St. Louis Magazine Top Docs
August 2007

Functional Medicine:   A new and emerging model of personalized medicine that uses natural supplements and therapies based upon researched protocols.   It's a medical approach designed to support and create health rather than only treat symptoms.

Our Specialty:   High cholesterol, thyroid, weight gain, diseases of inflammation and insulin resistance are tied together in vicious cycles.   Our team identifies problems and provides support, lifestyle and nutritional counseling, therapy, and ongoing, continuous follow-up to unlock these vicious cycles, to correct and prevent disease processes.

Why We Are Different:   This model is based on fundamentally different assumptions that the body is an interconnected whole and there are predictable patterns of dysfunction that predispose a person to illness.   Structure and organ health need to be synchronized in order to repair, replace, rebuild, and recalibrate.   We acknowledge that the healing process must be addressed in specific order of priority to achieve optimal health

Little Known Fact:   Your body must be "healthy" enough to heal, versus heal to be healthy.  

Myth About Aging:   Feeling bad and gaining weight is inevitable.

Best Advice:   You are your own best advocate.   Do your homework—go to www.stlwa.com.

Proudest Achievement:   To have my patients' say, "I didn't know I could feel this good."