Hill Park Medical Center

Practitioners

Dr. Brian Bouch MD
Dr. Brian Bouch has 30 years experience in family practice, emergency medicine, and integrative medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and obtained Board Certification in Emergency Medicine and Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Bouch is also an associate clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine where he teaches Medical Acupuncture to physicians.

Dr. Bouch founded Hill Park Medical Center in 1988 to offer patients the best in alternative healing therapies combined with high-quality conventional medical care. Dr. Bouch also served as the first medical director of Commonweal, Inc., an alternative medical research center which now focuses on cancer care, and was Medical Director of Onebody Inc., a pioneering company that brought alternative medical services to health insurance companies.

Dr. Bouch’s passion for unraveling complex medical problems has earned him the nickname “the medical detective.” And his breadth of experience in a wide variety of complementary and alternative therapies has given him a particular insight into matching the correct therapies for both straightforward and complex problems.
Read all about Dr. Bouch’s medical detective practice in the Share Guide!

Dr. Sunjya K. Schweig MD

Sunjya K. Schweig, MD, is a Bay Area native. He was born and raised in Point Reyes and 6 years in India. He attended UC Berkeley for his undergraduate work in medical anthropology and then spent a year in Ecuador working with both western physicians and indigenous healers.

Dr. Schweig attended medical school at UC Irvine. As a student leader in alternative medicine education and research, he was chosen to attend a National Institute of Health leadership training program in complementary and alternative medicine. Dr. Schweig graduated with honors and then completed his family medicine residency at the UCSF Santa Rosa Family Practice Residency Program.

Dr. Schweig offers the full spectrum of family medical care and is well qualified to treat patients of all ages with a wide variety of health challenges. Areas of expertise include integrating complementary and alternative medical care with caring conventional medicine; alternative approaches to allergy; functional medicine; holistic pediatrics; nutrition and healthy weight loss, and osteoporosis. In addition, Dr. Schweig is skilled at working with people with stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression using both the HeartMath® biofeedback system and amino acid therapy for neurotransmitter and hormonal balancing. Dr. Schweig welcomes people who are interested in exploring integrative treatment plans to heal from acute and chronic health conditions.

When he is not working, he enjoys cooking organic food, hiking, camping, and drumming. These times are made even sweeter with the company of his wife, Lia, and 2 children.

Dr. Justin Cauntay D.O.

Justin Cauntay, Osteopathic Physician and Family Practitioner, joins Hill Park Medical Center as a specialist in a broad range of non-surgical and natural treatments for pain.

He is a graduate of Touro University of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Family Medicine Residency in Santa Rosa. Prior to medical school, Dr. Cauntay had 15 years of experience in body-oriented therapies, including a private massage practice, specializing in the use of trigger point therapy and acupressure in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. He completed his undergraduate studies in Nutrition and Food Science at UC Berkeley and has worked as a Community Health Care Worker for the Berkeley Free Clinic, providing health care to the homeless and underserved. During his medical training, he specialized in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine as well as Family Practice and is completing Medical acupuncture training at the Stanford/ Helms Institute and prolotherapy at the University of Wisconsin.

While interested in the full spectrum of integrative medicine, his professional passion is to provide a broad range of non-surgical approaches to musculoskeletal pain that minimize dependence on opiates. He also has a particular interest in treating musculoskeletal pain stemming from pregnancy and delivery. His goal is to integrate the best that standard allopathic medicine can offer with clinically proven complementary methods such as osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, prolotherapy, trigger point therapy, mind-body techniques, and individualized nutrition and exercise programs.

Over a decade in the gentle martial art of Aikido has taught him efficiency of motion and energetic awareness which inform his approach to sports medicine. He lives in Sebastopol with his wife and children and enjoys practicing Aikido, surfing, and learning guitar.

Dr. Denise Cooluris N.D.

