Dr. Thomas Dorman (e-mail: td@paracelsusclinic.com) had an eclectic up-bringing, before turning to medicine. It included service in the Israeli paratroopers in the 1956 Sinai campaign. He graduated from Edinburgh University, Scotland in medicine and then followed a diversified career in several branches of medicine. This was followed by a residency equivalent in internal medicine and cardiology which led to the Membership in the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. During a sojourn in Canada, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and became board certified in internal medicine in the United States.

Pursuing the problems of chest pain of non-cardiac origin he developed an interest in orthopedic medicine in which his main contributions to medicine and science ensued. Dr. Dorman has practiced and studied the use of prolotherapy extensively and has contributed substantially to research in this area. Most ligament failure affects the low back and the neck. Studying this area led Dr. Dorman into developing a new understanding of the role of the human pelvis in locomotion in which ligaments play a sentinel role. Dr. Dorman is one physician who describes himself as a ligament doctor.

Dr. Dorman has achieved recognition as an author and editor of several texts on these subjects and has produced a hard hitting medical newsletter in the last several years called Fact Fiction & Fraud in Modern Medicine which can be obtained via his web site; www.dormanpub.com, or directly by Phone: 253-854-7050, or Fax: 253-854-6135. That web site also houses reproduction of many of his articles dealing with the philosophy of medicine and science, as well as articles on innovation in the musculo-skeletal system. In this context he has contributed to the understanding of the value of the Hippocratic Oath and the problems modern medicine is experiencing through socialism. This short odyssey led Dr. Dorman to finding himself described by his peers as an alternative practitioner. This designation turned out to be prophetic. In the last ten years he has studied and incorporated several new and controversial methods into his practice. Some of these have included the use of Dark Filed Microscopy for the selection of patient specific remedies, based mostly on the research of a fascinating German zoologist, Günther Enderlein. This line of interest has led to some amazing therapeutic outcomes.

Other medical interests include chelation therapy, nutrition, biological balancing and EEG Neurofeed-back.

Dr. Dorman started the Paracelsus Clinic of Washington in Federal Way, Washington in July 2000.

Jena Schliiter, M.D. is a board certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with a specific interest in the orthopaedic medicine branch of her specialty. She has developed Expertise in the area of male and female hormone manipulation-also called interventional endocrinology. This field involves multi-system evaluations and treatment and is heavily intertwined with the field of nutrition.

Dr. Schliiter was raised in Montreal, Canada where she attended McGill University for both an undergraduate degree in human physiology and her medical training. She additionally had a year of internal medicine training in Boston prior to her residency in PM&R in Minnesota. She has been residing in the United States since 1990 and maintains apolitical and tolerant of many differing views and peoples from different walks of life.

Raymond Dent, N.D., (e-mail: rdent@paracelsusclinic.com) is a member of the first graduating class of the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine (now Bastyr University), at Seattle, Washington. He was awarded his doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine four years after the institution's founding in 1978.

Dr. Dent has practiced privately, as well as in association with several holistically oriented clinics and laboratories over the last eighteen years. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians and has taught diagnostic ultrasound and clinical urology at Bastyr University. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles related to alternative health care and has appeared on several television and radio broadcasts over the years.

Dr. Dent's practice is broad in scope and utilizes therapeutic nutrition, homeopathy and botanical medicine. He also offers specialized non-surgical therapy for those troubled by hemorrhoids. In concert with Dr. Dorman, Dr. Dent is able to combine advanced medical therapies with traditional naturopathy. He offers specialized protocols directed at infertility, gastrointestinal disorders, heart related problems, autoimmune syndromes and endocrine dysfunction. In addition, he has broad experience working with children's health problems.

Adam Geiger, N.D. is a graduate of Bastyr University and a licensed doctor of Naturopathic medicine in the State of Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry Honors from the University of Michigan. As a research fellow at the University of Michigan Hospital and the Departments of Chemistry and Biopsychology he investigated the cellular mechanisms of cancer cell death, mitochondrial injury, and neurodegeneration. In addition to his experiences in academic research, he worked as a neurochemist in the pharmaceutical industry investigating the mechanisms of antidepressant medications. These experiences in research established a deep appreciation for the complexity of human chemistry and fostered a keen interest in nutritional biochemistry, functional laboratory assessments and the clinical use of nutritional therapies.

Dr. Geiger recognizes that a careful systematic investigation of the root causes of illness and an individualized treatment strategy are often the key to healing chronic disease. To stimulate the innate healing mechanisms and establish a foundation for healthy living, therapeutic diet and lifestyle recommendations are combined with nutritional and botanical medicines. Areas of clinical focus include gastrointestinal disorders, environmental medicine, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and endocrine imbalances.

He is a member of both the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. In their spare time, Dr. Geiger and his wife enjoy climbing, fishing, gardening, and hiking with their two dogs.

Steve Corey (e-mail: scorey@paracelsusclinic.com) has made himself indispensable in the alternative medical clinic. He started working in the medical clinic environment in 1994 and has made his career in managing the IV preparations and slowly but surely has come to be the resource person for a whole array of technological apparatus. Combining his growing skills in bio-medicine with the intricacies of hardware, software and some of the complex customized instruments which have become indispensable in an alternative medical environment. He has been a member of the Paracelsus Clinic team since November 2000.

Debbie Bentley is a Surgical Technologist licensed with the State of Washington. She began working in the medical field in Oregon in 1974 as a certified nursing assistant in the OB and medical/surgical departments. In 1981, she began on-the-job training as a Surgical Technologist. She passed the national exam for certification in 1983. While studying for the exam, she took a course through the Fire Department and earned certification as EMT I. Debbie worked extensively in Surgery, OB, ER and Central Processing before taking a leave when she moved to Washington in 1989.

Debbie began working at Paracelsus Clinic in August of 2003. Her primary duty is of nurse working under the supervision of the doctor. She is the person at the clinic who is primarily in charge of laboratory work. She is licensed with the State of Washington as Health Care Assistant.