As a board certified Family Practitioner, Dr. Elliott is convinced that the way medicine is conventionally taught and practiced is simply inadequate. Too often we focus on treating symptoms rather than searching for root causes. Too quickly do we reach for the prescription pad in response to the “what” rather than asking the “why.” Too often we simply accept the notion that the aging process is one of inevitably advancing frailty, fatigue, and debility.
Believing that there has to be a healthier, more holistic approach to optimizing wellness, Dr. Elliott has intentionally pursued advanced training. Now, having completed fellowship training in the cutting-edge specialty of Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine, he embraces the underlying tenets that:
- each and every one of us is unique – physiologically, anatomically, psychologically, and spiritually, and that,
- at its best, medicine must tailor treatment to fit that unique blend of characteristics that makes each one of “us” “us.”
In addition and prior to his training as a physician, Dr. Elliott earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Duke University and served as a pastor to congregations in north-central Indiana for over ten years. His approach to medicine emerges from, and is defined by, his multifaceted interest in and commitment to health, wellness, and wholeness.
Education/Training/Certification
• DePauw University, Summa Cum Laude, 1980 — Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics
• Duke University Divinity School, Magna Cum Laude, 1983 – Master of Divinity
• Indiana University School of Medicine, 1996 – Doctor of Medicine
• Ball Memorial Family Practice Residency Program, 1999
• American Board of Family Medicine – Initial Board Certification, 1999; Re-certification 2006
• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Completed Fellowship and Conferred title of “Diplomate,” 2008