Our Services: Primary Care, Integrative Care, Aesthetic Medicine

"We offer complete care from newborns to their grandparents."


 

Cutting Edge Primary Care for Adults and Children

  1. Primary Care – Routine pediatric to geriatric care. Immunizations, preventative care, chronic disease management. We care for men, women, and children and offer same day acute care appointments to the best of our ability. We have evening and Saturday hours to meet your primary care needs.   Experts:  Ryan, Alicia, Elizabeth, Jenn Lucas
  2. Pediatric care - primary care from infants on, delayed immunization schedules, same day acute care appointments, evening and Saturday hours.  Ryan, Alicia, Jenn Lucas,  holistic pediatric care from birth on:  Debbie, Jenn Hicks.  (We love to see children)
  3. Routine Gynecological Care – full range of services including routine gynecological care and contraceptive management. Experts: Alicia, Elizabeth, Jenn Lucas
  4. Expert diabeties management - our practice focuses on diabetes care and includes advance testing to fully evaluate and treat the increased incidence of cardiovascular complications and increased risk for hormonal or autoimmune disease in diabetics. Most of our diabetic patients are managed by Ryan and Elizabeth who are the clinic experts.  They continue to receive advance training in diabetes to keep up with the latest research and treatment options. 
  5. Allergies – diagnosis of allergies and asthma, with treatment medically.  SLIT therapy, sublingual (in mouth) sprays instead of shots to permanently rid nasal and asthma allergies at a fraction of the cost and without the pain of allergy shots and just as effective.  Experts for SLIT: Ryan, Elizabeth
  6. Cutting edge cardiovascular health and prevention – full range of holistic and medical testing for markers of cardiovascular disease.  We also offer instant cholesterol testing and LPP -lipoprotein profile particle testing.  Our focus is not only on risk management to prevent cardiovascular disease, but we also treat high cholesterol with the latest in naturopathic and medical treatment.  Since 50% of heart attack patients have normal cholesterol, we go steps above just cholesterol and offer advance testing to identify the full range of risk factors and blood testing that can identify who is at risk and what can be done about it besides the usual medication only approach.  Experts:Ryan Cate, Elizabeth Lewis,Bob Ruiz
  7. Surgical – mole, cyst removals, ingrown toenail management, laceration repairs. Expert: Ryan, Alicia
  8. Skin – mole checks, mole removal and biopsies, wart, acne, rosacea treatment. Expert: Ryan, Alicia, Bob Ruiz
  9. Psychiatric care- treatment of depression, anxiety, ADD.  Experts: Elizabeth, Jenn Lucas, Alicia, Ryan.
  10. Physical Medicine - musculoskeletal pain and nerve pain management using a variety of techniques in treatment including joint injections, mesotherapy, trigger point injections.   Dr. Yu is the only provider trained to do these extensive therapies so will continue to do so even as she stops seeing other types of patients.  No other provider in our clinic does the full spectrum of injections she does.  When making an apt with Dr. Yu for injections, please specify you are interested in injections. 

 


 

Integrative Care

 