Dr. Denise Cooluris is an integrative family physician and a California native having returned from an era in the Pacific NW. After graduation from prestigious Bastyr University medical school, she was chosen as one of six national candidates for the family medicine residency program at Bastyr Center for Natural Health. On completion of her residency, she was invited as adjunct clinical faculty at Bastyr University, where she proudly trained students to transform into doctors of integrative medicine. She has interned with the Highline Cancer Center in Burien, WA., Family Medicine Service in Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Oncology Center of Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Planned Parenthood, and aside public health officials in a wide spectrum of community health settings, including Kenya.

Dr. Cooluris serves a variety of roles in the integrative medical field as a local and national speaker and writer, especially in the areas of women’s health, naturopathic family medicine, and herbal medicine.

Dr. Cooluris offers integrative family medical care with specialized interest in natural gynecology, oncology, and chronic illness. Her diverse family practice welcomes a wide variety of health challenges, all of which are met with personalized integrative care. Dr. Cooluris’ diagnostic approach offers unique insight to the cause of common and complex health concerns. As a naturopathic doctor, she asserts a variety of treatment offerings, rich in real science and traditional wisdom.

“If I were to choose one therapy that works finest above all others, it would be to listen. All patients deserve to have their health concerns heard and respected by a knowledgeable doctor. In addition, the body speaks clearly when it is imbalanced, from a whisper of mild concern, to a scream of serious illness.”
- Dr. Denise Cooluris

Amy Joy Smith N.P.

Amy joins Hill Park as the women’s health care practitioner and the nutrition specialist. She is also the anchor for the new and revised Fresh Start weight loss program.

Amy has nearly three decades of experience in women’s health care and nutrition. She received her BS in Nursing at Syracuse University, her Nurse Practitioner certificate at San Jose State, and her Masters in Nursing and Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She first trained in the field of nutritional and “orthomolecular” medicine in the early 1980′s.

Amy is an integrative clinician, blending the best of western medical science with leading-edge nutrition and anti-aging research to provide robust, informative wellness programs for her patients. She provides the full spectrum of women’s health care services including well-woman exams, pap smears, breast exams and contraception, in addition to testing for and treating infections, hormone imbalances and menstrual irregularities. Her consults are rich with information on natural approaches as well as options for medications.

Nutritionally, Amy provides advice and assistance with diet and supplements, oral chelation therapy, bioidentical and natural hormone therapy. She uses affordable blood chemistry analysis to understand the health and stress of each gland and organ system. In this way Amy eliminates any confusion or guesswork. She honors the metabolic uniqueness of each person and knows that everyone’s path back to wellness and wholeness is very personal and sacred.

All programs are hand-tailored to each person’s unique metabolic needs. Detailed nutrition plans may include food recommendations and use of therapeutic foods; detoxification programs; vitamins, minerals, enzymes, herbs and other nutrients; oral chelation therapy, and natural hormones. Amy compassionately walks people through the process of change as they begin to incorporate new health habits into their day to day lives, often achieving a life changing level of energy, vitality and confidence

Joshua Margolis DOM L.Ac.

Joshua Margolis L.Ac. combines acupuncture, gentle manual therapies (bodywork), and herbal medicine in his practice. Joshua has always been fascinated by the treatment of painful conditions, such as back and neck pain, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, and arthritis. Additional areas of focus include digestive, skin and respiratory disorders.

Joshua graduated with a Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in 2000. As a student Joshua was especially interested in herbal medicine. Joshua filled prescriptions for two years at Shen Nong Herbs, in Berkeley. Since graduating Joshua has been working on integrating modern anatomical acupuncture approaches with traditional energetic acupuncture approaches and modern manual therapies to treat complex pain issues.

Joshua has practiced in Santa Fe, New Mexico, San Francisco and currently at Hill Park Medical Center in Petaluma. Joshua is a professor at the Acupuncture Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, where he teaches advanced diagnosis and East/West orthopedics.

Jennifer Sloan, L.AC., CMT

Jennifer Sloan is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist who received her Master of Science degree from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. Along with her studies of acupuncture and herbs, she completed special studies in Pain Management, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Dermatology, and the movement therapies of TaiJiQuan, and QiGong.

