Meet the Staff
Dr. Michele Raithel, NMD
Dr. Michele Raithel is the founder and CEO of Revolutions Natural Medical Solutions. She specializes in chronic disease, natural pain management and anti-aging medicine. This branch of medicine includes solutions for everyone interested in optimizing health and preventing disease.
Dr. Raithel received dual degrees from Lindenwood University in St. Louis Missouri including a BA of Biological Sciences and a BA in Theater with a minor in performing arts. While researching and applying to allopathic medical schools, Michele was also searching for ways to learn more about natural therapies. She was excited to find that there were accredited medical institutions that taught science based alternative medicine as part of the curriculum. As she read more about the philosophy and methods involved in Naturopathic Medicine her path became clear.
During her time at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Phoenix Arizona she learned that there were more proven natural alternatives to restoring health than she had ever imagined. Dr. Raithel has dedicated her education and life to learning methods of treatment that are proven to restore health and vitality (see Naturopathic Training). Revolutions medical group has made it a priority to create a business model that allows as much time as needed to treat a patient with the thorough medical care that they deserve.
A comment from Dr Raithel: "One year before my mother had a stroke she said to me that a doctor told her that her case was too complicated and he didn't have the time that he would need to help her. If I had known what I know now I truly believe that my mother would still be alive. No patient will ever be rushed out of my office. I will spend as much time with you as necessary to put together an effective treatment plan that you can live with. I will also manage referrals if needed to ensure you receive the best comprehensive care."
Michele believes that a balanced life is essential to a healthy mind and body. She has continued dancing throughout her adult life and was a member of the famous London dance studio "Pineapple". She enjoys exercising often using various styles from "gym rat" to yoga to hiking. Dr. Michele also goes to the theater as often as possible.
Dr Michele is a member of the AANP, ACAM, and AZNMA professional associations. She also holds Naturopathic Medical licenses in Arizona and California.
Dr. Raithel focuses on giving you back your health, making you feel younger, and more energetic while taking as little away from your necessary day to day lives as possible.
Anita M. Larrow, NMD
Dr. Anita M. Larrow received a BA in Biology and Chemistry from Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio. She then graduated with Honors from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Science (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona. Throughout her medical training at SCNM, Dr. Anita workedwith MDs, DOs and NDs in Arizona, California and Ohio, thereby allowing her to understand the wide range of treatment options presented to patients. She challenged herself to appreciate the different medical structures, not judging one better than another but understanding each one's place in the treatment of patients. Dr. Anita believes that the purpose of being a doctor is to help the patient and that is the bottom line.
Dr. Larrow specializes in Women's medicine and Pediatrics. She enjoys helping women transition gently through menopause, helping newly menstruating women to understand everything new about their body and all of the things that go with this delicate stage in their lives, and empowering women to have better knowledge of how their body works. Dr. Larrow is a self proclaimed big kid, she is often seen running around the office with her pediatric patients, tormenting Dr. Raithel and wearing a name tag that says "No gorilla handling!". Her passion for children comes from her upbringing as a child of two Montessori teachers and spending summers working in Montessori classrooms. Dr. Larrow sees the individual in each of her patients and derives her greatest fulfillment in showing them how small changes can have lasting effects on their health.
She is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) and the California Naturopathic Doctors Association (CNDA). In her spare time Dr. Anita enjoys working outside with her plants, the dirtier she gets the happier she is! She is a vegetarian and enjoys spending time in the kitchen with her husband creating new recipes, which she shares with family and friends. Outside of medicine, one of Dr. Larrow’s passions is traveling. She spent a semester in college circumnavigating the globe on Semester at Sea. Even today she enjoys traveling the world, meeting people and seeing firsthand how small and big and wonderful our world is.