How do they match: Naturopathic Physicians

  • Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
  • Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance.
  • Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.
  • Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself.
  • Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
  • Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.