–> Hormone Health for women, by women

–> Individualized innovative and integrated Solutions by a double board-certified Endocrinologist

As a woman, I understand women’s hormone health issues keenly. I understand how traditional insurance- based medicine fails to address issues in a holistic manner. I understand how Functional Medicine without a solid traditional Endocrinology training is inadequate in understanding the complexities involved in women’s hormone health

I have walked the road untraveled- all my life. Long before the term Integrative Medicine was being bandied about in common parlance, long before the first residency program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson under the auspices of Dr Andrew Weil had opened, way back in 1995, I had begun to synthesize my ides on healing the “whole patient”. The fractured template on which western medicine is based had hit me like a bullseye in 1993 when I walked into the SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. As a fledgling doctor, I carried my discomfort tucked deeply within, too young to even begin to fully fathom the truth of what I was dealing with. The disconnection was so wide between understanding the true underpinnings of common disease and addressing them in a manner that would lend to healing- not merely symptom band aid offerings designed to keep people coming back with more, a revolving door of illness that never got solved. That was just the body. The body-mind disconnect was entirely another topic. The spiritual was completely oblivious.

So what I am bringing to the table to you is not a superficial grazing of ideas that are on the menu list to sit an exam to get the degree of an integrative doctor conferred on one’s wall- I am bringing you my journey of 25 years- a sojourn that dived into illness and healing head first as I have traversed the depths and breaths of this aspect of health/healing more than anyone I know who carries the title MD.

So how shall we work on Hormone Health together ?

My philosophy of medical care involves a “Whole person” approach combining solid, high caliber evidence based traditional Endocrinology, whilst addressing hormonal, metabolic, nutritional, lifestyle and preventive issues associated with or underlying the disease state. Combining this with mind-body medicine/Energy medicine is what I will be offering next.

Within the world of Endocrinology, I have a special interest in Osteoporosis, autoimmune thyroid disease, Hormone replacement therapy in men/women, obesity/metabolic syndrome. My main focus is Longevity Medicine and Endocrinology of Ageing in women