Meet Dr Roca, M.D.
Dr. Roca is a board-certified Family Medicine physician dedicated to the principles of Whole Health and holistic medicine. Dr. Roca practices holistic, integrative, functional medicine.
Dr Roca recognizes the interaction and importance of every aspect of a person’s life – mind, body, spirit, and emotion. In addition to the comprehensive care he provides through his conventional training, Dr. Roca integrates acupuncture (auricular acupuncture, Battlefield Acupuncture, Chinese Scalp Acupuncture, and Medical Acupuncture), biofeedback, hypnotherapy, nutritional medicine, natural products, and shamanic practices. He works as a medical sleuth to understand the underlying functional imbalances that drive symptoms to expression. By incorporating all of these skills, Dr. Roca can help you return to health and reverse chronic disease by bringing clarity to the complex interactions within us.
Dr. Roca sees adults, children, and elders. He serves as a specialist and can work with your primary care provider if you so choose. You will need a primary care provider for urgent care issues or interactions with hospital systems.
CV/Credentials
Dr. Roca created the Wholistic Wellness Network across four southern states in the late 1990s while in Family Medicine residency. He originated the Integrative Medicine Section at LSU School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and the Integrative Medicine Center at Greenwich Hospital. He is board-certified by the American Academy of Family Practice and the American Board of Holistic and Integrative Medicine, and is certified in Functional Medicine by the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Dr Roca has served as the Senior Director for Whole Health Communities at the Whole Health Institute. He created the Whole Health Program at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and its Integrative Functional Medicine Program for pain. Dr. Roca served on the board of directors, has chaired the Education Working Group, and has been the Program Director for the Leadership and Education Program for Students in INtegrative Medicine - all on behalf of the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health. Dr. Roca has been clinical faculty at University Of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, and LSU School of Medicine.
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