Dr. Ellithorpe is a graduate and guest faculty member of Capitol University of Integrative Medicine, Washington, D.C. since January, 2001. There she taught anti-aging medicine and natural hormone replacement therapy for women and men. She is a Diplomat of the Board of Anti-Aging Medicine as well as the founder and medical director of Tustin Longevity Center. A national speaker on the topics of Oxidative Stress and Anti-Aging, she also has published her research in several peer reviewed journals. She participated in cancer investigations with Dr. Stanislaw Bruzynski at his research institute in Houston, Texas and was later published as a co-author in literature describing his unique therapy. A staff physician and Director of Women's Studies at Whitaker Wellness Medical Clinic in Newport Beach, CA, she went on to help in the development of natural medicinal therapies at Great Smokies Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Ellithorpe holds a second doctorate in integrative medicine focusing on health at the cellular level.

With a determined commitment to her patients' nutritional road to health, she regularly reviews modalities and documents results. This is done in an effort to share, through journal publications, research of successful interventions. Dr. Ellithorpe provides a practice rooted in a functional approach which integrates the best of standard, western medicine with effective, natural therapies.

His undergraduate degree is in exercise physiology from Springfield College in Springfield, MA where he also competed in wrestling. He managed health and racket clubs around New England. He enlisted and served in the US Army with distinction and was given the opportunity to go to medical school instead he chose this school in Portland, OR that specialized in training students in natural medicine. The same school he had reported on in high school, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine where he learned the use of herbs, dietary supplements, nutrition, physical medicine, the use of prescription medications, bioidentical hormones, minor surgery and delivering babies.

He has been in practice for over 18 years licensed in Oregon, Washington, Washington, DC, Manitoba and California. Dr. Jacques has worked in the dietary supplement industry for many years as a product developer, speaker and technical writer. Additionally, he has worked in the laboratory medicine industry with a lab that specialized in hormones, immunology and vitamin testing.

He has published 2 chapters in the Textbook of Anti-Aging Medicine, a chapter on herbs in the Whole Mind and 3 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

He has worked with TLC for over 5 years.

Dr. Mitchell is a board certified fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Additionally, she is a credentialed NAMS (North American Menopause Society) Menopause Practitioner.

Dr. Cyndee Ayson-Mitchell respects the patient, believing a fully informed patient makes better choices and participates more actively in her own health management. Decisions are reached together by physician and patient, after extensive discussion. Dr. Mitchell and I believe that improving your internal health via a program of dietary and hormonal management can go hand in hand with improving overall health and well-being. I look forward to working closely with Dr. Mitchell in providing you, our patients with a comprehensive well woman program enhanced by her excellent gynecologic expertise.

Dr. Mitchell offers a full range of gynecologic care, including pap smear, colposcopy, STD screening, contraception, infertility, menstrual irregularity, endometriosis, pelvic pain, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) and more.

With the many changes taking place in the hospitals one being the change in the nurse patient ratio, she felt that she was not able to practice all of what she was taught, so she ventured into the Home Health Arena. The one on one time with patients allowed her to administer, educate and with her case management skills she was able to connect patients and their families with other community services that would help improve their quality of life.

She has been fortunate in her career to work with some of the finest cutting edge Physicians like Dr. Rita Ellithorpe M.D., Dr. Brett Jacques N.D., Dr. Julian Whittaker M.D., to name a few.

She has also studied non-invasive modalities for healing. For example: Prayer work, Reiki (a form of hands on healing), Healing with Color and Essential oils, and Touch for Health (a technique for muscle balancing). She holds certifications in nutrition from The Natural Institute of Naturopathy; The International Foundation for Nutrition and Health and FirstLine Therapy (FLT) therapeutic lifestyle certification program.

Linda is a true asset to Tustin Longevity Center. Her nursing skills and knowledge in the areas of Intravenous Therapies and nutrition, combined with her loving and caring approach to all that she does makes her a perfect fit for TLC.