About Me
I have known that I would be a physician since I was very
young. As a child I received extensive allopathic treatment
for a variety of chronic illnesses and structural
difficulties. Most of this treatment actually worsened my
health. After I left for college I realized that I could
take my health into my own hands. By exploring a healthy
lifestyle and several holistic healing modalities, I was
able to heal myself and I greatly improved the quality of
my life.
I began my journey into the healing arts in 1998 with my
initiation into Reiki through the Tera-Mai™ lineage. I
received Reiki Sensei training and began teaching in 2000.
In 2003 I discovered an impressive energy medicine modality
called BodyTalk™, which was created by Reiki teachers and
combines the best aspects of many healing systems. Later
that year I became a certified BodyTalk practitioner. In
2004 I completed a 400 hour hypnotherapy training program
at the Hypnotherapy Academy of America in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, whose comprehensive curriculum includes
Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ (NLP), Transforming Therapy™,
medical hypnosis, natal regression, and past life
regression. I am certified by The American Counsel of
Hypnotherapist Examiners as a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
In my academic journey, I earned two bachelor degrees in
Biology and Nutrition Science from Indiana University in
Bloomington. In 2008 I graduated from the Arizona College
of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University -
Glendale. Although my medical school curriculum emphasized
allopathy, my osteopathic degree has given me the
opportunity to learn from some of the best D.O.'s in the
country. I have spent much time and study developing my
skills in osteopathic manipulation, including cranial and
biodynamic osteopathy.
After medical school I completed a one-year internship at
the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, which
included rotations in emergency medicine, surgery,
obstetrics, geriatrics, pediatrics, and inpatient internal
medicine.
Additionally, I have studied with a Lakota Medicine Chief,
a Lubavitcher Rabbi, several excellent allopathic and
osteopathic physicians, and many teachers of yoga, qi gong,
tai chi, meditation, Reiki, and other forms of hands-on
energy healing. I always continue to learn, practice,
integrate, and teach the cutting edge techniques of the
healthcare evolution.