1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Naturopathy, Functional Medicine, Clinical Nutrition
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
I have treated approximately 300 children in age range 2.5 to 18 years old.
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
No
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
1 hour
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
40 minutes
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
Yes
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
Yes
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
Yes
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
Yes, we speak French, Italian, & Portuguese.
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Yes
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Yes
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
We have sales agreement with supplement suppliers and we sell at list price.
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
We provide receipts for submission to insurance companies
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
yes, we have a fee component for the test and a fee component for the interpretation of test results
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
No
Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Conferences: Spring 2005, 2008; Completed Clinician Seminar 2006, Spring 2008; Completed Clinician Seminar Level II Spring 2008
If there is a discrepency between the responses listed above and the practitioner's actual practice, please write to us at: ARI, 4182 Adams Ave., San Diego, CA 92116; or fax: (619) 563-6840