Welcome to Steinmetz Medical Associates

"Mainstream Physicians Give Alternatives a Try"
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
-The Washington Post

"Dr. Steinmetz Solves Medical Mystery Tour"
Bone of Contention, Tuesday, July 20, 2004
-The Washington Post

Since 1997, Steinmetz Medical has been providing family medical care focused on prevention and healing. In addition to conventional prescriptions, our physicians use a variety of healing modalities, including special nutritional supplements and herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture and osteopathic manipulation, which make our practice stand out from conventional practices. We strive to create a partnership with our patients to better understand the complex interactions between their mind, body and spirit and their unique internal and external environment. Our physicians look at all aspects of a patient's lifestyle and use "integrative medicine", a combination of both conventional and complementary therapies to facilitate their healing response. We are proud to offer our unique integrative services to the Washington DC area.

Mission Statement

The mission of Steinmetz Medical is to provide integrative primary care. The basic principles of our practice are:

• To provide a comfortable, compassionate and caring partnership with our patients as we guide them through the healing and wellness process
• To listen to our patients and consider all the integral factors in their lives that influence their health
• To evaluate and consider both conventional and complementary therapies in finding the best treatment for a particular patient
• To educate our patients, as individuals, in the best ways to restore and maintain good health
• To provide interactive communications with our patients through the use of our electronic medical record
• To maintain a comfortable atmosphere in which patients, staff and physicians can work cooperatively and productively toward a common goal of wellness.

In addition our values include:

• A philosophy that neither rejects conventional medicine not accepts complementary medicine uncritically
• Recognition that good medicine should be based in good science, inquiry driven and open to new paradigms
• Use of natural, less invasive interventions whenever possible
• The broader concepts of promotion of health and the prevention of illness as well as the treatment of disease
• Practitioners as models of health and healing committed to the process of self-exploration and self-development