Overview

 

Licensed, primary care physician with prescriptive rights in the State of Arizona, with twenty-nine years in the medical field.

Arizona Licensing and Medical School

 

Received Arizona Naturopathic Physician Medical Board of Examiners license March 30, 2000.  Awarded Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree in 1999 from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (SCNM).  Coursework at the accredited, four-year, private, naturopathic medical school in Tempe, AZ included 3273 didactic hours and 1200 clinical hours.  Conventional diagnosis and treatment, as well as, additional specialty courses in nutrition, homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, physical medicine, minor surgery, hydrotherapy, and botanical medicine were taken.

Medical Work Experience

 

St. Joseph’s Carondelet Hospital (1990-1993):  Worked for three years at this Tucson, AZ hospital as a cardiac technician.  Responsibilities included:  performing EKG’s, applying holtor monitors (a portable device for continuously monitoring various electrical activity of the central nervous system for at least 24 hours), and transcribing EKG reports.  Wrote the EKG procedural manual and trained hospital staff in EKG procedures.

 

A.R.E. Medical Clinic (1982-2006):  Worked at this holistic family practice in Phoenix, AZ for twenty-four years, with experience in the following areas:  accounts receivable, colon hydrotherapy, education/development, lab technician, patient reception, and retail store.  Continues to work for this company as a traveling naturopathic physician in Tucson, AZ.

Northside Naturopathic (2006-Current):  Owner and Operator

 

Additional Education and Medical Training

 

• University of Arizona (1987-1992):  Bachelor of Arts degree, June 1992, with major in

Philosophy and minor in Psychology.

• Craniosacral Manipulation:  Levels I and II through Upledger Institute in 1996-1997.

• Bowen Manipulation:  level I through The Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia in

1997.

• Holographic Memory Resolution:  level I with Brent Baum, S.T.B., S.S.L.,

I.C.A.D.A.C., C.C.H., in 1998.

• Colon Hydrotherapy:  extra training through SCNM in 1999.

• Intravenous Chelation Therapy:  International Society of Chelation Technicians seminar

in 1999.