Pediatric Special Needs:
At our pediatric clinic, we emphasize the well-being of all children and have had a focus on those on the autism spectrum (ASD). For up to date findings in this area, please see our ongoing blog.
Dr. Kadish has a 35+ year history of treating children with an emphasis on those experiencing autism and pervasive developmental delays (ASD/PDD). He employs what is known as the biomedical approach. This scientific assessment and treatment is clinically proven to make major changes, with the majority of youngsters. We use the biomedical approach along with the combined input of other providers, including physical, speech and occupational therapists to maximize recovery.
Testing:
We use the “test don’t guess” approach. This way we can evaluate our patients with a comprehensive workup which allows us to selectively focus our treatment/s on the most effective areas of concern. We limit the use of prescription medications as often times they prove unnecessary or only prove useful for short term use.
It important to address the full spectrum of potential issues from genetics to disturbed biochemistry. The newest work has consistently shown that the majority of ASD patients suffer from a number of biochemical difficulties including, immune, gastrointestinal and neurological challenges.
The good news is that many of these issues can be addressed, principally without drugs and successfully changed , with significant results in the majority of patients.
We invite you to read our blog section on the newest findings in autism. The treatments tend to be high reward with limited risks and because of the absolute need to give our children an opportunity to achieve their highest potentials we see this path time and again change whole families, for the better.
Training:
Dr. Kadish has participated in advanced training in ASD/PPD since the 1990’s. He achieved level 2 physician training in both the Autistic Research Institute (DAN) program and the (MAPS) Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs program. He maintains his fluency by reading the ongoing research and focusing on additional continuing education in this area of interest, regularly.
For 35+ years Dr. Kadish has focused on using scientifically based means of evaluation and treatment for those on the spectrum and patients who may be experiencing issues with their development.
Goal:
Our goal is for a time and cost-efficient evaluation and the ability to start patients on the road to recovery quickly.
There are many proven consistent findings in this patient population and it never fails to amaze both the parents, our staff and other physicians how often significant changes can be achieved. This is one of those evolving fields and we are using the newest techniques to maximize responses including, the referral for occupational, speech, physical and behavioral services.
At the Center, we can arrange to review your records and meet with you either via a telemedicine (Skype/Zoom) or in person appointment to conduct the necessary interview and examination leading to developing a plan of action.
Call us today and let’s get you and your child moving forward to better health. 541-773-3191
Pediatric Medicine:
At our pediatric clinic we emphasis the well-being of all children. Their developing systems demand a very careful and considered approach, as we are influencing someone for a lifetime. We take a measured scientific focus to achieve their optimal long term health with an emphasis on natural and low risk treatments. This approach can include diet to medications from lifestyle changes to supplements or a host of other options.
Dr. Kadish has a 35+ year history of treating children. He uses the “test don’t guess” approach and evaluates all patients with a personalized approach, recognizing their individualities and the parents desires. This allows us to selectively focus our evaluation and treatments on the most effective areas of concern.
A Comprehensive look:
We address the full spectrum of health concerns from genetics to disturbed biochemistry. The newest medical findings have been consistently showing that the majority of our patients may be suffering from a number of biochemical difficulties including, immune, gastrointestinal and neurological challenges. From tainted water (lead) to fireproofing agents affecting hormones, we take a broad view of looking at the whole person.
The good news is that many health challenges can be addressed, principally without drugs and successfully changed, with significant positive results in the majority of patients.
We invite you to read our blog section on the newest findings in pediatrics. The treatments tend to be high reward with limited risks. Because of the absolute need to give our children an opportunity to achieve their highest life long potentials, we see this path time and again change whole families for the better.
The Full Family History:
Dr. Kadish evaluates the newest medical findings that are scientifically validated to maximize your treatment options. One consideration is what’s called transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. This means the influences you and your parents life experiences (exposures) have had on your child’s chemistry. Amazingly there is now excellent data detailing three generations of influence between our grandparents to our children.
We use a long family history form and questions to develop more insight into how your child’s epigenetic expression influences their health. This simply means their genes expressions are influenced from your exposures. Often times we find answers and solid treatment options with this information.
Both Traditional and Conventional approaches:
By using a blend of both the newest technologies and techniques, coupled with common sense and well proven medical approaches we maximize positive health outcomes. Dr. Kadish’s experience and consistent reading of the newest medical literature allows for a time and cost-efficient evaluation. This means we have the ability to start patients on the road to recovery quickly.
