Center of Excellence in
Naturopathic Cardiovascular Medicine
What We Do
Provide Superior Patient Care
Working closely with conventional cardiovascular specialists, we diagnose and treat conditions of the heart, lungs, blood and blood vessels. The Center of Excellence emphasizes evidence informed natural medicine approaches integrated with the conventional standard of care. Specific treatment plans may include a combination of dietary counseling, therapeutic exercise, herbal medicine, nutritional supplements, physical medicine, oxygen therapy and pharmaceutical medicines, among others.
Conditions treated
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol (including severe and hereditary high cholesterol)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Palpitations
- Atrial brillation
- Cardiac dysrhythmias
- Chest pain
- Coronary artery disease
- Cardiomyopathies
- Heart failure
- Syncope
- Chronic lung disease
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Anticoagulation management
Services Include
- Acute care (non-emergent)
- Biofeedback and stress restructuring
- Case management and care transfers
- Consultations and second opinions
- Integrative case management—collaborative care with other doctors
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and supervised exercise
- Oxygen multistep therapy (OMST)
- LiveO2 Adaptive Oxygen Therapy
- Electrocardiography (ECG) resting
- ECG: 24-48 hour cardiac monitoring
- Exercise stress testing
- Diagnostic ultrasound of the heart and vascular system
- Laboratory diagnostic services
- Pulsed magnetic cellular exercise
- Spirometry testing
Cultivate and Uphold Standards of Excellence
The Center of Excellence adheres to national standards of care on conditions of the heart, lungs and blood, augmenting those rigorous standards with evidence-informed complementary and alternative medicine. It is our intention to also serve as leaders within the field, helping create national organizations that promote and facilitate these same standards of quality in naturopathic cardiovascular medicine.
