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Meet the Doctors

Dr. Sarah Rothman

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Dr. Sarah Anne Rothman is a State Board Licensed Naturopathic Doctor dedicated to guiding you on your path to optimal health and wellness. She treats a wide variety of health conditions and offers services for every age, from pediatrics to geriatrics. She holds a strong interest in women’s health and focuses on hormonal balance, fertility, menopause, thyroid health, healthy aging and healthy menstrual cycles. She is a certified WTS Physician and will work with you to optimize body temperature and thyroid function through nutrition, herbal medicine and thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) as needed. She also treats a wide array of digestive troubles, food and environmental allergies, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, skin disturbances and mood imbalances. As well, she offers specific group and individual programs for smoking cessation, nutritional counseling, weight management and detoxification.

She values an integrative approach to health, through preventative medicine, acute and chronic care and individualized treatment. As a primary care doctor, she believes it is her duty to spend adequate time with each patient and to listen, educate and tailor each visit according to your needs, encouraging you to take an active role in your health.  She is happy to work with your other health care practitioners to provide you with the most well rounded, best possible care she can. She believes strongly in the power of food as medicine, the healing potential of herbs and nutrients and sustainable health care.

As part of her clinical training Dr. Sarah spent time at a community HIV clinic working with patients to help improve their quality of life, decrease the side effects of their medications and help keep their immune systems in balance. As well, she was on a pediatric specialty shift where she treated children and parents with a wide spectrum of concerns. She has also spent time doing some clinical work abroad in countries such as Bolivia where she trained in pediatric clinics and hospitals, and Kenya where she worked with patients and physicians in rural natural health and homeopathic clinics.

As well, Dr. Sarah has a strong background in fitness and personal training and has taught fitness and spinning classes to a wide array of fitness levels from beginner to athlete. She offers exercise and dietary counseling and meal planning through her clinic and in collaboration with another local personal trainer. She lives in Rockaway beach and loves to hike, run and cycle in the area with her husband and her dog Cass.  She is thrilled to be living and practicing in this wonderful community and looks forward to working with you to help you live healthy happy!

Dr. Marisa Williams

Dr. Marisa Williams is a board certified and licensed Naturopathic Doctor in the state of California.  She received her medical degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona.  Dr. Williams believes in the individual right for optimal health.  Her intention as a doctor is to serve as educator and researcher of naturopathic medicine and to collaborate with other healthcare professionals to achieve the best results for her patients.  She strives to make a positive impact on the needs of her patients by utilizing modern medical techniques with the wisdom of nature in designing individualized treatment plans.  Botanical medicine is a strong interest of Dr. Williams as she received her Master of Science with a botanical medicine emphasis from the University of Arkansas.

Her research encompasses the medicinal plants and the cancer-fighting plants of Arkansas and the Ozark Mountains.  She is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, American Botanical Council, Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians and California Naturopathic Doctors Association.  Dr. Williams’ practice focuses on naturopathic medicine with an emphasis on but not limited to women’s medicine, pediatrics, chronic diseases and auto-immune disorders.