My father passed away from a heart attack when I was only 19 years old. That was AFTER he had open heart surgery in the 70’s AND went to a famous (at that time) cardiologist’s compound in Southern California to “rectify his heart issues”. He was only gone for a few months, but when he returned home he was thinner, eating differently, and walking every day. Only a few years later, he still died from a myocardial infarction. That planted a seed somewhere inside me. I had seen enough to know that there had to be a better way to realize actual health. That's when I decided it was time to go down the path of Integrative, functional, and naturopathic medicine. I graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (2003) and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (2005) both in Portland, Oregon.

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I feel incredibly lucky to help people realize a level of health using methods that have been forgotten for many, many years. Many that come to me have been to other practitioners and left feeling frustrated. Traditional test results can make it seem like “nothing is wrong with you”. Yet, the patient knows something is not quite right. My philosophy allows me to look beyond those tests to find the underlying issue. Unique testing and my naturopathic philosophy have helped thousands realize the robust health they have been looking for.