro Detroit & Sisters Network, 2022
Sex & Intimacy in the Cancer Patient, Oncology Association of Naturopathic Oncology, 2022
Cannabis & Cancer, One to One Ovarian Support 2022
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Task Force, Panel Talk, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, 2022
