I am a gay man who has been living with HIV since 1986. I am HIV+U, thanks in large part to the care I’ve received from my medical providers. Finding the kind of provider who affirms care to people who are gay and/or HIV+ has been a long and often difficult journey, but that very fact has helped me to understand what kinds of issues arise when LGBT people, particularly seniors, need to find healthcare. I hope I use my own experience as a healthcare service consumer, as a senior and as a gay man to inform the kind of care I bring to bear in working with my clients.

Central to my philosophy of working as a physical therapist is understanding, first, that seniors tend often to get dismissed or ignored by the healthcare profession. Seeing that reality up close, I try to work with my clients with open eyes, careful listening, and a focus on providing a salient response to my clients’s needs and goals. I work to promote self-efficacy for my clients and to promote optimal quality of life.

My work background has been primarily in outpatient orthopedic clinics. In that setting, I have had the chance to develop skills in addressing the needs of people with complex medical histories, including people with neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, MS, acquired brain injury and other neurological disorders. My most recent training has focused on becoming and maintaining LSVT BIG certification. I am engaged in ongoing training in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization and in various modalities of manual therapy intervention, such as Primal Reflex Release Treatment, Strain-Counterstrain, and dry needling.