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Medical Consulting

Training

  • Des Moines University

    2005- Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)

  • Advocate Christ Children’s Hospital

    2008 – Pediatric Residency

  • Harvard Medical School

    2009 – Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship (children and adults) – Massachusetts General Hospital/Boston Childrens/Dana Farber Cancer Institute

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Cancer

    2013 – Radiation Oncology Residency

  • University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute

    2014 – Pediatric Proton Beam Therapy Fellowship

  • Health Coaching Institute

    2024 – Health and life coaching training focus in Rehabilitation/Recovery and Living with Life Limiting Diseases

  • Polestar Pilates/Rehab

    2025 – Pilates Instructor including Rehabilitation Training

Areas of Expertise and Interest

  • Childhood Malignancies (Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adults)

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine for Pediatrics and Adults

  • Breast Cancer

  • Brain Tumors

  • Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

  • Proton Beam Therapy

  • Sexual Health

  • Reducing acute and late toxicities of treatment

  • Optimizing Quality of Life

Board Certifications and Qualifications

  • Pediatric Board Certified

    Currently participating in Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
    Board Certified : 2008

  • Pediatric and Adult Palliative Medicine Board Certified

    Currently participating in MOC
    Board Certified :2009

  • Radiation Oncology Board Certified

    Currently participating in MOC
    Board Certified:2014

Experience

  • Modalities

    3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT)

    Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

    Image Guided Radiation therapy (IGRT)

    Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) / Hypofractionation

    Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)

    Proton Beam Therapy (PRT)

  • Electronic Medical Records / Equipment

    Pinnacle

    Mosaiq

    Aria

    Ray Station

    MIM

    EPIC

Services Offered

  • Medical Consulting

  • Manuscript Review

  • Case Review

  • Education/Lectures

  • Locum Tenums