Riding the wave of awareness
We offer more than just the standard of care. Whether it be exercise, nutrition, mind-body medicine, inpatient hospital management, outpatient chronic care, coordination of care, sound therapy, movement meditation, or energy arts, we are our patients’ advocates.
Sometimes we feel like warriors battling for the best care we can provide. There is commitment. There is focus. There is love and comfort and care. Teaching you how to maintain your health and explore the possibilities of a wide range of therapies. It has been a privilege to get to know people on a very deep and personal level as we have journeyed together through challenging and rewarding times.
We have a dog named Kali-Ma, whose name signifies fierce compassion. Admittedly, we take after the dog as we can certainly aspire to the significance of her name. Practice also includes addressing the various aspects of our lives. Whether they be emotional, or spiritual.
I am a philosopher with a medical degree from Georgetown…
My training in medicine started early at the dinner table. My Dad would share the various aspects of his day as a physician. As children we indulged our longstanding dinner joke about passing flatus.
While studying the 100 Great Books program at St. John's College I took a job as a nurse’s aide at St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe New Mexico. I worked for 3 years assisting patient care and taking orders from nurses. As I have said previously, I learned to give the best bed bath in Santa Fe New Mexico.
After graduating with a BA in liberal arts from St. John's I attended the University of New Mexico where I completed my premed requirements. I also worked at Bernalillo County Medical Center as a nurse’s aide during that time.
I was accepted into Georgetown Medical School in 1984. A singular moment of triumph and relief. At Georgetown I met Dr. Jim Gordon, an influential mentor in alternative medicine.
After Georgetown I completed my residency in Internal Medicine at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital from 1988-1992. This was during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I am eternally grateful for the young men and women I cared for during that time. They taught me medicine. I was appointed Chief Medical Resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital 1991-1992.
Ongoing education has been a passion of mine. Keeping up with the new and exciting progress in Medicine is a daily challenge and fascination. I have sought out and participated in many complementary educational opportunities: Nutrition and Functional medicine, ethics, guided imagery, sound therapy, and, most recently, the potential application of psychedelics in treatment. I have also taken the time to do the "inner work”: Meditation, internal martial arts, study of astrology, study of the chakra systems, Tui Na, movement meditation, yoga, breath work, and the I Ching. The practical benefit of all this further education is incorporating these various disciplines into my practice and educating the community regarding the benefits of these modalities in patient care.