I am an Osteopathic Family Medicine Physician who was born in Billings, MT and was raised just outside of Red Lodge, MT in the rural community of Luther. I went to college at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD and went to medical school at Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine. My Family Medicine Residency training was in Missoula and Kalispell, MT at the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana. After completing residency, my wife, our daughter and I moved to Helena. We’ve added two kids since then and the five of us are so happy to call Helena home.

Once I discovered the philosophy of osteopathic medicine and how DOs are trained to promote the body’s natural tendency toward self-healing and health I knew this was the path for me. I love OMT and its ability to treat problems that can cause pain/dysfunction when patients would often just receive a medication addressing symptoms and not the problem. I strongly connected with the Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine, which include: 1) The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit. 2) The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance. 3) Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated. 4) Rational treatment is based upon understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation and the interrelationship of structure and function. My osteopathic training has given me extensive knowledge, useful treatment tools like OMT, but most importantly I learned to see a patient as a person to team up with and not a problem to fix.