My journey to becoming a chiropractor began after a career in real estate and generally being a professional student for a while. When I took care of my grandmother when she was sick in her later years, she told me I should become a doctor. “You have such a good bedside manner,” she said. And that got me thinking. 

So I investigated becoming a chiropractor. One of my father's contemporaries was a chiropractor, so I spent time with him and
I decided chiropractic would be a career that I could enjoy doing for the rest of my life; taking care of others and teaching them how to take care of themselves.

I was accepted into Palmer College of Chiropractic West in Sunnyvale, CA, in January of 1989. My wife, Lori, and I were married in December 1989. I graduated with my doctorate of Chiropractic in September of 1993. Then, after 2 months of intensive daily preparation, I passed the oral California State Board Examinations. 

I went to work for Dale Jacobson, DC in January 1994, and he taught me more about treating patients in 6 months than I learned in all my years at chiropractic college.  In May 2015, I opened my own practice in Grass Valley and have been serving Nevada County ever since.

My chiropractic work with animals began when I discovered Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation (V.O.M.) in 1998. I attended numerous V.O.M. seminars to learn animal anatomy, organ systems and how to adjust the spine with the Activator. Soon, most every veterinarian in town began using my services in their offices, because they were seeing such dramatic results without surgery or medications. I enjoy great satisfaction in seeing my four-legged friends healed.

I live in Penn Valley with Lori and have two adult children, Stuart and Anna.