Dr. Cristina Persa is a Washington State Board Certified Naturopathic Physician. Dr Persa's clinical interests are chronic and autoimmune conditions (in both adult and pediatric population) using evidence-based complementary medicine. Some of the most common conditions she treats on a regular basis are: environmental and food allergies, digestive disorders, adrenal and thyroid disorders, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, female disorders (PMS, menopause, PCOS, uterine fibroids, fibrocystic breast disease), male disorders, skin disorders (acne, eczema, psoriasis), alopecia, asthma (in children), sinusitis. I believe that good medicine is based on good science! Her treatment protocols are designed using nutraceuticals, botanicals, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), diet and lifestyle recommendations, and stress management techniques. Dr. Persa's practice integrates the proven protocols of Dr. Wright along with her own experience and education. She feels fortunate to have a strong academic background in both allopathic and naturopathic medicine, which ideally trained her to have a true holistic approach and to guide her patients in choosing the best therapies for their needs (be those natural, conventional or both). There are many factors, such as genetics, diet and lifestyle, environmental toxicity, emotional/psychosocial trauma that may contribute to a particular disease and each person may react differently to those factors.