He received his final certification through a "master class" in 1994 from the SouthWest School of Botanical Medicine. Under the esteemed directorship of the late Michael Moore, he learned the medical arts of pharmacognosy, herbal therapeutics, medical botany, vitalist theory, constitutional energetics (western/eclectic model), and ethnobotany of the Southwest. Clinical Nutrition is a fundamental component in his healing model. He is an Avid Practitioner and Proponent of Paleo Nutrition and Lectures often throughout Louisville on the topic. He advocates for an individualized approach to the Paleo Lifestyle based on Constitutional evaluation according to vitalist systems of medicine typical of herbal phytotherapy.