The Personal About ME
I’ve been married to my incredible wife for 17 years, and together we’ve been blessed with five children — one of whom is already in Heaven. My greatest joy comes from family time and finding ways to serve others. Sometimes that service happens right here in our neighborhood… other times, it’s across the globe.
Over the years, one truth has become painfully clear: we all get lonely.
No matter where we are on the battlefield…maybe it’s on WhatsApp, in a hospital room, in a crowd, or in our own homes — loneliness wounds in a way nothing else can. It’s the silent burden so many carry.
But I’ve also learned something else: nothing revives the heart like real friendship… real fellowship… and the real Jesus.
In the Marine Corps, we called them “battle buddies” — the ones who stand beside you, lift both arms when they get fatigued or when you can’t lift them on your own…and help you fight through your darkest moments. When you have those kinds of people in your life?
Anything is possible and patients come to realize…it’s a big part of the healing process.
My Story
Some of my earliest memories are of my dad adjusting me at home — always gentle, always relieving, always restoring. If we had a complaint, my mom would take us by his office for a quick adjustment. It wasn’t just routine… It was a way of life.
Chiropractic wasn’t just the family business. It was our family passion.
My father practiced alongside his own parents and brother. My grandmother had a master’s degree in nutrition and worked with my grandfather, pioneering what we now call “functional medicine” before it had a name.
But my true path was shaped by personal crisis — the kind of health breakdown that makes you question everything.
My Conviction and Family Legacy
Around the same time, I attended my cousin David’s graduation from chiropractic school. He was valedictorian. As he spoke, generations of my family sat together — tears welling up — listening to him read letters from the 1920s written to our great-grandfather while he was in jail… for practicing chiropractic care in Ohio.
Yes, jailed.
He adjusted everyone in the jail — even the guards.
This profession has humble beginnings and endured intense persecution — and our family lived that story. That legacy burned something deep into my heart:
The world doesn’t need more doctors who manage symptoms — it needs doctors who fight for healing.
My Heart to Serve
While interning in Honolulu, God laid something on my heart: to serve those who needed care the most & had no access to it. After graduation, though “few & proud” I humbly served with the Marine Corps 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion. In 2008, we deployed to Al Anbar Province, Iraq, where we conducted infantry missions as part of a Helo Quick Reaction Force in our area of operation. During this time, it was also my personal mission — and blessing — to support my fellow Marines with chiropractic care.
My Patients: From Chronic Disease to Functional Breakthroughs
In private practice, I started to notice a pattern: patients were stuck in cycles of chronic disease. Many were tired, inflamed, insulin-resistant, and metabolically broken — but no one was asking why.
I remembered my grandmother’s wisdom and took a deep dive. In 2009, I pursued formal education in clinical nutrition, earning a Master’s in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, followed by a Diplomate from the American Clinical Board of Nutrition.
Today, my approach blends hands-on chiropractic care with advanced functional medicine to uncover the real reasons behind pain, weight gain, fatigue, thyroid dysfunction, and type 2 diabetes.
Credentials
2005
2014
2018
Doctor of Chiropractic
Master of Science Human Nutrition & Functional Medicine
Diplomate American Clinical Board of Nutrition
Personal Note To You
Your doctor isn’t a barista — they’re not here to take your order, they’re here to uncover the truth.
If all you have to do is ask your doctor if “it’s right for you”…
If you feel like the fire alarm is being treated — but the fire is still burning…
If they told you your labs are “normal,” even though your body feels exhausted and your quality of life is slipping away…
If your pain and symptoms were brushed off as “just in your head”...
Then something critical is being missed and important questions are not being asked.
We have to get honest — with ourselves and with our doctors.
Yes, the convenience is appealing. The actors in the commercials look happy. The quick fixes seem simple.
But that approach?
It bypasses the truth. It bypasses healing.
And eventually… it catches up with you.
If you’re ready for a real answer — it starts by asking better questions.
Like, why is this happening in the first place?
The doctor I chose to be is compassionate, investigative, and fights for what’s really going on. That’s the kind of doctor my great-grandfather chose to be — even when it cost him everything to take a stand.