D Dawn Motyka, MD
Practice Information
- Consultations Online
- Consultations by Phone
Practice Location
Information for Patients
From the practitioner: About My Practice
Please check our website at www.optimagehealth.com for extensive details about the practice and our philosophy. Briefly, much of what conventional medicine considers to be incurable chronic disease that will inevitably deteriorate is reversible. In many cases, there aren't important drivers of disease in the diet, environment, and behavior of the individual which can have a profound transformative effect on the so-called chronic disease when modified. Our mission is to assist our clients in identifying both the what and the how of making targeted strategic change in their lifestyle with the goal of reversing the disease process and restoring health and longevity.
From the practitioner: What Patients Can Expect
Our clients should expect a 1 to 2 hour initial visit carefully focused on their current complaints and with a thorough analysis of all of the background factors known and unsuspected that may have contributed to their issues. After this, they will leave with a preliminary plan of action which they can immediately initiate while any additional confirmatory or exploratory testing is performed. Clients should expect us to be very available and they will receive access to a free secure Internet portal so that they may conveniently ask questions and report interval information as they go through their healing process.
Graduate School Education
University of California Davis school of medicine
Professional Associations
American Academy of family physicians, American Academy of medical acupuncturists ,Board-certified American Academy of Family Practice, Certified Functional Medicine practitioner, board-certified American Board of Medical Acupuncture, California medical Association, board member: Santa Cruz County Medical Society
IFM Coursework
- Advanced Clinical Training: Reversing Cognitive Decline
- Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
- Bioenergetics (formerly Energy) Advanced Practice Module
- Cardiometabolic Advanced Practice Module
- Environmental Health (formerly Detox) Advanced Practice Module
- GI Advanced Practice Module
- Hormone Advanced Practice Module
- Immune Advanced Practice Module