I use my medical education and clinical training to provide rigorous, evidence-based clinical care utilizing the latest advancements in diagnostic testing, prophylactics, therapeutics, and standard-of-care treatments.

Alongside modern medicine, I incorporate evidence-based complementary therapies when needed, including medical herbalism, mind-body approaches, manual treatments such as OMT, and traditional healing systems like TCM & Acupuncture.

The central foundation of my practice, and the starting point of every doctor-patient relationship I have, is that you are more than a collection of symptoms, and your health does not fit neatly into a box or specialty. True healing requires looking at all aspects of your physical, mental, emotional, nutritional, social and environmental health as one interconnected system, and then doing the work of mapping these aspects, deciphering patterns and co-creating a plan that gets results.

Although I routinely provide acute care and treat patients with advanced disease, my approach is ideally suited to addressing the complex, interconnected root causes of symptoms and conditions early on. Identifying and effectively addressing root causes requires both a specific kind of expertise, and a doctor-patient relationship built on continuity and the “slow medicine” approach described above. This root-cause approach is especially important for diseases and conditions that are caused by complex multifactorial individual, systemic and environmental factors, such as disorders of metabolic health, gastrointestinal health, and immune health. Modern medicine is great at identifying and managing these conditions when they fully develop or get the point of becoming critical or urgent, but my approach looks “upstream,” where we have more options and more power to effect positive change.

A fancy term for this is “salutogenic medicine” - a health-focused approach centered on the origins of health and resilience, and on the active promotion of health. Moving even further upstream from root-cause medicine, this approach prioritizes identifying resources that help you move toward health, rather than just treating risk factors and symptoms. It moves beyond preventing disease to actively creating health. I use this approach to medicine as a complement to the traditional clinical approach that focuses on disease prevention and management.

Medical advocacy is the support, guidance, and representation provided to patients to help them navigate the complex healthcare system, understand diagnoses, and receive proper care. “Advocacy Medicine” takes medical advocacy further. Advocacy medicine is the holistic integration of representation and systemic action into clinical practice, recognizing that a physician’s active work towards individual and societal well-being is a fundamental, healing component of patient care.

For me, advocacy isn't an add-on to clinical care; it is an integral part of it. Driven by the specific needs of my patients and the community, this approach creates a powerful synergy: my advocacy work improves patient health, while my daily clinical experience grounds and informs my advocacy.

I practice with the principle that food is foundational medicine, supporting cellular health and systemic healing through targeted, high-quality, sustainably-grown nutrition.

Honoring the roots of the word “health” as meaning “wholeness," at the core of my practice is a recognition that your individual health and vitality is interconnected with the health of your community, the health of our ecosystems & landscapes, planetary health, and the health of our local farm and food systems. Ecological Medicine takes the broadest possible look at your health - including your air, water, food, community, and natural environment - as part of your diagnostic, treatment and healing process. With a background in Environmental Science & Sustainability, I incorporate Ecological Medicine as part of a comprehensive understanding of your health.

Having worked on many farms over the years, I have seen their profound ability to heal both individuals and communities. I have seen how deeply intertwined agricultural health and human health truly are. Farm-based medicine is an integrative model that places local, small-scale, regenerative farms at the heart of communities, and at the heart of community healthcare.

Drawing on my medical and farming experience, I view the farm not just as a source of food, but as a critical clinical tool. In this model, the farm becomes a living hub for healing—providing nutrient-dense food to help prevent, treat and reverse chronic disease, while also serving as a space for social connection and community, for regular physical movement, and as a source of ecological resilience.