Clinician Gains Confidence and Evidence-Based Training to Treat Complex Chronic Illness

Raphael Lebovits (00:00) Overall, the program itself is extraordinarily supportive. A lot of times, Dr. Moorcroft will say something in a lecture or a live call, the way that he'll put something, and that'll kind of, you know, stick with me, and I find myself repeating these things because they just kind of make sense. You know, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. It's extremely supportive to know that you have this group behind you, and you have somebody like Dr. Tom, who really is just at the top of this game. It's a really good feeling as a clinician to be able to have that to lean on. My name is Rafael Leibovitz. I live in Rockland County, New One of his distinguished colleagues is Dr. Jessica Montalvo. After my first, let's say, two or three visits with her, you know, I... I actually sent her an email saying, I really appreciated everything that she's doing and I really - I loved her approach, and I was wondering if she could train me. that time I was already seeing chronic illness patient, I was already seeing Lyme patients, and PANS, PANDAS, and, you know, I was basically using other resources for, you know, going about treating these patients, and I kind of felt, for lack of a better term, inadequate. I wanted somebody to guide me. And, you know, she told me about Dr. Moorcroft's LDPC training program - that's the training program that she went through - and I looked into it. I had a discussion with Dr. Tom, who was extraordinarily gracious, and gave me about an hour and a half of his time, which was, you know, beyond. And he answered me something that I don't think I'll ever forget, and I really want to bring it into my own practice, and my own life - treating chronic illness and life itself is about balance. kind of have to be balanced in your life, and in treating these things. And it was that statement, that sentiment - more than anything - that really was like, wow, this is the guy that I really want to learn from, and that kind of drew me to the program. really feel that clinicians have to have a little bit of humility, and understand that no, we don't know everything. But then I'm like, "Okay, but that's okay." Even if I don't know, I have a group. I have an LDPC. I have a Dr. Moorcroft. I have a Dr. Montalvo. I have all these different doctors who are part of the LDPC who support each other as a group. takes away a lot of the fear and uncertainty about treating some of these patients. Don't be on the fence. Come on over. Ultimately what I really, really love about the LDPC and Dr. Tom is that everything focuses on science. Everything focuses on evidence. It's all evidence-based. The studies are all at the fingertips of everybody in the LDPC because Dr. Tom puts it there.