A distinction with our practice is the blending of both the conventional and traditional approaches for both diagnostics and therapeutics. We are firm that eating well is a foundation for both great health and prevention. When you couple good fuel (good food) with a proper lifestyle your kids will prosper. We avoid heavy handed prescriptions when possible and offer a number of options for most medical needs.
There are many proven consistent findings in treating children and adolescents and it never fails to amaze both the parents, our staff and physicians how often significant positive changes can be achieved. This is one of those exciting evolving medical fields where staying current counts.
At the Center, we can arrange to review your child’s/adolescent’s records and meet with you either via telemedicine (Skype/Zoom) or in person, to conduct the necessary interview and examination to develop a plan of action.
It’s time to optimize your child’s heath !
Call us today and let’s get you and your child moving forward. 541.773.3191
Preventive health care:
Preventive health care as the name implies is just that….. your principle approach to your health care needs for the long haul. This is a comprehensive look at far more than your diet or how you live but rather includes all aspect of your life.
Our approach to preventive care includes the complete view of how your body and mind are functioning. We will assess your functionality on an ongoing basis and chart a course that maintains or increases your capabilities.
As we move through the years there are many metabolic changes that will inevitably take place. Most of the changes can be subtle and minor at best.
You don’t need to allow time to diminish or greatly modify your life activities. The science of anti-aging, preventive medicine is now a 35+ year endeavor that has shown remarkable opportunities to keep us at our best. We use a comprehensive arsenal of tools that include focused lifestyle modification, bio-identical hormones, supplements and topical agents, to name just a few options.
Assessment
One of the concepts that you should consider when we talk about preventive care is that regardless of your current age, you can benefit from an assessment. One of the criteria is knowing your biological age vs your chronological age. This can become a speedometer of your aging process and be impacted by many simple interventions.
Have you had laboratory services that really tell you the whole story. With the newest laboratory techniques using saliva or urine , we can now assess your brain chemistry, hormones, environmental exposures and more. Most of the tests are insurance reimbursable and give us a true line on what’s really happening in your body.
Brain Check up
Have you ever wondered if your brain is working at it’s fullest capacity ? We can, with scientific accuracy, get a good indication of your current function. The testing is via a computer and can be thought of as game like. It takes approximately 45 minutes to an hour but will give you insight into how you’re doing upstairs.
This test can serve as a baseline and then with subsequent testing we would be able to tell if you’re experiencing changes. Or we might want to maximize your already well functioning brain. A whole science has evolved using both certain forms of technologies and supplements/medications that can accurately increase your memory, clarity and other aspects of your cognitive abilities.
At the Center, we use the newest technologies to bring you the education and scientific information you need to know to determine “how you’re doing”, on an ongoing basis.
Our electronic medical records system allows you to have secure access to your medical information, at all times. One of our newest technologies is the graphing and updating following your laboratory results, along with visits to your aging index form to name a few…
We look forward to providing you with “a younger you”. Please ask for more details of this exciting program. Call us at 541.773.3191
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Environmental Medicine
Environmental medicine is the study and treatment, as the name implies, of our environment and its effect on your body, mind, and spirit. When we discuss the health aspects of one’s environment the conversation will include not only your obvious chemical exposures but those that are hidden to the “how do you feel” in a space.
A word about the complexity is in order. First your ability to impact your environment is really strong for everyone. It may feel like an overwhelming amount of information and change but consistently we find that the small steps make large impactful strides towards a more healthy body and mind. When reading the rest of this page keep that perspective and let’s get your health back on track.
I always wondered why others could not smell what I experienced. The environmental movement was in it’s infancy back in the 1980’s and the EPA and other federal agencies were turning a blind eye to what most chemists and scientists knew. Toxins in all forms are cumulatively, and this is one of the key concepts, affect us all.
When the opportunity became available, in 1990 my brother and I constructed a healthy home. Using my chemistry, engineering and medical background it became obvious that this was a much overlooked area of medicine as many of my patients were poisoning themselves regularly, at both their home and worksite. With simple instructions and their willingness to engage in change we saw amazing disorders both decrease in intensity and often time they fully recovered.
Following the residential construction of a number of homes, Dr. Kadish went into the commercial construction of a non-toxic medical office. The sourcing to the applications along with the final product became a safe haven for many patients who were considered “sensitive” and suffered from the “undiagnosable” disorders.
