Biography
| F. Dee Filgas, M.D., DAAPM |
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Dr. Filgas finished her university training in Biochemistry, cum laude, at the
University of Maine in Orono in 1972. She subsequently entered the Master’s
program in Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley but was
accepted into medical school at the University of California, Davis before
completing her M.P.H. At Davis she completed her M.D. in June, 1979.
Subsequently she entered and completed her internship through University of
California, San Francisco. Her emphasis in training was in Critical Care, and
she began practicing Emergency Medicine in 1980. She became Board Certified
in Emergency Medicine in April, 1994. She practiced Emergency Medicine in a
number of locations, but primarily at St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park, California.
In 1988 she pioneered the Job Care program in Occupational Medicine at that
hospital. It later became a model for that program throughout Adventist Health
Systems West. She acted as the medical consultant for State Compensation
Insurance Fund September of 1990 through 1991. She began working collaboratively
with the Spine Care Medical Group subsequently, practicing Orthopedic Medicine,
and ultimately became interested in Pain Management. She became certified by
exam with the American Academy of Pain Management in 2006. In the course of
practicing pain management she realized that there are hormonal and metabolic
issues which normally become prevalent in midlife. This has led her into the
realm of Age Management where prevention of chronic disease through proper
hormonal, metabolic, exercise, lifestyle and nutritional interventions become
the concern of the clinician………………….
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