Mission Statement
To serve individuals in cultivating physical, emotional, and spiritual health through a transformational approach in medicine.
About Aaron
Aaron attended medical school at the University of Tennessee and received his training in emergency medicine at Emory University. While at Emory, he served as chief resident at Grady Memorial Hospital, one of the leading trauma centers in the nation. During his 7 years working as an acute care physician, he began to understand how western medicine primarily focuses on disease management through symptom suppression, and does not adequately promote long term health and wellness. Due to this need in healthcare, he decided to devote his practice to a model that emphasizes health medicine. Additionally, Aaron recognized this approach should incorporate emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
In order to understand the psycho-spiritual continuum and its contribution to health, he studied East-West Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies. Furthermore, he continues his contemplative studies in a mentorship program with world reknown author and spiritual teacher, Richard Moss, M.D. Aaron has synthesized this work into a medical practice that honors each individual in his or her totality.
Currently trained in the Kalish Method of functional medicine, Aaron strives to incorporate the best of western science with nutritional and naturopathic treatments. His unique journey and training allows him to design custom plans that cultivate health and wellness in his patients. He is presently practicing at Monarch Integrative Health Center in lower Pacific Heights. Aaron especially enjoys empowering clients to take charge of their health and make positive change in all aspects of their lives.
Philosophy:
I truly feel it is a great privilege to be alive. I see my work in health medicine as an opportunity to help patients realize this and live more deeply into their own lives. How is this done? When someone presents with a symptom, this is a message telling them that there is some fundamental imbalance in the body. The current medical approach is to treat their “disease” with some pharmacologic agent(which has its own toxic side effect profile) to reduce their symptoms. In my practice, we test to see where the imbalances are and work towards correcting them. At the same time, we look to see where in the patients’ lives these imbalances are being created. This process increases self-awareness and gives patients new choices. As patients continue this journey, they gain both increased health and a deeper relationship to all areas of their lives. From this perspective, medicine can be an agent of transformation in peoples’ lives.
