How I practice
Three pillars: optimal hormones, healthy body composition, and mobile, pain-free joints. Those three together are most of what it takes to feel like yourself across a healthy life span, and they’re what I’ve organized my training around. I see patients at the Lake Oswego clinic.
How I trained
I earned my doctorate from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland in 2022, then completed two years of post-graduate residency focused on regenerative orthopedics, hormone therapy, and IV nutrient therapy. My residency included formal certification in musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging and in PRP and prolotherapy injection technique. Before medical school I worked in nutrition and personal training, which is the layer that makes my weight-loss work effective.
How I think about hormones
My approach is to combine bioidentical hormone replacement therapy with the foundational lifestyle work, training, nutrition, sleep, that decides whether the hormone work holds. Hormones in isolation don’t do what hormones plus structural change can. Either piece on its own is the wrong size.
How I think about weight
I’m the most-comfortable practitioner at Radiance with GLP-1 medications and nutritional counseling for weight loss. That comes from training plus the nutrition-and-PT background. I’ll prescribe GLP-1 when the panel and the case support it. I’ll also tell you when it’s not the right tool, which happens more often than the marketing for these drugs suggests.
How I work with joints
Regenerative orthopedics is the third pillar. PRP, prolotherapy, hyaluronic acid, all under ultrasound guidance, all calibrated to the specific joint pathology rather than a one-size protocol. For the patient who wants to stay active without going to surgery first, this is often the right next step.
Beyond the clinic
I serve as faculty advisor for dermatology education and stay active in professional medical associations. Most of what isn’t the clinic is patient time and continued training.