Dr. Rita Ellithorpe received her medical degree in 1982 from the Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, IL. Before completing her residency in Family Practice at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC in 1983. She relocated to Fort Knox, KY where she served as an emergency room staff physician, general medical officer, and flight surgeon as Chief of the Aviation Clinic from 1983-1990. Dr. Ellithorpe received a second doctorate in Integrative Medicine from the Capitol University of Integrative Medicine in Washington, D.C.

As a guest faculty member at Capitol University, she continues to teach anti-aging medicine and natural hormone replacement therapy. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine as well as the Founder and Medical Director of Tustin Longevity Center. Her research on Oxidative Stress and Anti-Aging has been well-published. Dr. Ellithorpe is widely recognized as a speaker, researcher, and author in her industry. She is a staff physician and the Director of Women’s Studies at Whitaker Wellness Medical Clinic in Newport Beach, CA. She has helped in the development of natural medicinal therapies at the Great Smokies Medical Center in Asheville, NC.

With a determined commitment to her patient’s nutritional road to health, she regularly reviews treatment modalities and documents the results. Dr. Ellithorpe shares the documented research of successful interventions in peer-reviewed journals to help further educate her colleagues on the benefits of certain treatment modalities. At Tustin Longevity Center, Dr. Ellithorpe provides a practice rooted in a functional approach which integrates the best of western medicine with effective, natural therapies.