Dr. Andrei has been serving the community since 2002 as a Naturopathic physician and acupuncturist and possesses a passion to help people feel better on all levels: mind, body, emotional and even spiritually, making him the ideal doctor to step help us expand into new areas of care. Dr. Andrei’s interest in alternative Medicine developed very early on growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a country where it is commonplace to use diet, homeopathy and herbs as tools for better health. From the age of 15, Andrei knew he would someday learn acupuncture. In 1989, Dr. Andrei came to the United States to start undergraduate school in Biology and over the next eight years traveled the states quite a bit and lived in Virginia, Florida, and Georgia. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He then spent some time studying ecology and researching environmental issues in the Amazon, but soon realized it was finally time to begin with medicine.
In 1996, Dr. Andrei moved to Seattle to attend Bastyr University, known throughout the world for its leadership in natural medicine, where he graduated as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. After earning a Masters of Science in Acupuncture he went to Chengdu University in China for training in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Because he always wanted to emphasize prevention of disease, encourage the body’s own healing ability, and treat holistically, this was a dream come true. Dr. Andrei thrives to unite the latest discoveries in scientific and medical understanding of natural therapies, and bases his philosophy of care in the body’s innate ability to heal itself. His goal as a physician is to be an educator and facilitator of health alongside his patients, and strives to be their link to optimum health, and to actually increase their threshold of health.
Combining both Oriental and Naturopathic holistic medicines, Dr. Andrei’s primary interests are in nutrition, herbal remedy, and physical medicine, and takes special interest in Anxiety, depression, cancer, diabetes, and pain management. He also has a deep and varied toolbox of modalities on which to draw, including: homeopathy, counseling, cranio-sacral therapy, visceral manipulation, myofascial release, Tuina, Somato-Emotional Release, ultrasound, interferential, infra red, ohm-sound acupuncture, and therapeutic exercise. To Dr. Andrei, “health is a lifelong commitment”, and he extends that devotion to continuing education in healthcare. Dr. Andrei enjoys many outdoor activities, such as hiking, soccer, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, biking. Shows, music, operas, Jazz, reading. Spoken languages English, Portuguese and Spanish. Dr. Andrei thrives to unite the latest discoveries in scientific and medical understanding of natural therapies, and bases his philosophy of care in the body’s innate ability to heal itself. His goal as a physician is to be an educator and facilitator of health alongside his patients, and strives to be their link to optimum health, and to actually increase their threshold of health.