The founder of osteopathic medicine was Andrew Taylor Still, M.D. He chose to grant the doctor of osteopathy degree instead of the medical doctor degree to his graduates for two reasons. One was that he wanted the public to know that his doctors were not the same old type of doctor that was being produced by the conventional medical schools of the day. Remember: At the time of the founding of osteopathic medicine, there were few or no effective drug therapies. There was no general anesthesia.
The other reason he gave us the doctor of osteopathy degree was to ingrain in the physician himself that he was different and able to think for himself. “Group-think” only takes you so far. All great leaps forward come from individuals thinking outside of the box.
My education and experience have allowed me to combine the latest approaches in preventive, regenerative and nutritional medicine to tackle the underlying causes of disease and the patient’s pain, rather than simply bludgeoning the symptoms with an overly aggressive pharmaceutical program.
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We focus on long-term treatment therapies that maximize optimal health, irrespective of age.
Paint treatment using same-day cellular therapies and prolotherapy to alleviate systemic joint pain & distress.
We do a thorough, old-fashioned, in-depth history & physical exam, face-to-face. We are your family doctor.
We only offer FDA-compliant therapies and offer no disallowed drugs, devices, procedures or treatments.
* Primary physician services at our two locations