The Iowa Naturopathic Physicians Association (INPA) is a physician led organization pursuing licensure for the state of Iowa. Our goal is to create and maintain legislation that allows full scope of practice for naturopathic physicians (ND and NMD) within our level of training. 

Our members are graduates of government accredited four-year, graduate-level, fulltime, in-residence naturopathic medical programs. While the State of Iowa does not regulate the naturopathic profession at this time, our members maintain a naturopathic physician's license in another state.

Naturopathic doctors (NDs, NMDs) are the nation's leading experts in natural medicine and natural health care. In states that regulate naturopathic medicine, naturopathic doctors serve both as family doctors and specialists in natural medicine. They are recognized as primary care providers for insurance companies and serve as general practitioners for families.

Jessica Curcio, NMD

President

 

Jessica Curcio, NMD. Dr. Curcio is a licensed Naturopathic Physician in the state of Arizona. She received her medical training at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ an accredited medical school with a foundation in evidence-based medicine. Dr. Curcio has had years of both conventional and alternative training and blends both theories to practice true integrative medicine. Dr. Curcio has served as adjunct Research Associate Professorship in Women’s Integrative Medicine at SCNM. She has completed a fellowship in research in Women’s Integrative Medicine and has published extensively in national and international peer reviewed journals. The majority of her scientific publication focuses on menopause, women’s health, hormonal replacement therapy and bio-identical hormones.

 

Dr. Curcio focuses her clinical interest as well on hormone related conditions, menopause, anti-aging medicine and nutrition. She has been practicing in Arizona in an Integrative model working along side MD’s and DO’s her entire career. She is an excellent diagnostician and manages patients traditionally in a primary care setting. Dr. Curcio’s skills and compassion and commitment to her patients has made her a successful and highly sought after physician.

 

In June 2009, Dr. Curcio began working on legislation pursuing licensure and regulation of Naturopathic Physicians in Iowa. She relocated in July of 2009 to Waterloo, Iowa. Dr. Curcio resides in the Cedar Falls area now with her loving husband and two beautiful daughters.

 

Since moving to Iowa, she has served as the President of the Iowa Naturopathic Physicians Association (INPA). She has established important relationships within the medical community.  Her intention is to ensure the INPA pursue licensure, which allows for a full scope of practice. She seeks to form an alliance among healthcare providers in Iowa in hopes that Iowa establish itself as a leader in the field of integrative medicine. She has worked diligently created packets of information to disseminate to the legislators, public and the medical community at large and has been the point of contact between the INPA and the Board of Medicine.

 

Dr. Curcio firmly believes in the integration model of healthcare, which focuses on disease prevention and health promotion. This model is truly a patient- centered model, which emphasizes the patients’ involvement in their own health through education on diet, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing. This model blends both alternative and conventional practices and is reliant upon working relationships among all healthcare providers and coordination of care to ensure that both natural and conventional practices are understood and recommended.  This ultimately provides patients with the most comprehensive healthcare solutions.

Michelle Clark, ND

Vice President  

Dr. Michelle Clark earned her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from National College of Natural Medicine in 2001.  She recently served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP).  The majority of her contributions towards a healthier America have been as Chair of the AANP Alliance for State Legislation over the last 7 years.  She conducts monthly trainings and leads collective strategy development with the legislative leaders of each state.  This position provides a training ground for up and coming legislative leaders as well as a place for legislative veterans to share strategic goals and brainstorm new ways to enrich the lives of our current and future patients.  She is currently the Immediate Past President of the Florida Naturopathic Physicians Association and Vice President for the Iowa Naturopathic Physicians Association.

As the primary ND legislative consultant in the country, Dr. Clark does not like to pick favorites but Iowa is where her heart resides.  Iowa is where she grew up, where most of her extended family resides and where she plans to raise her own family.  Therefore, when so many positive political opportunities came to light in the state of Iowa, she packed up her family and moved to Waterloo, less then a half mile of where she grew up and just doors down from where her husband grew up. Although legislation can be managed remotely, it is much more effective when done locally.

Another large influence on Dr. Clark in the past couple of years has been her involvement in the Integrative Medicine Consortium (IMC).  IMC is a collection of leaders from the majority of Natural Health Medical Boards and Educational Societies.  It includes NDs, MDs and DOs.  She has been inspired by how so many different groups can work together so efficiently when the common goal is to ensure access to qualified natural health physicians by anyone in any state.

Dr. Clark firmly believes that the only way for America to become healthier is for Americans to at least have the opportunity to learn about Comprehensive Medicine and how they and their families can live healthier lives.  "If I can help get even one state licensed, I will help more people live healthier lives then the busiest practice in America.  When a state licenses Naturopathic Physicians there are more health food stores, more organic fruits and vegetables, more corporate wellness programs, more wellness clinics funded by private donors, more cross referral within all forms of medicine, more health for everyone"

 

Hours

Monday 10-4

Tuesday 10-4

Wednesday 10-4

Thursday 10-4

Friday 10-4

Saturday Closed

Sunday Closed