AUTOBIOGRAPHY

My career: I moved to Arizona to attend naturopathic medical school in Tempe in 1997 when my position at the University of the Cincinnati was outsourced.  My entrance into healthcare was employment as a geriatric nursing assistant between my first two years of college. For the next three years of my undergraduate education, I worked in a rural community hospital emergency room as a nursing/medical assistant. During my final year of undergraduate education, I entered the business world of Product research and development chemistry at The Drackett Company (Windex) and upon graduation, the Avon Products Co as a production chemist. I left Avon to attend two years of medical school in the Caribbean. I took a leave of absence due to financial reasons and returned to the US for make some more money to finance my medical education. My longest period of employment came next at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center as a medical technologist and section supervisor in the Toxicology division of the Pathology and Lab Medicine Deptament.  I had many other concurrent working experiences including being an IV specialist at Good Samaritan in Cincinnati, scrub tech for a plastic surgeon, pathology assistant, environmental chemist, blood banking technologist, and mental health technologist in the past twenty years.

After graduation from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, my career includes a private practice of medicine, teaching laboratory medicine at Southwest, and producing healthcare products under the trade name of Transformation Medical.

My interests: I am the Renaissance man with interests in medicine/healing, music, architecture, spirituality, philosophy and law. I was fortunate to study organ, voice and violin as a youngster, thru the college years and have held paid positions at various times. I believe music and the arts are the universal language of mankind. I also love to travel and do so as much as time/responsibilities permit. I love to be in a garden near to the plants that are the embodiment of the healing power of nature, near the water that is the source of life, and in the sunlight that makes life possible on Earth.  I love to exchange ideas, to share information, and to create new sources of healing which includes the products of my company, Transformation Medical.

My people: My parents are an important part of my life as we have a deep strong relationship which sustained me throughout all of my life’s endeavors. I have a broad circle of friends that are a source of great pleasure. Most importantly, I have a wonderful relationship with my best friend and life partner, Mark, who is my inspiration and greatest joy in life.

My spirit:  I define myself by a strong belief in the Creator, love and respect of all of humanity, and I act out of the greater good for all. I believe in the healing power of nature, the rule of law, and the right of every individual to positive self-actualization. My mission in life is to use knowledge to heal and allow Nature to cure. I also believe in scientific methods of discovery that promote greater understanding. I have a thirst for knowledge and a respect of the wisdom of the ages. I aspire to grow and evolve with the ever-changing world in which we live. I love life and I encourage my family, my friends and my patients to do likewise.