One of my earliest jobs was as a stone mason’s helper. I have always worked with my hands. After college I worked as a professional dancer for eight years, appearing on Broadway and touring the continental United States. After medical school I gravitated towards preventive medicine, and worked with a very prominent alternative physician for a year. Osteopathic thought and practice became a convergence point for the internal body understanding of the dancer and the external understanding of a classically trained physician.
“Our patients are always treated osteopathically. That’s one of the things I really enjoy about my practice-People usually go away feeling better.”
Mission Statement
At the core of Osteopathic philosophy is the idea that we are not so much attempting to defeat a disease as we are trying to facilitate the body’s ability to heal itself.
Structural diagnosis has evolved to the point where a person’s complaint of back pain is seen in the context of an entire somatic compensatory pattern.”
Education
- D.O. Degree: UMDNJ, School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: St. Peter’s Hospital, NJ,Family Practice
- Internship: St.Clare’s Hospital and Health Center, NYC
- B.S.Degree: Hunter College, summa cum laude,Chemistry
Licensure and Board Certification
- Board Certified: Family Practice (recertified 1998-2005)
- Medical License: New York State
- Medical License: New Jersey State
- Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Memberships, Offices and Committee Appointments
- Member American Osteopathic Association
- Member The Cranial Academy
- Member American Academy of Osteopathy
- Member American Osteopathic Association of Family Practice
Awards & Honors
- Editorial Consultant, Peer Reviewer, AHCPR Clinical Practice Guidelines on low back pain, 1993
- Recipient, Alice & Sylvester Rothchild Scholarship Award, 1984
Research Interests
- Osteoporosis
- Short leg syndrome
- Fibromyalgia