She finds that the techniques used in Chinese Medicine, while being very effective at treating any and all types of acute or chronic pain, are also extremely useful in treating many other conditions. This includes all issues of Women’s Health (from PMS to fertility issues, pregnancy, and peri-menopausal symptoms), Men’s Health and Children’s Health.

Jennifer is also certified as a Massage Therapist, having studied the Chinese massage techniques (known as TuiNa) under the expert tutelage of Dr. Rocky Wang. To this, Jennifer also brings many years of study in the fields of Western herbalism, diet and nutrition, and an understanding that all of these modalities can be used together to create the best treatment plan for every individual patient.

Chinese medical theory asserts that there is a profound connection between mind, body, and spirit, and that, by extension, there is also a great interdependence between the individual and the surrounding environment. In order for an individual to thrive, there must be harmony among all of these aspects of one’s life. It is this essential harmony that Jennifer strives to help her patients find in themselves, through the gentle coaxing of acupuncture, simple exercises, lifestyle and dietary advice, natural supplements and individualized herbal formulas.

Elizabeth Crowley, CMT

Elizabeth integrates a wide range of modalities into her bodywork, including Swedish massage, Zen Shiatsu, Deep Tissue Integration/Structural Alignment, Reflexology, and Energy Balancing. Her multi-dimensional approach is a great benefit to our patients at Hill Park Medical Center.

Working with the doctors and acupuncturists Elizabeth’s work will complement any of your other treatments. She is able to tailor each session to the specific needs of each client, whether it be for general relaxation, focused work on problem areas, or rehabilitation of specific injuries.

Elizabeth has been an active bodywork and massage practitioner since 1993. In her private practice she has worked in fitness centers and provided sports massage for many athletes, and has worked with Chiropractors, helping people rehabilitate both from acute injuries and chronic conditions. For the last five years she has practiced at Bodyworks Yoga and Stress Management Center, where she has worked with a broad range of clients providing stress relief and pain management.

Elizabeth has studied Continuum Movement for over fifteen years and strongly believes that fostering natural, free movement allows us to express ourselves with a deeper awareness, and promotes well-being and health.

Nubby Shober, L.Ac

Nubby Shober, L.Ac. has eleven years of experience in acupuncture, Nogier Auriculomedicine, and intuitive healing. He has practiced in Petaluma for nine years, continuing the acupuncture practice of Nolan Cordon, MD, one of California’s very first medical acupuncturists.

Nubby began his journey into the study of both Traditional Oriental Medicine and clairvoyance in the jungles of Thailand as a Buddhist forest monk (dhutanga bhikkhu) for four years during the late ’80′s. Ordained in the lineage of Achaan Chah of Wat Pah Pong, he had the great good fortune while a monk to meet and study with a number of great Thai meditation masters, like Achaan Mahaboowa, Achaan Bpleean, Achaan Ganha, and Achaan Annun.

He is one of the few non-physician practitioners of Nogier Auriculomedicine, a comprehensive European system of acupuncture effective at treating neurological pain, viral disorders like shingles, and pediatric conditions like colic. He is also an instructor of Jin Gui Golden Shield Qigong.

Nubby’s specialty is body-mind medicine. By focusing on generating high energy levels, an open heart, and inner peace by transforming the underlying emotional and spiritual causes of disease, both health and happiness can be attained. A practicing clairvoyant, Nubby crafts individual treatments for his patients that include Taoist acupuncture, meditation, visualization exercises, and Taoist massage and self-massage. Buddhist meditation is taught for those struggling with intractable pain. Self-help is strongly emphasized, both to lower patient costs and to increase the speed and depth of healing.

A principle axiom of holistic medicine is that most chronic forms of disease are either caused, perpetuated, or exacerbated by our emotions. Which in turn are molded by our thoughts, which in turn are generated by our subconscious beliefs. When the emotional and ideational causes of disease are reversed, the full power of mind and spirit can be applied to healing. Emotions like anger, fear and jealousy create cascades of harmful hormones and biochemicals within our bodies that harm us. Emotions like love, gratitude and amusement produce the opposite effect, bathing the body in a healing cascade of positive biochemicals of our own creation.

