Estevan physician Dr. Anthony Davies has graduated from the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine offered at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine.
Dr. Davies specializes in anesthesia and family medicine and has spent the past two years in Saskatchewan, joining the local medical family during the past summer.
The integrative medicine program, launched in 1997 by Dr. Andrew Well, is a 1,000 hour, two-year distance-learning program for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
“We’re excited to have Dr. Davies as part of this competitive and intensive program of study,” said Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, director of the fellowship program at Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine and clinical associate professor of medicine at the U of Arizona’s College of Medicine. “He showed a deep commitment to medicine and patient care in his personal statements and application and I’m confident these two years of additional training will give Dr. Davies the tools to become a leader in the field of integrative medicine,” said Dr. Low Dog.
Integrated medicine is healing-oriented and makes use of conventional and alternative therapies as deemed appropriate, including lifestyle, therapies based on the relationship between practitioner and patient. The Center focuses its efforts on three main areas: education, clinical care and research with a primary emphasis on education.
Shortly after the successful completion of this certification, Davies and his wife Juliana, a registered nurse, announced the opening of their private home care services, Loving Care Home Care.
This company, they noted, is a private in-home service provider for individuals and families in southeast Saskatchewan that offers dignified independent lifestyle in the comfort and safety of the home by assessing and understanding client needs and then placing trained personnel to meet the needs.
The husband and wife team have relocated to Estevan from Yorkton with their two youngsters and have opened a private medical clinic at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Medical Clinic.
Julianna Davies completed her nursing degree at the University of North Dakota and has worked within several major hospitals including Duke University in Durham, NC. She is currently working alongside her husband in his medical clinical practice in Estevan, and she is also working toward gaining certification as a nurse practitioner.
“We realize there is a need for this type of service in southeast Saskatchewan, and we are passionate about having the capabilities to offer them,” said Julianna Davies. “Our home care service will be based in Estevan but will provide service for all of the southeast.”
