Brain Health Specialist

Mary Kay Ross, MD, FACEP is the founder and owner of The Institute for Personalized Medicine. Dr. Ross has witnessed first-hand the overall declining health of Americans.  While working in emergency and trauma centers across the country, she found that many chronic health problems including obesity, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure and heart problems, although treatable, could also be prevented.  She believes that by utilizing proactive and preventative care rather than reactive treatments, many chronic diseases can be avoided.

Dr. Ross’s journey to functional medicine began in 2007 when her own personal experiences made her seek a more natural and integrative approach towards healing and aging.  She discovered that bio-identical hormones can heal her patients.  In 2010, Dr. Ross left the emergency room to devote her efforts full-time towards helping her patients achieve true healing though the use of Functional Medicine.  She now realizes that hormone replacement is merely one part of the equation that leads to optimal health.  Dr. Ross believes that medicine is evolving and thrives by learning continually.  She is committed to her beliefs and is passionate about the medicine she practices.

As a patient of hers, you will find that she listens to you and takes your concerns seriously.  A typical initial consultation lasts about an hour.  She cares and works with you to construct a proactive game plan for you to achieve optimal health.

Integrative Health Clinician, Researcher, and Neurotherapy Thought Leader 

Marvin Berman earned his Master’s and PhD in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University, where he studied group and organizational behavior. He obtained certification in Bioenergetic Analysis at the Philadelphia Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis in 1983. He has participated in post-graduate training workshops and seminars in neuropsychology, Systems-Centered Therapy, and the Feldenkrais Method and certified in EEG biofeedback in 2003.
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Dr. Berman currently consults to healthcare professionals, city and state government agencies on the integration of noninvasive treatment alternatives into existing health and educational service delivery systems.  He has taken a leadership role in expanding the research on the application of EEG biofeedback and related noninvasive technologies including photobiomodulation into the treatment of neuropsychological and neurodegenerative disorders."

Therapy and Research Clinic Director

Tanja has 30 years of experience in private sector healthcare leadership, orchestrating strategy and operations across 50+ sites while coaching/developing leaders and teams of all types across multiple business streams. Her past role as Healthcare Innovation Lead with a national healthcare company positioned her in the emerging technology space, where she developed relationships with numerous inventors and start-ups redefining the healthcare landscape. This insight into future-facing innovations brought her to HealthTech Connex, where she currently pursues her passion for neuroscience as the Brain Health Integration Lead. Tanja continues to work with leaders, inventors, researchers and clinicians to create innovation-focused, cross-functional leadership teams that thrive as a result of their diversity.

In her spare time, you’ll find Tanja in gumboots, driving a tractor or digging in the ground on her farm-retreat in Courtenay. Where some see dirt, she sees potential.