Dr. Shane Patterson, Founder of Osteopathic Health Care Associates
What kinds of medicine have you practiced since graduating?
Dr. Shane Patterson, DO
I have been practicing Internal Medicine and OMT since graduating from my residency program at Henry Ford / Bi-county in 2002. I also worked in urgent care and at Martha T. Berry Nursing home (long-term care facility) for 2 years as well as at St. Joseph, St John, and Henry Ford hospitals for 4 years while establishing my outpatient practice. I have been in practice for a total of 13 years. I have specialized in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and do mostly musculoskeletal pain management thru OMT to reduce and permanently eliminate acute and chronic pain due to multiple different forms of injuries and disabilities. I provide thorough and complete medical care and education for all forms of ailments, not solely pain complaints. As a Board Certified Internist and an adherent to the Osteopathic Philosophy, I treat the whole patient, mentally, spiritually and physically. I am here to educate the person, identify the cause of their symptoms and treat them using individualized approaches that suit the person and not just statistics to help improve your life and prevent future problems. I believe in integrating proven medicinal treatments with hands-on manipulation and nutritional therapies to improve a person’s overall health and long-term well being.
I have always wanted to be a physician since the earliest days I can recall. I remember having a bicycle and Big Wheel in the garage when I was 6 years old and would wait for the siren from “Emergency 51” TV SHOW to sound so I could go and rescue the person in trouble. I specifically chose Osteopathy because of it’s unique philosophy and ability to treat the whole person and better identify the real cause of problems, not just the symptoms.
My grandfather was a D.O. Family Practice doc in a small town (1500 people) in Iowa for his entire life, he died at age 102 and practiced for 51 years. I spent a summer there working with him and his nurse, my grandma, and knew that was the kind of medical care I wanted to deliver. His patients all knew him, he was both their neighbor as well as their doctor. He knew all of them and had delivered a good portion of the towns children. My uncle was a D.O. family practice doc at the University of Wisconsin for his entire career until his untimely death 2 years ago. He practiced mostly pain management in his primary care population and was president of the Hemwell-Hackett Prolotherapy foundation. My father is currently retired from his academic career of teaching OMT, Physiology, and doing extensive research involving mapping the neural system of the spine and brain. He has hundreds of publications and NIH grants to his name. He still actively edits for the Journal of the Osteopathic Association. All these people have significantly affected my career and desire to become a physician in multiple ways. From the simple hometown doc to the academic physician and the academic educational elite, I have been shown all sides of the medical profession and what it means to be a great physician, person, and thinker to properly evaluate and treat the individual patient while taking into account both their needs combined with the most accurate studies available to guide my decisions.
What do you like to do when you are not at the office?
Camping, woodworking, enjoying my 2 incredible children, reviewing research papers, remodeling my house, mountain biking, bbq’ing with friends, golf, and watching the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings win.
How do you stay involved in your community?
Working with boy scouts, lions club, involved with my childrens’ elementary school, and their sports programs.
Favorite quote:
“Seek health, anyone can find disease.” Dr. AT Still
