Meet the Doctors

Thomas Drost, M.D., N.D., F.A.C.S.

Tom Drost first realized his calling as a physician at the age of eleven before entering junior high. He was very taken by the lives and practices of several family physicians in the small town where he grew up in southern Nevada and was encouraged by his parents to pursue the medical profession. He attended the University of Wyoming on a varsity football scholarship, earning a BS in Zoology/Physiology (premed). He then attended and graduated from the University of Nevada, School of Medicine in 1985 and completed a general surgery residency and trauma fellowship at the University of South Florida in 1991.

Dr. Tom served four years as a surgeon for the U. S. Army as a Major where he served both abroad and in the U.S. During this time he experienced the ins and outs of a public health system, based upon the model of disease prevention used to maintain the health of the troops and their families. He then entered the world of private practice medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada where it took only four short and painful years for him to come to the conclusion that medicine, and the way it is delivered was not the same as it was during his boyhood years. He feels the overall health of our society is deteriorating into chronic illness, patient and physician satisfaction are at an all time low, and many previously successful therapies for many illness are no longer working or effective. Dr. Tom decided he would find a better way to deliver health care or quit!

Dr. Tom left a successful surgical practice in Las Vegas to enroll at Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington, one of five accredited naturopathic universities in North America. While practicing general surgery with a Seattle group, he earned a post graduate degree in Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Tom is currently a licensed physician and board certified surgeon in the state of Illinois practicing environmental medicine, specializing in chronic conditions. His goal is to optimize and bring clients' health back into focus, and helping them to live and experience a better quality of life. He practice of environmental medicine includes cleansing/detoxification, allergy elimination, and treating toxic exposures. He completed additional training in environmental medicine under one of the nation's leading experts, Dr. Walter Crinnion. Dr. Tom combines the principles of conventional medicine with naturopathic principles, using such modalities as botanical medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, IV nutrition and chelation, nutritional supplementation and lifestyle modification. Dr. Tom is a respected physician in his community and maintains open and cooperative relationships with other physicians and health professionals of all disciplines.

In his spare time, he enjoys travel, sports, exercise, spending time with his wife, daughter and his two dogs, working in the garden, and the hobby of collecting Lionel toy trains.

Lisa Drost, N.D.

Lisa Drost is a 1990 graduate of University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. After completing her studies in finance, she spent ten years in sales, selling commercial alarms, surgical instrumentation and retail vitamin supplements. Working side by side with surgeons in the OR stimulated her interest in traditional medicine and the wonders of the human body. Combining that knowledge with her experience selling botanical and vitamin supplements encouraged her to find a way to put the two medicines together. After an additional year of science courses, she began her four years of post-graduate medical training. She is a graduate of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, one of five accredited Naturopathic Medical Schools in North America and is currently licensed as a Naturopathic Physician.

Dr. Lisa works with patients of all ages to help each person reach their unique health goals. Her emphasis is in diet and lifestyle management as a means of getting back to the basics of healthy living. She also has a special interest in environmental medicine and detoxification. She is uniquely qualified as a Naturopathic Physician in the field of environmental medicine, having also completed additional training with Dr. Walter Crinnion, one the nation's leading experts in this field.

Through the use of botanical medicines, nutrition, nutritional supplementation, detoxification and various IV therapies, Dr. Lisa helps guide patients on their individual journey back to health. Along with the use of naturopathic principles, she uses laboratory, imaging and other diagnostic tools to determine and treat the cause of illness. When appropriate, she is open to working with other health care practitioners in order to provide the best patient care possible.

In her free time she enjoys cooking, gardening, traveling and spending time with her family and friends. She is thrilled to be a new mom to baby Kate, born summer of 2006.