PEQ:
Your Personal Environmental Quotients, let’s call it your PEQ, is the total impact of your environment on your health. Let’s take a really impactful example.
Bedroom:
Ever wonder why you don’t get a good night’s sleep ?
Consider the amount of time and exposure that takes place in your bedroom. If you sleep anywhere from 7-9 hours per day, it’s easy to see that 1/3 of your life exposure is right there.
Your face is next to a pillow made of ??? If it’s an artificial foam product there are a number of easily identifiable products, including formaldehyde, off gassing into your system for hours per day. Is the mattress made of similar products ?
How about the electronics including the house wiring and your assembly of screen products from a phone to your tablets or more. They all emit what is measured as EMF’s, an electromagnetic field that can impact the body by reducing your ability to have a robust immune system, as one example.
Let’s also consider your clothing. Did you realize that cotton is the most pesticided fabric on the planet ? Or perhaps you have some of your cloth dry cleaned. They too are outgassing nasty chemicals. Let’s not believe that all the so called “cleaning” methods are actually safe for either you or the workers.
Bathroom:
How about your bathroom. If your using “fragranced” products we have lot’s to discuss, especially regarding it’s impact on your hormonal health. Consider the many products that we apply to our body. From the shampoo to the conditioners from the body lotions and more. Our skin is a porous surface that brings the products ingredients into your circulation.
How we “clean” this area is another of the many considerations that rarely get addressed. Think of the products below the sink. Which point out that they should be used only with adequate ventilation. For a manufacturer to have to point this out speaks volumes.
Air:
Ever wonder why when you vacuum there’s always some amount of dust and debris brewing about and filling the bag ? Our clothing is breaking down, the rugs and furniture are doing the same as we walk across the surface and let’s not forget the amount of dirt and bacteria being transferred from our shoes to the inside of our homes daily.
We shed quite a bit of hair and skin cells, daily and don’t forget the pets. Then add the pollution from normal outside activates and with a fire or construction or vocational additions it’s a lot of stuff. For those of you who are even remotely sensitive the small additions will add up to an unsustainable body burden. What happens… your health takes a negative hit.
Kitchen:
How often do you use your hood above the stove. Keep in mind that I’m assuming that it bring air from the kitchen to the outside and is not a recirculating assembly. Every time you cook regardless of whether or not you cook on gas, electric stove some of your food gets airborne. Look up and note the staining on the ceiling and you can see the oil and other materials that occur from cooking. When you’re in your kitchen are you breathing in these irritants ? Or how about the plastics and other containers that may be migrating into your food ? These and a host of minimal changes can make a big impact on your health.
Food:
Finally the work’s out on BPA but did you know that the industry often times just substituted a more toxic material to line our cans, BPS and BPF ? Or are you ingesting the now well established hyper-processed foods that are on every shelf, including those in the “health” stores. Or perhaps your veggie and fruit intake is not up to par…. Food and the environment are intimately coupled and essential components of our health. As a “foodie” and nutritionally trained physician we can address this area of your PEQ, together.
Health:
When the body reaches its maximal level of tolerance it starts to no longer give you the amount of energy or the ability to fight off infection or the clear mind that you might have had in the past. This syndrome is a constellation of negative changes are reflective of your exposures.
We have found that many seemingly simple changes to one’s lifestyle can impact your risk factors radically. It may only take a small change, that result in great responses for your health and return your PEQ to a much higher level of function.
At the Center we provide a comprehensive approach to your Personal Environmental Health. From the typical blood testing to an assessment, on site of your home and office, with accurate assessment tools to give you a means of pinpointing the issues.
We firmly believe that you will be one of our many patients who appreciate the in-depth educational understanding and interventions that become available when you’re fully aware of your health status and what to do to optimize your health.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, an incredible option for many disorders
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy commonly abbreviated HBOT, is a specialized form of medical treatment delivering 100% pure oxygen to a patient’s whole body, by increasing the atmospheric pressure. The result is that all tissues in your body, even those that have a weak or no vascular supply get nourished with oxygen.
Comfort:
Our Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy tank features a custom Fortius 420 model hyperbaric chamber. The chamber is ~ 8 feet in length and 42″ wide for comfort. We routinely dive a parent and a child as there is plenty of room to sit up and read for both individuals. If you prefer we also have a setup for you to watch movies or just listen to music. And yes your welcome and it’s common to fall asleep, as it’s a very comfortable sensation during the therapy.
