Push and Breathe: Dr. Luissa K's Holistic Approach to Healing

Why don't you start out by telling everybody a little bit about yourself?

Okay.

Well, um, as you said, as you mentioned in the introduction, um, I, um, was born and raised in communist Romania.

Um, I came to the United States, um, about 37, almost 38 years ago, um, on a two-months visit.

Um, and, um, that become, became the journey of a lifetime.

Um, I, uh, am a high-risk pregnancy physician specialist.

Uh, I'm a Air Force veteran.

Um, I am the founder and the CEO of, uh, TeleMed MFM, which is a nationwide telemedicine practice.

Um, then Dr. Luisa Kay, the out- uh, the author and the, um, um, women empowerment program, but then also Dr. Luisa Kay Foundation, uh, my nonprofit.

Um, through my telemedicine practice, TeleMed MFM, I provide high-risk pregnancy care beyond borders, uh, or geographical barriers.

Um, in, um, regards with Dr. Luisa Kay Foundation, it was born as a calling to empower women everywhere.

Um, my own triumph over trauma, story, and journey inspired, uh, this movement.

So, um, all, all women and really all humans, uh, to find their self-empowerment, um, presence and resilience, and to not only survive through our lives but thrive.

Well, y- you arrived in the United States as a refugee just before your 19th birthday, so when was the moment that you knew that your past was gonna become your greatest source of strength rather than a obstacle?

Well, I think, um, Curtis, it happened gradually.

Um, but becoming a physician really crystallized it.

Um, I, uh, I realized that the very experiences that I once you wished had never happened, fear, uncertainty, displacement from my native country, from all the people that I loved and cared for, allowed me to connect with patients, um, in a way that textbooks never could.

Uh, so my past didn't disqualify me in a way, it prepared me, and it just this transformation that the scars that I was, am bearing became credentials for my compassion.

Well, you, you often call yourself not just a physician but a healer of souls.

Talk about what the difference is and w- why you feel like m- modern medicine overlooks the emotional and spiritual healing.

I like that question.

Um, medicine treats disease.

Healing treats the whole person.

So I am an osteopathic physician at the core, at the base.

I'm a DO.