I was born in Bucharest, Romania, and graduated high school in Rome, Italy. I went to college, medical school, and post-graduate training in NYC. I am passionate about being a healer, and believed becoming a physician was the best avenue for me to practice and enhance my healing powers as well as reach the most people in need.

I graduated from medical school with honors and trained in internal medicine and critical care, landing my first job as Chief of Emergency Medicine at 28 in a large trauma center in NY. Five years later, I moved on to private practice in search of continuity of care and long term relationship with patients. It quickly became clear to me that I wasn't really helping patients by running innumerable tests on them or turning them over to specialists. I began questioning the motivation behind conventional medicine and turned toward the practice of medical prevention where I found a huge emotional reward and endless opportunities to heal healthy patients looking to stay well, who were in need of doctors to listen and respect them. My practice grew, I gained lots of experience and the results were so remarkable they empowered me and helped me gain the confidence that led me to start writing.

Eight books later, my message of patient empowerment, patient advocacy, and patient-centric medicine started to spread. Today I see patients 3 days a week and do clinical research and write, for both the public and the medical profession, about how my experience of combining conventional medicine with prevention leads to truly magical healthy patients who enjoy their lives, and who aren’t afraid.