Dr. Ralph E. Holsworth, Jr., D.O., received his Doctor of Osteopathy in 1997 from The University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, MO.  He is a board-certified osteopathic family physician previously serving rural and underserved regions of New Mexico and Colorado. Prior to his medical training, Dr. Holsworth served as environmental scientific consultant with the US EPA and private sector firms providing technical assistance on Superfund site evaluation, remediation and environmental cleanups.  He received his Baccalaureate of Science, Majoring in Geochemistry from The University of Texas, El Paso, in 1985.  In 1977-1981, Dr. Holsworth was a Nuclear Power Plant Propulsion Operator for the United States Navy.

At Tahoma Clinic, Dr. Holsworth treats a wide variety of health conditions, with special interest in cardiovascular conditions (especially problems related to increased blood thickness that respond to the therapeutic aspects of Nattokinase), auto-immune problems, diabetes, and environmental illness. With a long-time interest in integretative and functional medicine approaches to traditional medicine, he first became familiar with Dr. Jonathan Wright and his work in 2001.  He melds his own unique physician experience with Dr. Wright’s treatment protocols to benefit his patients.

Prior to joining Tahoma Clinic, Dr. Holsworth practiced medicine in a wide variety of settings as shown below:

• Emergency Medicine Physician, Rio Grande Hospital, Del Norte, CO
• Clinical Director of Rio Grande Hospital Rural Clinics in South Fork and Monte Vista, Colorado
• Physician, Valley-Wide Health Systems, Rio Grande Medical Clinic, Monte Vista, CO
• Physician, Durango Urgent Care Center, Durango. CO
• On-call physician, San Luis Regional Valley Medical Center,  Alamosa, CO
• Medical Staff Officer, Lieutenant Commander in Commissioned Officers Corps, U.S. Public Health Service, Indian Health Service Units in Dulce, NM and Mescalero, NM

In addition to the above positions, Dr. Holsworth served as Director of Clinical and Scientific Research for Essentia Water; served as honorary professor, Department of Biology, at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis and the Japan Nattokinase Research Association.  He has been involved in clinical research with oral systemic enzymes as an adjuvant in cancer treatment and has authored several publications related to antioxidant properties of electrolyzed water and nattokinase, a fibrinolytic enzyme.