Category: What's New In The Practice

OK, another update: Still going back and forth on the paperwork, so, may not start the renovation until mid-May.

We are closed this Friday (4/15) because we are upgrading our server and the software for the electronic medical record system – sorry for the inconvenience.

I wanted to discuss another matter and invite your comments: We are incredibly pleased and so fortunate to announce a second Nurse Practitioner, Samantha (Sam) Mulder.  Sam is so exceptional, currently faculty at Vanderbilt in the Nurse Midwifery program, has been here on Wednesdays and will be here full time in June 2011!  Sam is a fabulous mid-wife and a wonderful NP provider to families and their children of any age.  Over the last several months she has been seeing patients on Wednesdays and everyone, loves her.  She is verse in natural treatments, as well as traditional medical therapy.  Her profound knowledge of natural Women’s health, pregnancy, neonates, and family systems, is a great addition to the practice.  I can’t wait until she is here full time.  That means we will have two NP’s, both of whom are also trained as Nurse Midwives (Dani and Sam).  I am so proud of this practice becoming the ideal of Family Care that includes Integrative Medical principles for the care from the first day of life onward, from well visits to developmental disorders, to toxicity, and adult care with chronic disease.   We can address the community’s health needs and provide everyone with a comfortable medical home.

The way I envision this practice, is that most of the well child visits will move to Sam, Dani will continue to concentrate on hormones, detox, life-style change, and I will continue to concentrate on nutritional and natural interventions for Developmental Disorders, and Integrative treatments for chronic conditions, such as Lyme disease with Co-infections, and other disorders.

Once Sam arrives, we will more easily be able to handle same-day urgent appointments and all of us will share and address the needs of the patients and their phone messages, patient portal messages, and emails.

Although I will not be making appointments for many well visits on my schedule, I will be here and will visit with any patient and family at anytime during their office visit.

I really believe that with this plan, the provider’s greatest strengths will best match the patient’s needs, but I also recognize that this represents a change for some families, and may not fulfill everyone’s expectations.  I do hope that everyone will give this a try, provide us with feedback and by doing so, help us to better take care of you.  Let us know your thoughts.