What is a family doctor?  Why do you need (deserve?!) one?

I am NOT a generalist.

I am NOT a provider

I am NOT a practitioner.

I am a medical professional who cares for complex and healthy patients regardless of age.  I am best understood as an integrationist.  I integrate the mental, spiritual, and physical well-being of my patients, in the context of their families and community, to help them become whole, to maximize their life.  I integrate the sometimes disparate recommendations of medical specialists to insure that treatments that benefit one organ system does not damage another.  I integrate and apply complex medical research on populations to the unique biology, needs, and goals of my patient.

I am the “pluripotent stem cell” of the medical community.  I start with a broad education and then adapt to the needs of my community to fill the voids in healthcare.

I am the “Marine of medicine“.  I get the job done, often under harsh conditions.

I truly have a fantastic job and I feel blessed that I can work as a family physician.