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Dr.
Robert Gear Jr.
Dr. Rick Shacket
Dr. Oddveig
Myhre
Dr. Maya Roth
Dr. Robert Gear
III
Dr. Brent
Gear
Dr. Lauren
Pihlgren
 Robert Lee Gear Jr., D.C.,
N.M.D.
Dr. Robert Gear Jr. is the Medical
Director of Comprehensive Health Services. He maintains
a clinical research and integrative medicine practice, in
Phoenix
Arizona. He is Board
Certified in Minor Surgery and Family Medicine by the Naturopathic
Physicians Medical Board . He is past president of the Arizona
Naturopathic Medical Association, and serves as a Clinical Professor
for the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health
Sciences, in Phoenix Arizona
Dr. Gear completed his
premedical studies at Phoenix College. He received a degree
in chiropractic medicine from the National College of Chiropractic,
in Chicago
Illinois. Dr. Gear
received his Naturopathic M.D. degree from the National College of
Naturopathic Medicine, in Portland Oregon, in
1979.
Dr. Gear's research
experience includes laser accupuncture treatment, and the treatment
of colon and rectal disorders with colon hydrotherapy. His subspecialty
interest are manipulative surgery, and the treatment of hemorrhoids using painless non-surgical
techniques.
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 Rick A. Shacket, D.O., M.D.
(H.)
Dr. Rick Shacket maintains a clinical research, colorectal, and
vein specialty practice in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a board certified
specialist, certified by the American Osteopathic Board of
Proctology; the American Board of Laser Surgery; and the American
Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Shacket is from
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Dr. Shacket received a Bachelors Degree from Hillsdale College,
in Hillsdale, Michigan. He received his Medical Degree from the
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific, in Pomona, California. He received
postdoctoral training in homeopathic medicine from the American
Medical College of Homeopathy, in Phoenix, Arizona. He is dually
licensed by the State of Arizona as a Doctor of Medicine
(Homeopathic), and as an Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon. Dr.
Shacket is a national lecturer on the subject of proctology and
phlebology. He is the author of most of the text found on this web
site.
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 Oddveig Myhre, M.S.,
N.M.D.
Dr. Oddveig Myhre is a
naturopathic physician that has specialized in chronic and
autoimmune diseases, but she also sees patients with all kinds of
needs and conditions.
Dr. “O”, as most of her patients call her, comes from
Norway where she was born
and raised. She moved
to San Diego in her early 20’s where
she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology
from San
Diego State
University. She holds a Masters of
Science degree in Neuroimmunology from ASU where her focus was on
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. More specifically she
researched the interaction between the immune system and the nervous
system in regards to these autoimmune diseases. Licensed in the State of
Arizona, Dr. O holds a Doctorate
in Naturopathic Medicine from Southwest College of Naturopathic
Medicine and Health Sciences. Educated in the same basic sciences as
an M.D, her studies also included nutrition, botanical medicine,
spinal manipulation, homeopathic medicine, and Traditional Chinese
Medicine. In her time
off, Dr. O likes to salsa dance, scuba dive and travel. She enjoys camping with
friends and in spite of the extreme climate that Phoenix has to
offer, she thoroughly enjoys the heat! Dr. O's philosophy as a
physician ... Click
Here.
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 Maya Roth N.M.D.
Dr. Roth is the 1st year recipient
of the Integrative Therapeutics, Inc. – American Association of
Naturopathic Physicians STAIR Scholarship and Residency. She joins
Comprehensive Health Services after completing a Doctor of
Naturopathic Medicine Degree from the University Of
Bridgeport College Of Naturopathic
Medicine in Bridgeport, CT. Dr. Roth received her
undergraduate degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.
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 Robert Lee Gear III, D.O.
Dr. Robert Gear III maintains a Family Practice and
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine practice, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was certified by the
American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians in 2001. An avid
pilot, Dr. Gear is also a specialist in Aerospace Medicine and
serves as a flight surgeon for the Army National Guard.
Dr. Gear received
a Bachelors Degree from Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona. He received his Medical
Degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York
Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, New York. He
completed a three year residency and internship in Family
Practice at Long Beach
Medical Center, in Long Beach, New
York.
Dr. Gear
occasionally works as an emergency room specialist at La Paz
Regional Hospital in Parker, Arizona. He has recently been deployed
to Iraq, where he also provides emergency medicine as a Major in the
Army National Guard.
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 Brent J.
Gear, D.O.
Dr. Brent Gear maintains
a practice in Emergency Medicine and Accident Injury Medicine, in
Phoenix,
Arizona. He was
certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine,
in 2000. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency
Physicians. Dr. Gear is an adjunct clinical professor at the
University of Arizona College of Medicine, in Phoenix; and at the Midwestern University
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Glendale.
Dr. Gear received
a Bachelors Degree from Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona. He received his Medical
Degree from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic
Medicine, in Des
Moines, Iowa. He served a traditional
rotating internship at Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, in Tempe Arizona;
and completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital, in Chicago, Illinois.
A veteran of the
United States Army, the Iowa Army National Guard, and the Arizona
Army National Guard, Dr. Gear was activated for the Iraq war in 2003. He
has a subspecialty interest in Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy
(OMT) which he frequently uses when treating
patients in the emergency room. He currently practices Emergency
Medicine at Paradise
Valley Hospital, and maintains a private practice
in Accident Injury Medicine at Comprehensive Health Services, in
Phoenix,
Arizona.
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 Dr. Lauren Pilgen
Dr.
Lauren Pihlgren N.M.D., BCIAC is a naturopathic physician preceptee
who specializes in peak performance utilizing
biological and body-based medicine such as high-nutrient IV therapy
combined with nutritional counseling and supplementation as needed
in addition to physical manipulation including the manipulative
surgery treatment, acupuncture, homeopathy and EEG-based Biofeedback
(also called Neurofeedback).
Growing
up the only girl in the neighborhood, Dr. Pihlgren has participated
in almost every sport imaginable and because of her athletic
background has set her sights on sports injury medicine and pain
elimination in addition to improving peak performance. To this end, Dr. Pihlgren
possesses certification in EEG-based Biofeedback (Neurofeedback)
from the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) and
also maintains a membership in the International Society for
Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR).
Dr.
Pihlgren received her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in
October 2007 and is waiting to take her licensing board exams in
August 2008, until then she is working under a Preceptorship license
under Dr. Gear’s tutelage. Dr. Pihlgren is also
working at Southwest College as a teaching
assistant in the Physical Manipulation lab class taught by Dr. Nick
Buratovich.
To
find out more about Dr. Lauren Pihlgren and what brought her to
Naturopathic Medicine, Click Here.
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