“Our true nature is inherently divine. When we can be guided to release the unhappy-making thoughts, beliefs and emotions that get in the way of our connection with who we really are, the result is vibrant health, vitality, and happiness. Chi Kung, meditation and acupuncture are prime doorways that lead us back to our birthright.”

Nubby is a practicing Theravada Buddhist, and lives in West Marin with his wife Diane.

Rachael Bouch-D, CMP

~ CranioSacral Therapy * Acupressure * Reflexology ~

Rachael utilizes hands-on bodywork that is gentle, nurturing and supportive, while working with the whole body to find a place of balance. She holds certifications in Acupressure and Craniosacral Therapy, and her work is influenced by Qi Gong, Sound Healing, Intuitive Awareness and Mindfulness Practice. Rachael has experience and enthusiasm working with children and adults, as well as people with disabilities.

Rachael’s relationship with the healing arts began as an infant when she received cranial osteopathy and acupuncture treatments to help correct multiple life-threatening conditions surrounding her birth. Her father is an M.D./Acupuncturist, so she grew up hearing about meridians and the movement of energy. When she later went on to pursue her own education in these very same modalities, she found great satisfaction in diving deeper into the details and substance behind this mysterious language she heard while growing up.

She has completed numerous trainings in Craniosacral Therapy, through the ‘Upledger Institute’ and the ‘Milne Institute’ (including Cranial Pediatrics), as well as Manual Therapy courses through the ‘Barral Institute’. She also completed a 250 hour Certification Program at the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, Ca, and continues to deepen her studies in metaphysics through numerous trainings in Intuitive Development and Shamanic Journeying.

Rachael has a history of working with Special Needs children, teaching music therapy in schools since 2003. She has worked with students with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, RETT Syndrome, Downs Syndrome, blindness, hearing impairment, and other cogitive and physical delays. Her work with these children has been focused around music and healing. She finds tremendous joy in cultivating a safe, inspiring container for communication and self-expression with these children.

Over the past several years, Rachael has deepened her exploration of the ‘inner landscape’ through Vipassana (Mindfulness) meditation retreats, and daily meditation practice. She also has a regular practice of ‘Zhineng’ (or ‘Wisdom Healing’) Qi Gong.

What are these modalities?

Craniosacral therapy is a hands-on method of whole body evaluation and treatment that consists of gentle holds and subtle contact. Working with the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, it draws from the traditions of Osteopathy and energy work, and has been proven clinically effective in facilitating the body’s ability to heal itself. Acupressure follows the Traditional Chinese Medical model, using meridians and acu points, and activates the points using touch instead of needles. Reflexology is therapeutic hand and foot massage used to engage the body’s own natural healing mechanism. It helps with circulation, cleanses the body of toxins and impurities, benefits the blood, organs, glands and nerves, and revitalizes the body’s energy by alleviating the effects of stress and inducing deep relaxation.

• Chronic stress / tension
• Repetitive stress injury
• Depression, grief/loss
• Back pain (lower, middle, upper)
• Insomnia and sleep disorders
• Major life changes
• Neck&Shoulder tension
• Sinus & breathing problems
• Emotional overwhelm
• Headaches / migraine
• Vision problems
• Paralysis
• TMJ & dental issues
• Hearing loss & ear infection
• Autism
• Balance issues; vertigo, nausea
• Head Injury(concussion, trauma, whiplash)
• Downs Syndrome
• Developmental delays
• PMS

“During a session we work together to cultivate trust, respect and safety, inviting all parts of the self to come forward and engage in the process of healing (physical, mental, emotional and energetic).  In this way, we support a movement towards wholeness be resourcing the body’s wisdom and allowing it to find its path to balance, freedom and ease.”

~Rachael Bouch-D