Marie Steinmetz,  M.D., a physician board Certified in Family  Practice since 1983, has demonstrated her commitment and devotion to the care of her patients since graduating from the prestigious University of Pittsburgh Medical School in 1980 and completing her residency in family practice at the University of North Carolina in 1983. Upon completing residency, she held positions in emergency medicine and in private family practice.  Her other responsibilities have included residency teaching at Georgetown University and Medical Director for the Methadone Program for the City of Alexandria.  In 1986, Dr. Steinmetz founded and became president of  Alexandria Family Medicine.  In 1996 she left there to enhance her clinical skills by specializing in alternative medical therapies. She studied acupuncture at UCLA, the leading center in the country for training physician acupuncturists.

Besides studying acupuncture at UCLA, she has attended seminars by some of the worlds leading acupuncturists from both Japan and France.  In addition, she has studied Botanical Medicine at Columbia  University.  She has held clinical positions at Georgetown University, George Washington University and Medical College of Virginia.  A frequent lecturer, she has lectured on acupuncture, herbs and alternatives in pain management for physicians in the Washington metropolitan area.  She was a lecturer and panelist for George Washington University's Introduction to Acupuncture course.

Dr. Steinmetz is board certified in family practice and medical acupuncture. She has served on the advisory committee for acupuncture for the State of Virginia. In 2003 and 2004, she served has chairmen of the department of family practice at Inova Alexandria Hospital and was a member of the executive board of the Medical Society of Northern Virginia

Her current interests are exploring the many treatment modalities termed alternative medicine and finding those that have validity to incorporate into medical practice.  She is also interested in helping other physicians explore complementary treatments that may be valuable within their specialty.

Since 1997, Marie Steinmetz, M.D.  has been advancing a comprehensive approach to healthcare by establishing  Steinmetz Medical Associates,
P. C.  She commits herself to learning as much about her patients a possible and she creates a partnership with each individual to develop customized treatment plans that integrate these approaches to medical management.

 

Adrienne Clamp, M.D.

Adrienne Clamp, M.D., is board certified in Family Medicine and Medical Acupuncture. She graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1979, followed by a residency in Family Medicine at the St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, graduating in 1982. 

 

Dr. Clamp’s early professional experience centered on her private practice in DuBois, Pennsylvania, in both family and emergency medicine. Her work with Medical Mission led her to move to the Washington, D.C., area to work for the Healthcare for the Homeless Project caring for homeless women and children in several area shelters. She established a clinic at the House of Ruth in northeast Washington, and a prenatal care program for pregnant homeless women.

 

A few years later, she joined the faculty at the Georgetown University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. She focused on the Family Practice Residency Program, overseeing the OB/GYN curriculum for the family medicine residents. To broaden the residents’ experience and skills, she involved them in the care of low income and homeless families at a local shelter clinic run by the Community of Hope in northwest Washington.

 

In 1998, she joined Kaiser Permanente. The next year, she began training in Medical Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine through the UCLA Acupuncture for Physicians program taught by Joseph Helms, MD, who has trained most physician acupuncturists in the United States. She attained board certification in Medical Acupuncture in 2002 through the American Board of Medical Acupuncture. Further acupuncture training included 5 Element Acupuncture, Korean Hand Acupuncture, Auricular Acupuncture, Neuroanatomical Acupuncture, Chinese Scalp Acupuncture, and Balance Method Acupuncture.

 

Dr. Clamp is a certified Usui Reiki Master and Teacher and a certified Sechem Seichem Reiki Master and Teacher. Her interest in other alternative modalities to promote health and wellbeing led her to study Chinese Herbal Medicine, which she uses in treating her Integrative Medicine patients. Currently, she is studying using Bach Flower Remedies and other homeopathic and energetic modalities of treatment.

When not practicing Integrative Medicine, Dr. Clamp is a stained and fused glass artist, a potter and a master needleworker. She plays a mean flute in the chamber orchestra at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in northwest Washington, is the owner of two felines and the wife of Peter, a fine violinist and eccentric Englishman. She is a voracious reader and loves to learn new things.

 

 

 

Kate Lemmerman, M.D.

 

Kate Lemmerman, M.D.  is board certified in family medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.

 

Recognizing that there was much more to the healing process than diagnosing and treating symptoms, Dr. Lemmerman continued her training beyond medical school to study integrative and alternative approaches to healing , including acupuncture and osteopathic manipulative medicine.  Dr. Lemmerman treats a broad range of patients suffering from acute and chronic pain and illness. Dr. Lemmerman has developed an expertise in identifying and treating patients with hormonal imbalances, insulin resistance, hypoglycemia, pre-menstrual problems, menopausal changes, polycystic-ovary syndrome, and hypothyroidism.  In addition to her clinical work, she served as the medical editor for the successful self-care text, “Living Well with Hypothyroidism” by Mary Shomon, which describes, from a patient’s perspective, the experience of discovering and managing this complex disorder.

 

In addition to addressing the hormonal imbalances of her patients through the use of traditional and alternative means such as herbal remedies and natural hormone replacements, Dr. Lemmerman has been particularly successful in using osteopathic manipulation to help women suffering from painful menstrual cramps, tail-bone pain, and chronic pain and discomfort associated with sexual intercourse.

 

A graduate of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey and Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Lemmerman completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Connecticut where she received the “Golden Pacifier Award” for excellence in pediatrics.  She was trained in acupuncture at the University of California’s Los Angeles School of Medicine Extension in 1990 and serves as a clinical preceptor for students at Georgetown University School of Medicine.