Film Contributors
Patrick Hart, M.S., OMD, D.M.(P) specializes in integrative health care and holistic nutrition. He finished the Oriental Medical Doctor’s residency program through Conmaul’s Oriental Medical Hospital in Seoul, South Korea with an emphasis on women’s health and infertility. His Oriental Medical Degree was completed at Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando, Florida.
Helping people around the world is a passion of Dr. Skip’s and he has worked in many impoverished countries helping the needy in areas of rural countries spanning from Mexico to India.
Additionally, Dr. Skip ranges from traditional medicine to all forms of integrative practices. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Naturopathic Medical Examiners and specializes in Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis.
Dr. Kristine Tohtz discovered chiropractic and holistic medicine at a young age. Having seen the wonders that chiropractic and acupuncture had on her family, she decided to dedicate her life to helping others with their ailments in a holistic manner incorporating these two healing arts into one practice.
Dr. Tohtz graduated magna cum laude from the National University of Health Sciences in April 2001. While attending chiropractic school, she also began working toward a diplomate in Acupuncture and in August 2009 received her Diplomate in Acupuncture from the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Chiropractic Acupuncture of which she now sits on the board as the secretary. In April 2009, Dr. Tohtz completed a certification in Pregnancy and Pediatric care through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (icpa4kids.com). She is also a certified post-partum doula and the Illinois state representative for Maternity Wise (maternitywise.com). As a Certified Yoga Instructor through the Temple of Kriya Yoga, Dr. Tohtz uses the combination of all of these healing arts in a coupled manner for rehabilitation, treatment and general stress management. So that she may offer the most cutting edge treatment options for her patients, Dr. Tohtz attends numerous continuing education courses in rehabilitation, yoga, nutritional therapies, acupuncture, Chinese medicine and other forms of alternative medicine such as hypnotherapy.
Dr. Tohtz served as an instructor in the department of Chiropractic Practice and as a staff clinician at the National University of Health Sciences for 4 years after she graduated. She continues to teach Pregnancy and Pediatric care as well as Acupuncture through the University’s Post Graduate Education Department.
Dr. Zvi Binor specializes in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. His greatest joy is to help couples become families after years of being unable to conceive. He approaches patients with warmth, compassion and strives to uncover the root cause of infertility issues.
DR. ANTHONY CARUSO – PHOTO BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
I am Anthony Caruso, MPH, MD,Catholic Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist who practiced in the Fertility world, including IVF and Artificial Insemination for 15 years. I left the field in 2010 due to a conversion to a more authentic Catholic Faith in addition to some of the things that I was seeing. I am currently an OB Hospitlalist while seeking the funding to open the St Anne Center for Reproductive Health.
Thomas Myers studied directly with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller. He has also studied less extensively with movement teachers Judith Aston, Emilie Conrad, and in the martial arts. His work is influenced by cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with European schools of osteopathy.
An inveterate traveler, Tom has practiced integrative manual therapy for over 30 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings, including 10 years in London, and traveling practices in Hamburg, Rome, Nairobi, and Sydney, as well as a dozen locales in the US. He is a member of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI).
Author of Anatomy Trains (Elsevier 2001) and a set of supporting videos, Tom has also penned over 60 articles for trade magazines and journals on anatomy, soft tissue manipulation, and the social scourge of somatic alienation and loss of reliance on kinesthetic intelligence.
A certified Touch-in-Parenting instructor, Tom retains a strong interest in peri-natal issues relating to movement.
Living on the coast of Maine, Tom directs Kinesis, which conducts professional certification and continuing education courses worldwide.