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| Elizabeth Bloch is our Executive Director and the Director of Education |
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She has been in the healing arts field since 1985 as a practitioner and Educator. She teaches Touch For Health 1-4 as a Florida CEU provider. And, she teaches the One Brain series of multiple allied modalities including a module on correcting dyslexias and improving learning.
Elizabeth has been a business consultant since the early 1990’s. She has taught here at Florida Health Academy-Naples for 8 years as an allied modalities and Chinese medicine Instructor. She has a strong commitment to providing a high quality Education here. She welcomes student ideas for improvement of the schools here and anything that will contribute toward our value of excellence in all of our programs. She brings a lot of opportunity for us to expand farther into the holistic and wellness areas within both the Massage Therapy School and the Skin Care Specialist School. |
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| Dr. David Chase |
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Dr. David L. Chase received his doctorate with a certificate of Achievement from New York Chiropractic College NY. He successfully ran and operated a Chiropractic practice in the state of New York for over 17 years. Dr. Dave has experience in visceral, nutrition and orthopedic soft tissue work. He is well versed in Anatomical and Medical Terminology, and has excellent public relations/lecturing skills. We are overwhelmed at the opportunity to have Dr. Dave as our instructor of Anatomy and Physiology, Florida Law, HIV/AIDS and Chinese Medicine. |
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| Patricia Iacchini, LMT |
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Patricia Iacchini, a graduate of Florida Health Academy, is an instructor specializing in "The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage." In addition she teaches prenatal, hydrotherapy and medical error prevention. Patricia has a successful private practice dealing with clients afflicted with postural distortion and biomechanical dysfunction. She employs the use of soft tissue manipulation and rehabilitation in conjunction with her extensive training in neuromuscular therapy. Patricia has successfully treated clients with whiplash, shoulder pain, low back pain and T.M.J. She also practices other moditities such as Swedish, Deep Tissue, Stone Therapy and Spa Treatments. |
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| David Clarke, LMT |
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David Clarke has been a professional Licensed Massage Therapist in Florida since 1990. He specializes in the St. John method of Neuromuscular Therapy/ Medical Massage and trains his students in depth in that modality. Those techniques are known to correct long lasting myofacial pain and postural dysfunction. He also introduces his students to allied modalities such as Hot Stone Therapy, Reflexology, Lymphatic Drainage, Sweet Tai, Cranial Sacral, Sports, and Chair Massage.
"My goal is to train the best and most successful therapists who are versed in Neuromuscular Therapy and to expose them to multiple modalities." |
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Deborah A. McGarry
Skin Care Program Instructor |
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Deborah A. McGarry, President of Dermal-Care Esthetics and Wellness Center, has over 20 years experience in the clinical skin care and cosmetics industry. A native New Yorker, Ms. McGarry had been employed with world renowned Park Avenue, Manhattan dermatologist, Niel M. Sadick, as Manager/Medical Esthetician of Phases skin Care Center, a medi-spa concept owned by Dr. Sadick and his wife Amy Kamin. Soon Deborah was promoted to Vice President of Sales for a dermatological skin care line co-developed by Dr. Sadick.
In addition, Ms. McGarry had worked with other dermatologists, plastic surgeons, burn centers, and prestigious skin care/cosmetic companies in New York, Boston, Florida and the Mid-West U.S. With additional formal education in the field of psychology, Deborah has worked closely with burn survivors, trauma victims, cancer patients, and those who suffer from congenital facial disfigurement, assisting them to cope with the emotional and physical aspect of their affliction, and therefore, improve there self esteem.
Deborah has served on the Board of Cosmetology in the state of Oklahoma to assist in the implementation of a statewide esthetics licensing program curriculum. Simultaneously, Deborah had served as Director for the Oklahoma City division of the American Cancer Society Look Good, Feel Better program.
Most recently, Md. McGarry was employed as Director/Medical Esthetician for a Merle Norman Cosmetics Studio in Naples, FL, which had closed its doors in late 2006, due to their lease expiration at Coastland Center Mall. In addition to her current clinical skin care practice, Deborah serves as Skin Care Instructor at The Florida Health Academy-Naples, presenting a 260-hour skin care esthetics state licensing program.
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