3921 E. Baseline Road Suite 100 Gilbert, Arizona 480-289-5252
He has been in private practice since 1993. He lives in Mesa, Arizona with his wife and three children.
Dr. Mikel completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Maricopa Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital in the Phoenix Integrated Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Since entering private practice, he has continued his clinical education studying under Jeffrey Klein, M.D., innovative developer of the tumescent liposuction under local anesthesia method. He also studied in London at a Royal College of Medicine sponsored event led by renowned physician, Professor Giovanni Scapagnini. There, Dr. Mikel studied the principals of nutrigenomics, and applications in wellness medicine.
I had to again study the essentials of pharmacology, endocrinology, cancer medicine, exercise and nutrition from a whole new perspective. I began to study medical supplements and nontraditional options for both the treatment of illness and the new concept of “wellness medicine”. I am currently working on further enhancing my knowledge by becoming board certified in Anti-aging Medicine.
The aesthetic aspect of Bodywise Medicine developed in truth because of a loathing of the “shar-pei” lines on my forehead. I would look in the mirror and see the deep furrows of an old man. Despite feeling like a kid on the inside I saw those lines not as wisdom but as the mark of getting old. I began to again research the options available to me as a patient and decided that before I would consider the use of Botox I had to really learn about it. I attended several conferences on aesthetics and anti-aging. I became quite passionate again. I realized that changing one little thing could bring more confidence and that could affect how you interact with others in your professional and personal life. I began to utilize the products and learn more and more about the options available. The appearance of a small skin cancer on my nose forced me to really learn how to take care of my skin. Damage caused by excessive sun exposure could be significantly reduced by one or more gentle chemical peels and enhanced by utilizing customized skin products.
I learned that effective skin care did not have to come from an expensive jar of cream. In fact, much of the most effective skin care could come from our diets, simple supplements, and the use of relatively inexpensive skin products.
I was introduced to the concept of Neurointegration in 2007 while attending the World Anti-Aging Medicine Conference in London. After an exhausting pre-trip work week I took the red-eye flight to London. I met the creator of the Clear Mind Center and was introduced to the concept of EEG based biofeedback. I had several sessions while there and returned home with an intense level of vitality and again, a new passion. Because I also am a skeptic I began to study the subject. I met and spoke with several experts in the field and read nearly everything available on the subject before deciding to purchase the system for my practice. I feel so confident in the therapy that I utilize it on my own teen daughter who has ADHD. I have utilized the therapy with a variety of other issues including insomnia, depression and even post traumatic stress disorder. I strongly believe in the benefits of traditional modern medicine, but I am also aware of its limitations and believe that traditional medical therapy is not appropriate for everybody.
I believe that the core concepts I have learned in the creation of Bodywise Medicine have helped me look and feel better. I also believe that thinking of health and wellness proactively is truly the future of modern medicine. I created Bodywise Medicine to help myself and became so passionate about it that I decided to work to help my patients as well.
I have spent the majority of my life battling weight. I started as a chubby child, and moved from husky boy to overweight teen. I tried my first real diet at age 13. Weight became a serious health problem while in my residency when lengthy hours and severe stress contributed to a lifetime of emotional overeating. I went from one diet to another and would lose 50, 80, even 100 pounds but each time would gain it back and more.
I reached my peak of 365 lbs and realized that I was soon going to die if I did not do something. I made the decision to have weight loss surgery. I lost a large amount of weight relatively quickly. My weight loss reached a plateau and I still had more to lose. I became addicted to exercise and spent hours in the gym. I began to lose again, but my body analysis showed I was losing more muscle than fat. When I stopped obsessively working out, the weight began to come back. I knew I had to change my way of dealing with weight.
I began studying nutrition. Physicians receive little or no education on nutrition while in school or training. I read everything I could get my hands on in the area of nutrition and weight. I knew there had to be a smarter way to lose weight. I decided to work backwards. I started learning about maintaining weight loss. Once I had the tools to keep weight off, I then had to find the correct balance of nutrients to maintain body muscle, as muscle is what we use to most effectively burn off excess fat.
Like many overweight people, I had medical problems. I knew I would have to utilize multiple different methods to accomplish my goal of safe, effective and permanent weight loss. The last piece came when I realized that I had to eat for longevity as well. That was when I began to study Nutrigenomics or the genetic basis of nutrition. Through evaluation of one’s personal and family history as well as analysis of genetic information using sophisticated DNA testing, I could not only lose and maintain weight loss but live longer and better.
I have been able to maintain my weight loss for nearly 5 years now and became so passionate about eating for longevity that I decided to start Bodywise Medicine and The Smarter Weigh diet plan.
I began to realize that diet was only a small part of Longevity Medicine. I began to study the emerging field of Anti-Aging Medicine. Anti-aging medicine is a medical specialty founded on the application of advanced scientific and medical technologies for the early detection, prevention, treatment and reversal of age related diseases. This is true longevity medicine. Anti-aging medicine is proactive medicine at its finest, designed to prolong the healthy lifespan of men and women. Physicians again are not trained in proactive health care. We are extensively trained in treatment of disease but receive little or no education in prevention. We are also not given any education on the effects of our medications on our health. If taking a cholesterol lowering medication causes a reduction in a cofactor for optimum heart and blood vessel function then does the treatment really maximize the benefit?
