Whole Body Care Forged in Trauma Centers and Dedicated to Wellbeing

I have spent more than two decades, treating patients in some of the most intense clinical environments in medicine. As a trauma surgeon and intensive care physician at major academic medical centers, I learned to assess the body quickly, think under pressure, treat with precision, and develop meaningful therapeutic relationships.

From the start of my career, I have integrated osteopathic manipulative treatment and holistic principles into the care of perioperative, critically ill and injured patients.

The results were striking.

Patients who received OMT alongside conventional care often recovered faster, with fewer complications and less pain, and a greater understanding of their health and disease. I went on to found the nation’s first OMT for Trauma Program integrated into a Level 1 Trauma Center, where I brought hands-on treatment into the ICU, the surgical floor, the perioperative setting and an outpatient program focused on healing chronic post-traumatic pain and mobility limitations.

That work led to published research, national speaking engagements, and leadership roles in organizations like the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons where we integrated OMT at all levels. But the most important thing it taught me was this: the body responds to skilled, attentive touch in ways that imaging, medication, and scalpels alone cannot replicate.