I’m a licensed naturopathic physician, acupuncture specialist, founder of Vis Wellness Center, nature lover, educator and life enthusiast.  My path in healthcare started when I was 14 years old working in a small-town pharmacy where I grew up in Long Island, NY. I admired how the pharmacist spent his time counseling and educating patients. At that point, I did not want to be a doctor because I felt that most doctors did not spend enough time with people. I considered the pharmacist to be the last point of contact able to make a difference for an individual’s health.

Eager to help others, I decided to become a pharmacist and earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree to do so. Being trained as a pharmacist and exposed to the inner workings of conventional medical care allowed me to fully recognize that pharmacy was not the way I wanted to help people. I felt like something was missing in the way care was provided to patients.

Through my own self-discovery and growth, I later realized that I needed provide health care with a different approach that allowed for holistic and natural healing. It wasn’t until I discovered naturopathic medicine that I finally was able to experience a deep sense of relief and peace about my future.  It was exactly how I wanted to help others.  Becoming a naturopathic physician has allowed me to help people with a strong sense of honor, passion and pride which I was lacking when dispensing medications all day. I am now confident that I am supporting individuals to truly heal by addressing the root cause of illness and thereby restoring health.

In efforts to create a healthier, sustainable, more aware and joyful world, I love to get out into the local community and teach classes and workshops. Individuals I work with become empowered to take their health into their own hands and are ready to feel like the best version of themselves, like they deserve to!

I have an open mind and an open heart with an enthusiastic, optimistic and innovative outlook on life. I enjoy being active outdoors, submersing myself amidst various arts and world cultures and preparing wholesome, healthy meals to enjoy with family and friends.

My vision is being the source of contribution to create a more sustainable and joyful world where communities are healthy and safe, the public is aware, where food and medicines are wholesome, where all people and animals have enough, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all generations to come.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. - Thomas Edison

Most diseases are the result of medication which has been prescribed to relieve and take away a beneficient and warning symptom on the part of Nature. - Elbert Hubbard