Dr. Devorah changed the course of her career to
specialize in the holistic approach to health care for the developing infant and
child. She believes the combination of her training in Neurology
and Psychiatry has amplified her appreciation of Cranial Osteopathy. 
She went "back to basics," in using her highly skilled and trained hands. She often states: "I went from using Cranial Osteopathy as a last resort, in difficult and failing cases, to a first-line treatment for all my patients. Often patients no longer need medication and can avoid surgery." Dr. Devorah also speaks about how "Children often have complex issues these days, particularly because of the impact of our environment and our diet." She therefore emphasizes the importance of diet and nutrition in maximizing your child's healthcare. "The environmental and allergic medical problems I see in patients today far exceed those of my own two children, Hickory, 23, and Erik,17."
Dr. Devorah enjoys working closely with her patients and their families to provide diagnostic, consultative, and supportive medical care. She strives to increase parents' and children's understanding of their conditions and therapies. She believes that information builds hope, empowers patients and their families, and facilitates the healing process. Her unique and highly effective approach to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric disorders integrates traditional osteopathy (cranial-sacral), diet and nutrition, neurology, developmental and behavioral pediatrics. She emphasizes the importance of addressing all aspects of your child's mental, physical, and spiritual health. Dr. Devorah works with other like-minded physicians and allied health care practitioners who together each provide a vital link to your child's health care.
Dr. Devorah's Background and Training:
Dr. Devorah was trained as a traditional Osteopathic physician. Her training was holistic from the start, and included the best of scientific medical training and osteopathic hands-on therapy. After a general medical education, she became a specialist in Neurology, then a sub-specialist in Developmental Pediatrics and Pediatric Osteopathy.
Dr. Devorah has 25 years experience in Holistic Medicine and 8 years in Holistic Pediatrics. Dr. Devorah earned her undergraduate degree with high honors in Anthropology and Psychology in 1972 from the City University of New York. She graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1980, after which, Dr. Devorah did rotating internship in Long Beach, California and a surgical year of residency at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. While Chief Resident in Neurology at Wayne State University, she began publishing her original medical scientific research. She was awarded a National Institute of Health Research Training Grant by the Primate Center at the University of Washington to do a research fellowship on peripheral nerve injuries. During that time she supervised medical residents in the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic and saw patients in the Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinics at the University Hospital.
She had a private practice in Neurology in Port Angeles, Washington for seven years before she went with her husband David and two sons to Israel to complete a fellowship in Developmental Pediatrics for two years. Upon her return she spent four additional months of training in Developmental Pediatrics at the Child Development Unit at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, before returning to the Northwest in 1997 and opening her current practice emphasizing Holistic Pediatrics.