Dr Jeffrey Davies is a board certified family
physician and the medical director of St Luke’s
Health Alliance.
Dr.
Davies before going to medical school was an
engineer with a bachelor’s degree in chemical
engineering and a Masters degree in biomedical
engineering. Dr. Davies completed his family
practice residency at the University of
Massachusetts in Worchester His experience
includes some 13 years working at Mass General
Hospital as a biomechanical engineer conducting
research on hip replacements. While this career
was rewarding and exciting it was always Dr.
Davies goal to become a family physician.
While working as a family physician, in a
medical office in Carver, Massachusetts, Dr.
Davies began to experience frustration as a
doctor. "I was frustrated seeing so many
patients in need of treatment for conditions
that were completely preventable... I was
quickly becoming an expert on all the latest and
greatest medications used to treat high blood
pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes... If
only these patients had been treated with
education on diet and exercise much of their
suffering could have been avoided." This was the
catalyst to opening our facility here on the
cape.
Our goal is not to treat symptoms with
medication, although sometimes it's required,
but to get patients beyond the need for them.
When our patients are able to lose weight and
maintain an active exercise program we're often
able to get them off their medication while
keeping their blood pressure, cholesterol and
blood sugars in check. We spend our time and
energies on treating healthy people. Through
education and support on the value of a healthy
lifestyle, positive thinking, exercise, healthy
eating and natural compounds we can effectively
treat conditions like high blood pressure, high
cholesterol and diabetes before they become
problematic.
It's a well established fact that high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar
dramatically increase the risk of heart attack
and stroke. It is also medically well
established that high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, high blood sugar can be effectively
treated with diet and exercise.
Patients need to take control of their own
health and we help them to do just that.
