About Me

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a healer. When I graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2001, I thought “this is it, I’m finally there!” Little did I realize that the path to fulfilling this dream would require much, MUCH, more than simply having an MD behind my name. For many years, I followed a predictable path through a respectable career in medicine. After graduating from my residency in family medicine, I took a faculty position at the University of Michigan and enjoyed teaching conventional (Western) medical ideology and skills to eager students and residents. But something was missing. I knew I was a doctor (after all, it said so on my white coat!), but I still found myself wondering, am I a healer? 

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Fast forward 15 years and a few cross-country moves, and for the first time in my life, I suddenly found MYSELF in need of a healer. My own health journey started in abject frustration that despite everything I knew about medicine and the human body, and regardless of the many years of experience I had as both a practitioner and a teacher of conventional medicine, I still lacked the answers and tools to solve my own wellness crisis. I lacked the ability to HEAL myself. 

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My training had taught that we in conventional medicine possessed the epitome of medical knowledge and technology, and this limiting belief left me struggling in a world which felt overwhelmingly hopeless and helpless! Out of desperation, I started looking elsewhere to find solutions. And so, in 2019, I began my own transformational journey through illness and into wellness, a journey which took me deep into the worlds of Functional and Naturopathic medical ideologies. And not only did I find wellness there, I fell in love with holistic methods and found my tribe! This journey fundamentally changed me and has profoundly evolved the way I understand medicine, healing, and most importantly, WELLNESS! 

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As my health slowly but steadily returned, I was flooded with a tidal wave of relief that came from renewed hope. And with it, came an intense desire to pay it forward. I had just been through a journey that had been, hands-down, the most difficult yet rewarding learning experience of my life. And in my heart, I knew that by combining my foundational knowledge and experience as a physician with the added wisdom and perspective of holistic methodologies, I had a truly unique gift to share – and this is when it finally dawned on me that this gift was not what I had long envisioned it would be. I realized that “I” am not the healer, YOU are! By partnering with you to provide highly personalized tools, motivational support, professional insights, and a structural framework, my gift is empowering YOU to discover and realize your own capacity for transformational SELF-HEALING. So, I jumped off the scary cliff of change, left my 20-year career in conventional medicine, devoured formal education in Functional Medicine, changed the entire paradigm of how I provide care, and the New You Program was born!  

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This highly personalized, 6-month program is revolutionary! Utilizing a robust panel of functional labs, we will identify root causes for your symptoms. Together we will take a fascinating deep dive into your biochemistry, exploring your DNA, hormones, and gut microbiome. We will define your adrenal and circadian rhythms, evaluate the way your cells produce energy, reveal any hidden food sensitivities, investigate how your body processes toxins, dive into your digestive functionality, and explore the ways you metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. By discovering, correcting, and supporting cellular dysfunction we can dramatically improve your health trajectory and put you solidly on the path to improved health. Together we will design and build a customized biochemical road map of YOU, a map that will be there to guide and support you for years to come and which will enable you to become an empowered SELF-HEALER!

I challenge you to take this pivotal step in your own journey of discovery and self-healing. Believe in yourself! Because in doing so, not only will you become the fisherman who has learned to fish, you will be UNSTOPPABLE!