1. Experienced physician, researcher, and author of a method and books.
Dr. John O. A. Pagano had been a chiropractic physician in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, for more than fifty years. After serving in the navy, he entered the School of Visual Arts in New York City, for medical illustration. His interest shifted to chiropractic. He entered Lincoln Chiropractic College (now National University of Health Sciences) in Lombard, Illinois, graduating with honors in 1959. While interning at a hospital in Denver, Dr. Pagano met his first psoriasis patients. The thought of their torment never left him. He embarked on research that exceeded thirty-five years, proving that psoriasis and eczema can be controlled and healed naturally. His regimen focuses on healing the leaky gut syndrome (which he believes causes psoriasis and eczema) through diet, detoxification, and spinal adjustments. His approach is devoid of drugs (internal or external), tar baths, laser, or ultraviolet light.
The bestseller Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative is the culmination of those efforts (was first published in 1991).
Dr. Pagano has been a featured guest on network television and radio programs such as CNBC’s America’s Talking, Jersey’s Talking, NBC’s Unsolved Mysteries, The Ronald Hoffman Show, The Gary Null Show, WABC’s TALKRadio with Alan Colmes (of Hannity & Colmes), and Alternative Medicine.
He has lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, England and Russia. While in India, John Pagano was introduced to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Many videos featuring John Pagano are available on YouTube.
The book Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative has been reprinted several times; the latest English-language edition, revised and expanded, was released in 2008.
The book was translated into Danish (in an abridged version) in 1997, Japanese in 1999, Finnish in 2000, Russian in 2001, Italian in 2002, French in 2010, Bulgarian in 2011, Czech in 2012, Spanish in 2015, and Chinese in 2020. These translations are frequently reprinted.
In 2000, John Pagano published Dr. John’s Healing Psoriasis Cookbook, which was reissued in 2014. In 2008, he published the book One Cause, Many Ailments: The Leaky Gut Syndrome.
He presented his work at the 2001 World Conference on Psoriasis in San Francisco (National Psoriasis Foundation), the Italian Psoriasis Association in Rome, and the Parapsychology Society of the United Nations.
In 2009, John Pagano spoke at a two-day conference on psoriasis in Moscow. At the same conference, a presentation by Mikhail Peslyak introduced the scientific rationale for the Pagano method (which was later included in a 2012 publication). In the years that followed, a modular strategy for achieving remission was developed — a scientific evolution of John Pagano’s method.
2. Books in English.
(All links point to the official websites of publishers or online stores)
| Name | Years of publication, ISBN, availability of ebook, notes |
| PSORIASIS – HOPE FOR THE AFFLIATED, BASED ON THE READINGS OF EDGAR CAYCE | 1980, currently unavailable |
| Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative (#) | 1991, 1995, 2006, 2008 (Wiley, Hardcover 9781620457757, Paperback 9780470267264), This is the only book that has been and continues to be translated into other languages. 2008 – ebook (9781630260446) – ASIN B00GXJ0UVQ 2015 – Audio version of the 2008 edition – 6 hours; 2021- Audio CD. |
| Dr. John’s Healing Psoriasis Cookbook…Plus! | 2001, 2008, 9780962884726 |
| Dr. John’s Healing Psoriasis Cookbook (new edition) (#) | 2011 (9780962884733), 2014 (Paperback 9781630260460; Hardcover – 9781630260705), ebook ASIN B0773X4ZPJ |
| One Cause, Many Ailments: The Leaky Gut Syndrome (#) | 2008, 9780876047415, ebook ASIN B01CV88TC4 |
# – ebook is sent free of charge upon request via psorias.info@gmail.com
3. Book “Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative” – translations into other languages.
(All links point to the official websites of publishers or online stores)
| Name | Language, year of publication, ISBN, publisher, ebook availability, ASIN |
| Psoriasis. Den naturlige, alternative behandling | Danish, 1997–2001, 28 pp. (brochure) |
| – 自然療法で「乾癬」を治す, – Amazon | Japanese, 1999 – 9784198609788; 2005-2020 – 9784813602682, 中央アート出版社 |
| VOITA PSORIASIS, luonnonmukainen vaihtoehto | Finnish, 2000, 2010, 2013, 9789529128068, Psorinat |
| – Лечение псориаза. Естественный путь (#) – Amazon | Russian, 2001 (5933780251), 2009 (9785911360627), Kudits-press; 2010 (9785918600078), Foilis. Translation – Mikhail Peslyak, ebook 2009. |
| – Жизнь без псориаза – Amazon | Russian, 2022, 2023 (9785041608453), Bombora, Eksmo, Translation by I.E.Petrushkin, ebook 2023 – 9785041714130, |
| – Guarire la psoriasi (#) – Amazon | Italian, 2002, 2010; 2014 (9788875076375), 2019, 2023, 9788828526544; ebook 2023 – 9788878690455, ebook Kindle B0D7D2CL3N, MACRO EDIZIONI |
| – Guérir du psoriasis (#) – Amazon | French, 2010, 2013 (9788862295321) 2022 (9788828517276), 2025, 2026 (9788828518341); ebook 2025 – 9788828518341, MACRO EDITIONS |
| Лечение на псориазис: природната алтернатива | Bulgarian, 2011-2021, 9789542929017, Anhira |
| Léčba lupénky: Přírodní alternativa | Czech, 2012 (9788073875565), 2024 (9788076842786), Triton |
| – Cura natural de la psoriasis., – Amazon | Spanish; 2015 (9788484455523), Gaia Ediciones |
| – 「不藥而癒! 完全根治乾癬、濕疹、異位性皮膚炎」 – Amazon | Chinese (Taiwan), 2020 – 9789579314848, Ping’an Culture (平安文化) |
# – ebook is sent free of charge upon request via psorias.info@gmail.com
4. Video featuring John Pagano.
| YouTube links | Date of event, YouTube channel, duration, description |
| – Edgar Cayce based doctor finds Psoriasis cure. On channel Edgar Cayce World. – The same on channel Holistic Healing Stories. | June 1985, A.R.E. A 60-minute lecture by John Pagano. First published in 2024. Automatic translation into any language can be enabled. |
| John Pagano’s conference in Moscow. Excerpt 1. Excerpt 2. | October 2, 2009. Conference at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Excerpts, 3–4 minutes in length. John Pagano is almost entirely absent from the first excerpt. Text regarding this event: Psoriasis Pioneer Pagano Headlines Russian Medical Conference |
| PART 1, PART 2, PART3, PART4, PART 5, PART 6. | June–July 2010, CatyComora channel, a 6-part interview series with John Pagano (9–10 minutes each). |
| Guérir du psoriasis – l’alternative naturelle du Dr. John Pagano | 2010? A presentation in France, hosted by the publisher Macro Editions to mark the release of a translated version of the book (approximately 10 minutes). John Pagano speaks in English, with an accompanying translation into French. |
| Psoriasis Natural Treatment that Works | September 19, 2012. Interview on the Dr DeFabio channel (30 minutes long). One of his last. John passed away this year. |