Take a look at the photo of an adult inside the tank to get an idea of the large size.
How does HBOT affect the body?
At pressures greater than normal at sea level, the body is able to incorporate more oxygen into blood cells, blood plasma, cerebrospinal fluid and other bodily fluids. The pressure difference allows the oxygen to penetrate even in areas not served by blood vessels. The increased oxygen absorption significantly enhances the body’s ability to aid in its own healing.
Once a person is in the increased atmospheric pressure the body responds by reducing inflammation. With the inflammation reduced the blood flow increases the delivery of oxygen to oxygen deprived areas. It’s at this point that the healing process is accelerated.
The body’s natural healing mechanisms can now function efficiently because the damaged tissues are receiving more oxygen. Even when the blood supply has been compromised, tissues can still receive the healing benefits of oxygen from other body fluids and plasma in the surrounding area.
Decreased Inflammation
Saturates the body with oxygen, including the plasma and white cells, increasing their oxygen level by 20-30%.
Increases the body’s ability to fight infection.
Creates new capillaries and increases blood flow.
Clears and deactivates toxins and metabolic waste from the body.
Stimulates the body to create new blood cells
Increases the body’s production of stem cells 800% (after 40 treatments)
Accelerates the rate of healing
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is not new
In fact, the concept of Hyperbaric Medicine has been around since the 1800’s. Since then, hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been used around the world to successfully treat a wide variety of medical conditions.
In 1937 hyperbaric oxygen treatments were first used for decompression sickness but it was not until 1956 that interest in hyperbaric medicine really heated up. In Amsterdam that year, Dr. I Boerema reported that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) was a therapeutic aid in cardiopulmonary surgery. Shortly after his colleague’s discovery, W.H. Brummelkamp, published a discovery of his own: anaerobic infections were inhibited by hyperbaric therapy.
International interest was rekindled when in 1962, reports of the enormous benefits of HBOT in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning were published. These discoveries and more, pushed hyperbaric medicine into the modern era.
Installations of hyperbaric units quickly began at some of the most revered and prestigious medical centers in the United States. A few of these early adopters were Harvard Children’s Hospital, New York Sinai Hospital, Duke University, and Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.
Fast Forward to the Era of Modern Hyperbarics
The advent of modern imaging technologies such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) , have provided researchers unprecedented insights into the actions and mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygenation and its effect on tissue. It’s no coincidence that the most significant, documented advancements in hyperbaric medicine have emerged recently in large part due to pre- and post- hyperbaric therapy evaluation using these high-tech tools.
As hyperbaric research continues, scientists are finding that neurological conditions, stroke and brain injuries, all previously considered to have poor prognoses, respond well to HBOT.
Successful treatment with hyperbaric for conditions as diverse as autism, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, side-effects of chemotherapy and radiation toxicity in cancer patients have growing numbers of researchers, physicians, patients and their families believing in the power and efficacy of HBOT.
Our well trained, qualified staff is here to assist you in making sure that your experience is enjoyable and meets your medical needs.
Both Traditional and Conventional approaches:
We are pleased to be one of the select HBOT centers, offering a professional certified large comfortable dive facility in Oregon and being able to perform what is known as off-label treatments. A large number of our patients are using HBOT to accelerate their healing from surgeries, ranging from aesthetic to dental, in addition to those with more conventional medical issues.
If your condition appears on this list please do not hesitate to contact us and ask how HBOT may be the right treatment for you!
This list was created by correlating the known research and findings that were helpful with these disorders. Please note this is not the complete list of all the disorders that HBOT can help. These are the disease we treat at the Center.
- Autism / Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
- Alzheimer’s
- Arthritis (Rheumatoid, Osteoarthritis)
- Atherosclerosis
- Bell’s Palsy
- Brain Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- CFS/CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction)
- Coma
- Dementia
- Depression
- Fibromyalgia
- Heart Disease
- Injury Healing
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Lyme Disease
- Macular Degeneration
- Memory Loss
- Migraine
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Near Drowning
- Neuropathy
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post-Polio Syndrome
- RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
- Rheumatic Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Sports Injuries
- Stroke
To learn more about HBOT or off-label treatments please call us today and schedule your appointment! 541.773.3191