I describe my practice as a combination of Western medicine, Natural methodologies and Orthomolecular techniques. Orthomolecular medicine describes the practice of preventing and treating disease by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural and necessary to the body.

One of the reasons I can be helpful to you is that I have been there myself. I am overweight and have suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain. I was being treated with increasingly toxic amounts of drugs and still getting worse. Discouraged, I quit working full-time for Group Health in 1998 and opened my eyes to alternative medicine. Using these techniques my health improved 85%. I then took a position at the Bolles Natural Medicine Clinic in Bellevue, WA where I worked and learned alongside a Naturopathic physician. In 1999, I opened my own practice in Seattle, WA. I have always been driven by curiosity and much of my knowledge has been self initiated. Some of my favorite trainings have come from Andrew Cutler PhD, Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, Dr. Denis Wilson, The American Academy of Chelation and the Nutritional Therapy Association.
I graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa . I continued my career by working as a Registered Nurse for 7 years before pursuing my Master's in Nursing degree from the University of Washington. Upon completion of my Master's in 1991, I took a position as Nurse Practitioner in geriatrics/internal medicine at Group Health Cooperative before beginning my private practice in 1999.