  1. Food Intolerance Testing- we focus a huge part of our practice on educating patients about the difference between food allergies and food intolerance.  We offer comprehensive blood testing for 110 foods in one panel, which most insurances will cover.  Reliability of the laboratory tests and the experience of the provider to properly interpret those results are key.  We have had years of experience with food intolerance testing and we have worked with the current laboratory for years to ensure quality results and patient education. 
  2. Hormone balance - integrative approach to balancing male and female hormones including the use of bioidentical hormones. We offer blood and salivary hormone measurement options for patients.  Experts for females: Drs. Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Hicks.  For males: Drs. Ruiz, Hicks, and Ryan Cate.
  3. Holistic Pediatric Care - well child physicials, delayed immunization schedules, we focus on diet, nutrition, gut health, allergies, and asthma for kids, as well as focusing on behaviorial issues, sleep disturbances, and spectrum disorders.  Experts for holistic pediatric care: Dr. Debbie Rice (newborn on) and Dr. Jenn Hicks (age 7 and older) 
  4. Autoimmune Disease Center - we focus our practice on cutting edge integratie autoimmune disease treatment and prevention.  We work with patients who have MS, Hashimotos, Lupus, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac, Rheumatoid Arthritis to help them get control of their disease using holistic treatment and we offer an extensive amount of diagnostic testing to test for other autoimmune related antibodies and cross-reactivity panels to prevent other systems from being damaged.  Autoimmune diseases require an integrative approach.  Experts: Debbie, Jenn Hicks, Carrie, Bob Ruiz.
  5. Hashimotos hypothyroid management – We are a center for integrative Hashimotos care! We recognize this is an aggressive multi-system autoimmune disease and we bring the latest holistic treatment and management of this chronic disease to change lives. We treat hundreds of patients for this condition and have changed lives. Experts: Drs. Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Hicks
  6. Gastrointestinal Health Services- traditional and holistic screening and treatment of heartburn, irritable bowel syndrome, digestion problems, intestinal infections, liver and gallbladder disease, the use of low dose naltrexone in Crohns, and Ulcerative colitis.   Experts: Drs.Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Hicks
  7. Celiac Disease - we are experts in medical and holistic diagnosing and treating celiac and gluten intolerance.   We go way beyond the one blood test or biopsy that says you have it you don't.  Truly finding out if you have celiac or gluten intolerance is complex, as there are many different ways to make the diagnosis and each test can have false positives or negatives.  Deal with the experts here and don't be the one of many who've been told they don't have either only to later discover the tremendous health benefits once you are properly diagnosed.  We offer many medical and holistic test options to help make the correct diagnosis. Experts: Debbie, Carrie, Bob Ruiz.
  8. Endocrine – specializing in integrative treatment of female and male hormone imbalances, adrenal fatigue, thyroid disease including Hashimotos, and polycystic ovarian syndrome, and diabetes. Expert: Drs. Jones, Ruiz, Rice, Hicks
  9. Fertility – specializing in naturopathic work up and treatment. Expert: Dr. Jones
  10. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome/Metabolic Syndrome- this multi systemic disease requires a full integrative approach.  We love working with patients with this condition.  Experts: Jenn Hicks, Debbie Rice, Carrie Jones.
  11. Psychiatric – diagnosis and management of many psychiatric conditions. We also offer neurotransmitter testing to specifically target treatment medically and holistic for kids and adults.  Experts on Med management: Drs. Jones, Ruiz, Rice, .
  12. Autism spectrum/ADD spectrum Disorder - we offer medical treatment options, but we do feel these diagnosis require the integration of holistic testing and treatment options for these complex disorders. Read our article on this. Experts: Jenn Lucas, Debbie Rice, Jennifer Hicks
  13. Pyroluria - common disorder in many patients with Autism, ADD and psychiatric disorders.  This genetic disease which causes low b6 and zinc is a quickly reversible cause of many behaviorial symptoms.   Unfortunately few psychiatrists and medical doctors have training on this condition.  Furthermore, many of these patients have gut absorption and brain neurotransmitter abnormalities, we offer a thoughtful integrative diagnosis and treatment plan addressing all aspects of this condition. Experts: Dr. Rice and Jones.
  14. Micro-nutrient, minerals, amino acid, and anti-oxidant testing – for those who want to make sure they’re on the right vitamins, that they’re absorbing, and for those who want take a pro-active approach to figure out what is missing before problems arise, this test panel is the most comprehensive panel one can get and it’s covered by most insurances.  Find out cancer risks, anti-oxidant levels, and understand why genetically or nutritionally you are at risk for certain diseases and what can be done to prevent it. Experts: Drs. Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Ryan Cate.
  15. Adrenal Fatigue/Disorders – several of our providers specialize in the diagnosis and holistic treatment of adrenal disorders for men and women. Experts: Dr. Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Hicks.
  16. Epstein Barr Virus – there are limited options medically to treat acute or chronic EBV infection, we offer additional holistic treatment options of mono and chronic fatigue. Experts: Drs. Jones, Rice, Ruiz, Hicks.
  17. Physical &Joint injections - mesotherapy, prolothearpy, and joint injections with homeopathic natural products to treat chronic pain, fibromyalgia, acute muscular or bone injuries, remove adhesions in muscles and ligaments.  Expert: Dr. Yu (she will continue to do these injections as she moves into administrative role as she's the only provider that does these injections.)

 


 

Aesthetic Medicine

 

  1. Aesthetic Skincare - Botox, chemical peels and fillers, see our Aesthetic Medicine page.  Expert: Dr. Ruiz

Clinic Announcements

 

  • Saturday isn't just same day urgent care, you can prebook physicals and visits with primary care and naturopathic providers.  We also offer evening hours till 7pm Monday-Thursday.
  • Aesthetic services by Dr. Ruiz ND including Botox®, Restylane®/Perlane® natural fillers, and chemical peels. 
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  • SLIT Therapy: sublingual sprays to rid nasal allergies or asthma, works just as well as allergy shots at a fraction of the cost and no shots!
  • We are the Food Intolerance Center of Portland, testing now covered by most insurance, talk to your provider.
  • We love to see kids for routine pediatric care and for integrated care of allergies, asthma, food intolerance, behavior concerns, neurotransmitter testing and the treatment of spectrum disorders.