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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. Elliott Schmerler


 

 

dr_gear_picture11.cm2Robert 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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Dr. Rick Shacket maintains a clinical research, colorectal, and family practice in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a board certified specialist, certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Proctology in 1991; the American Board of Laser Surgery in 1992, and the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians in 1992. 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. He served an internship at Hillside Hospital, in San Diego, California. At Humana Hospital Desert Valley, in Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Shacket received postdoctoral training in the specialty of Proctology from Dr. Jerome J. Bernhard, then President of the American Osteopathic College of Proctology. Dr. Shacket is a national lecturer on the subject of proctology and hemorrhoids. He is the author of most of the text found on this web site.

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Img28.pngOddveig 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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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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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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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. Elliott Schmerler has been board certified by the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, the American Board of Family Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards. A Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Dr. Schmerler has been a frequent lecturer at the Annual Scientific Conventions of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Recognized as an expert by his peers he was elected to serve as an examiner for the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Schmerler training included a 5-year Fellowship, approved by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery by Morton Mazaheri, M.D. Dr. Mazaheri is a recognized sculptor, artist and a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to the stars

Dr. Schmerler has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, in Family Medicine, and has published numerous articles in major scientific journals including the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Schmerler has also served as Medical Director and Chief of Staff at Lakeside Community Hospital in Nevada. Dr. Schmerler, a Biomedical Engineer, also holds a U.S. Patent for an intelligent stethoscope he developed for 3M corporation.

Dr. Schmerler has also served as an instructor in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Pediatric Life Support and received postdoctoral training in homeopathic medicine from the American Medical College of Homeopathy, in Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Schmerler has remained active in his communities by donating his time and expertise. He is a speaker for the American Cancer Society and a volunteer for The Childrens Cabinet, a free clinic.

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