| 1811 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 110
Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-458-9200
fax 310-458-1609
e-mail: office@DoctorRaisen.com
www.DoctorRaisen.com
“It
is better to know the patient who has a disease,
than to know the disease the patient has.”
William Osler, M.D.
Dr.
Raisen is a board certified Family Practice physician who provides
Western and complementary holistic medical care to the whole
family, including children, teenagers, and mature adults. Dr.
Raisen earned her M.D. at Mount Sinai Medical School in New
York City and completed a residency program in Family Practice
in Los Angeles. As a healer, Dr. Raisen believes in empowering
her patients through personally tailored diagnostic and treatment
plans in order to attain their optimal health. She wants her
patients to enjoy a sense of well being in body, mind, and
spirit. Dr. Raisen provides care, commitment, and communication
to her patients to help them achieve their health goals.
Her
philosophy includes an idea from Dr. William Osler, one of the
founders of modern medicine. He said, “It is better to know
the patient who has the disease, than to know the disease that
the patient has.” She interviews people extensively about
their medical concerns as well as about lifestyle including diet
and exercise, family, current love relationships, career, and
how they express themselves creatively. She pays special attention
to emotional and spiritual issues.
In
your sessions with Dr. Raisen, she practices Integrative Medicine,
which combines the “best of both worlds” of Western
medicine and complementary therapies. She uses nutrition, herbs,
mind-body practices, and health assessment through specialized
functional medicine tests. Only a few doctors carry out these
tests which can evaluate the function of hormones, adrenal, liver
and digestive systems. She treats women's issues, such as menopause,
with an integrative approach including natural hormones. With
regard to mind-body practices, she uses such practices as hypnotherapy,
meditation, and yoga to help to heal the body and mind.
Dr.
Raisen's special interests are women's health and preventative
medicine. She helps with concerns such as the following:
| Well woman gynecology |
|
Nutritional counseling |
| PMS |
|
Immune system function |
| Menopausal symptoms |
|
Gastrointestinal disturbance |
| Vaginitis |
|
Stress reduction |
| Pediatrics |
|
Skin conditions |
She
provides health care maintenance, such as pap smears, and annual
physicals.
Dr.
Raisen sees children, adults, teen-agers, and the elderly.
In
her free time she enjoys yoga, dance and the creative arts. She
is a member of the American Holistic Medical Association and the
American Academy of Family Practice. She has enjoyed travel and
medical work experiences in Native American reservations, rural
India, Nepal, Thailand, Israel, Turkey, Central America, and Europe. Her
other interests and skills include cyberspace, sustainable living,
Hebrew and Spanish, and meditation. Dr.
Raisen works with her clients as a partner in order to empower
them on their path to optimal health and well being in body,
mind and spirit. Her unique approach emphasizes getting to
know the person comprehensively and incorporating Western
and complementary methods of diagnoses and treatment.
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