Mission:

Improve community health through education and equitable access to precision health. 

Vision:

To build awareness and pave a pathway to appropriate, effective, safe, and personalized health. 

Core Values:

Human, Compassion, Respect, Innovation

Are Pharmacogenomics or Nutrigenomics Right for You?

Taking prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, supplements, and herbals can be a challenge. There are a lot of details to understand, including potentially harmful interactions, efficacy concerns, lifestyle considerations, and more. What are pharmacogenomics?

• Are you taking any medicine(s), considering a new medicine, or take MANY medicines?
• Are you currently experiencing adverse effects, worried about adverse effects, or have had a serious reaction to a medicine or exercise?
• Are frustrated with trial-and-error, one-size-fits-all, wait-and-see approach to health and wellness
• Are experiencing treatment failures, tried one or more medication and failed, tried one or more diet programs and failed, tried one or more exercise programs and failed?
• Do you want want cutting-edge technology and innovation to improve your health 
• Are you proactive with your health and want to potentially avoid medicine problems in the future?

Your DNA not only helps determine your eye color, your hair color, and your height, but also how your body processes hundreds of commonly-prescribed medicines, what you eat, and how your body responds to activity. We can now use information from our DNA to help us make more precise choices for our medicines, your diet, and your exercise. This is called precision medicine or more holistically precision health.

“Precision medicine, also referred to as personalized medicine, tailors disease treatment and prevention by taking into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle.” 

“Pharmacogenomics is an important part of precision medicine. Healthcare providers can use pharmacogenomic information to help decide the most appropriate treatment for each individual.” 

- FDA Division of Translational and Precision Medicine (DTPM)

What is Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics? 

National Institutes of Health: National Institute oF General Medicine: Pharmacogenomics

From the Mayo Clinic: Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics 

My goal is to help you understand what makes you uniquely you. I offer a personalized holistic precision approach to help you improve your health.  I will help you understand how your unique genetic code affects the way your body interacts with medicines, food, and your lifestyle. By bringing your beautiful genomics to light, we can empower you to make informed decisions regarding your health.

Schedule FREE a discovery call. We will get to know a little about one another and see if I can help you. 

Depending on which service(s) you choose, we will either order your PGx test to be delivery directly to your home,

OR upload your raw DNA data from 23&Me or AncestryDNA, OR both.

• PGx
• NGx
• PGx + NGx

Don’t worry. No blood required. These tests use your saliva. The results normally take 2 weeks.

While we wait for your results, you will have homework. You will need to complete a few health and wellness questionnaires. We will use the information to precision guide our consultation.

Once you have results, we will schedule the consultation. 

Most clients pay directly either for convenience or for ensured privacy. PGx tests may be covered by some insurances, but only if you meet very specific criteria and only if it is ordered by your prescriber (physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant).

The lab we will use offers financial assistance to help you with the direct price of the PGx test, and in most cases, you pay less than $300. You can use HSA/FSA funds to pay for your PGx test and my consultation fee.

Confidentiality, Privacy, Security

The lab companies, as well as Dr. Jerome, take every necessary precaution to preserve your confidentiality and privacy. All storage and transmission of your personal and health information is encrypted and HIPAA-compliant.

You cannot be discriminated against because of any genetic lab result, according to GINA. Health insurance companies and employers are prohibited from discriminating based on genetic test results by statutes enacted by the U.S. federal government (GINA, ACA). The same laws forbid genetic information to be disclosed without authorization.

With new advances in science, technology, and data management, GINA and ACA play a vital roles in establishing a baseline of protection for all Americans against health discrimination. To learn more about the laws protecting your genetic information: https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/Genetic-Discrimination

Begin the journey towards better health. Schedule a discovery call

Dr. Jerome is a practicing Clinical Pharmacist, Academic Detailer, and Consultant Pharmacist. He earned his doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served as Adjunct Clinical instructor and member of the Alumni Board of Governors at University of Michigan College of Pharmacy.

As an Adjunct Clinical Instructor he developed and facilitated Post-Graduate Year 1 and Advance Pharmacy Practice Experiences in Palliative and Hospice Care and Ambulatory Infusion Services. Dr. Jerome developed a passion for health education over his decade of clinical pharmacist practice in acute care, ambulatory surgery, oncology and specialty infusion, long-term acute care, palliative and hospice care, and home care.

His therapeutic practice areas include pain management, oncology, rheumatology, cardiology, endocrinology, and mental health. His professional passion is expanding and applying precision healthcare early and often through utilization of pharmacogenomics to improve his community’s health, well-being, and help prevent and modulate chronic disease.

Prior to pharmacy practice, Dr. Jerome served 8 years in the US Navy, served in Operation Desert Shield on “Freedom’s Flagship” USS Independence (CV 62), earned a Navy Achievement Medal. 

“Jerome has vast clinical  knowledge and a willingness to help out on a challenging project. He is also anxious to complete research on medications and other treatments to assist in the palliation of terminal symptoms.” —Jaime