Okemos-based
The Center for Optimal Health opened in 2006, and has experienced growth ever since. “I think there has been a shift, overall, in Lansing about the field of wellness,” explains Dr. David E. Pawsat, D.O. and director of The Center. “When I first started talking about wellness, people weren’t sure about the concept. Now we see patients embracing the healing methods and becoming excited about their health.”
A graduate of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pawsat spent many years in more traditional and emergency medicine, but became frustrated with the increasing number of patients on medication and with non-specific complaints. This frustration spurred him into pursuing a diverse education in wellness medicine, and he hasn’t looked back since.
“I started the practice with the concept that the body has an inherent ability to heal,” Pawsat explains, “and that a physician’s goal should be to put each patient’s body in a state where it can heal itself.” Dr. Pawsat offers a lecture entitled Take Care of Yourself, Take Care of Your Business, the result of treating many business people over the years. He believes that the foundation to any business being successful is for the employees to be healthy and for the innovator to be healthy, energetic, and excited to be at work; his practice and the lecture help business folks do just that.
A variety of 10 medical and integrated therapy professionals currently staff the practice. Dr. Pawsat anticipates hiring at least 3 or 4 more employees, in addition to the 6 hired in 2012.
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