Jim’s Philosophy of Medicine

First and foremost I realize that I am just a tool of the Great Physician, God.  Without His healing intervention everything I do would not work.  Think about it, without His healing I could never use “temporary” or dissolving suture!

I make the cuts but He is responsible for the healing and He should get all the glory.

I also believe that the practice of medicine is a dialogue not a monologue. It is an opportunity to discuss a problem and come up with a mutually agreeable solution.  Part of my role in medicine is to teach about the disease process.  This fits well with my personality as every spiritual gift assessment I have taken puts me in the “teacher” role. I feel that a well informed patient will better understand their condition and has the ability to more accurately describe their symptoms.

I believe that medical choices should be made with the best information possible.  For the most part, we should rely on good, objective, scientific studies and not on someone else’s personal experience or preferences.  However, having said that, I also realize that there is an art to medicine and sometimes we will have to make decisions without the benefit of scientific studies.  I will try to tell you when we are working off the “art of medicine” or the “science of medicine”.  In the practice of medicine we are also treating people, not numbers or statistics.  Allowances must be given because sometimes the best treatment for a disease is not the best treatment for a specific patient (we don’t try to win a battle at the expense of losing the war!).

So, let’s talk.  Let’s see what is going on with you and let’s discuss what we can do about it.

Diana’s Philosophy of Medicine

I come from a family of Physicians. Both my father and my grandfather practiced medicine. My grandfather was a Family Practice doctor at a time where he did a little of everything. He delivered babies, took care of children, and even performed operations. Medicine has evolved dramatically since then with the development of specialties, among many other changes! But I have always been impacted by the way my grandfather took care of patients – personal, whole-person care.

I became a Physician Assistant because I loved medicine, I loved people and I wanted to take care of patients. I spent several years in Pediatrics before moving to Women’s Health. It was here that I discovered my passion. I love taking care of women of all ages. Women are the backbone of our society. They are the caretakers of all of the things. I have found that many women take care of everyone else and think about themselves last. 

I want to take care of women and show them that taking care of themselves IS taking care of everyone around them. Their family and friends need them to be healthy in order to do everything they expected to do.

I believe there are more opportunities to treat the whole-person with a combination of traditional medicine and functional medicine. Functional medicine is often described as “root cause medicine.” Functional medicine uses more extensive testing to understand why imbalances occur in the body’s interconnected systems.  I am also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine, which goes hand in hand with Functional Medicine by providing the “how” – lifestyle tools – to address the root cause of a symptom or disease.  I want to work with women by using a combination of these approaches to meet their goals and take control of their health.