The Hormone Link

About the Book

I wrote this book because I came to a crossroad in my life when I felt that what I had set out to do when I decided to become a doctor was no longer in agreement with the current medical practice and the health care institution. Modern health care in the United States is not winning against “disease.” “Health care” is extremely expensive and seemingly hard to attain—but there is a reason.

About the Author

Dr. Margarita Ochoa-Maya, MD Integrative Endocrinologist, Hormone Specialist Originally from Medellin, Colombia, Dr. Ochoa-Maya graduated with honors from Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, CES, an internationally acclaimed medical school. She came to Massachusetts on an excellence scholarship from Boston University and completed four-year medical school courses. She was then accepted outside the Match to further complete her internal medicine residency at Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center, teaching hospitals for Boston University Medical School. She then pursued a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Endocrinology and Hypertension Division, teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. She also completed a fellowship in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ochoa-Maya is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and is now pursuing a board certification in obesity medicine with the Obesity Society. She is an international speaker in the field of hormones. Dr. Margarita R. Ochoa-Maya, MD, CDE, has been practicing subspecialty endocrinology since 1995 and has been in private practice since 1999. Her most recent endeavor is the Integrative Endocrinology Practice, Advanced Health and Well-being PC established in 2010. You can see her website at 00000. Dr. Ochoa-Maya is well-known in southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, as well as along the East Coast through Florida. Dr. Ochoa-Maya also has telemedicine patients around the world and takes pride in her integrative and functional methodology. She blends traditional medicine with contemporary approach. She incorporates the biological aspects of the human body and chronic disease with the concept of constant continuing education, application of psychology, spirituality, and patient education as well as understanding of the importance of the doctor-patient relationship with respect to each unique patient’s circumstances. Dr. Ochoa-Maya’s interests are vast. She specializes in the gender differences in metabolism and obesity. She has designed a medically supervised and optimized weight management program where she helps people across the world. She also specializes in diabetes and the new technology advances in diabetes such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGMS) and insulin pump technology, as well as diabetes’s complications such as cardiovascular disease and hypertension. She is also proficient in women’s health, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and infertility, and menopause. She practices integrative thyroid disease management and specializes in thyroid imaging, ultrasound-guided biopsy, and advanced nodule and cancer detection using gene expression classification to improve the diagnosis of thyroid cancer and early intervention. She further specializes in male and female hormone balance and replacement and fully understands bioidentical hormones in a more physiologic approach to hormone replacement and health promotion for both men and women for peak performance. Dr. Ochoa-Maya is an avid blogger and posts interesting topics in hormone health at www.FreedomToHeal.org. She is almost finished with her groundbreaking book named The “Link”: Understand the Relationship between Hormones and Health, soon to be published. If you need to contact Dr. Ochoa-Maya, please e-mail her at doctor@AdvancedHealthNH.com. She is on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, among others. “Knowledge breeds consistency, consistency promotes efficiency, and efficiency contributes to improved patient care!” (Education Services)