Naturopathic Doctor Serving Sherwood, OR

Sherwood and Tualatin are joined by one road, and the clinic sits at the far end of it. That proximity matters more than it sounds. Hormone and thyroid care runs on repeat lab work and follow-up appointments, and a plan requiring a long drive each way is a plan people quietly stop following. Five miles keeps it practical.

What Sherwood patients usually call about

The enquiries tend to share a shape:

• Fatigue that outlasted the obvious explanations — not a busy season, not poor sleep alone, and not resolved by resting more.
• Wanting a doctor who stays put — patients tired of a different provider at every visit and of repeating their history from the beginning each time.
• Hormone changes in their forties and fifties — in both men and women, where the symptoms are real and the testing has never been thorough.
• Thyroid questions — especially where a single TSH was treated as the whole answer.
• Insurance that might actually apply — patients who had assumed naturopathic care was self-pay everywhere and did not know Oregon works differently.

Getting here from Sherwood

It is a straight run east. Tualatin-Sherwood Road connects Old Town Sherwood to central Tualatin in about five miles, and for most Sherwood addresses that is ten minutes or so without touching a freeway.

The clinic is at 18861 SW Martinazzi Ave in the Tualatin Commons district, around the corner from the Fred Meyer shopping center and minutes from Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center. If you head into Tualatin for groceries, you already drive past us.

Hormone, thyroid and adrenal conditions we treat

The Tualatin clinic is where this practice started, and the full range of care is available here.

• Hormone decline in women — menopause, perimenopause, PMS, and PCOS, treated with bioidentical hormone therapy dosed from your own lab work.
• Hormone decline in men — andropause and low testosterone, addressed with BHRT for men or testosterone replacement once testing shows a genuine deficiency.
• Thyroid and autoimmune — thyroid imbalances and Hashimoto’s disease, evaluated with a full panel rather than a lone TSH.
• Energy and stress — adrenal dysfunction and chronic fatigue, where the whole stack gets tested instead of one suspect at a time.
• Steady-state hormone care — hormone pellet therapy for patients who prefer fewer touchpoints between visits.

Does insurance cover a naturopathic doctor in Oregon?

This is worth knowing, because Oregon is unusual. State law allows licensed naturopathic physicians to credential with insurers as primary-care providers, and many Oregon commercial plans cover naturopathic office visits — coverage that patients in most other states simply do not have.

To be straightforward about our own practice: we are not currently in-network with any plan and we do not bill insurers directly. We provide a detailed billing summary you can submit for possible reimbursement, depending on your plan’s rules. Our FAQs cover how appointments and billing work in more detail.

The Northwest factors we actually test for

Living through Willamette Valley winters puts predictable pressure on the systems this practice treats, and the effects get written off as normal for the season every year.

• Vitamin D — Months of overcast weather at this latitude make deficiency genuinely common here. It is easy to measure, it is straightforward to correct, and its symptoms overlap almost perfectly with low thyroid and low mood.
• Seasonal energy and mood dips — Shorter days shift sleep and cortisol rhythm, which is worth separating from a thyroid problem rather than assuming one explains the other.
• Thyroid symptoms mistaken for winter — Cold intolerance, weight gain, dry skin, and flat energy all read as “just the season” until someone runs a full panel instead of a single TSH.

None of that replaces a diagnosis. It means the workup accounts for where you live, so the season never becomes the explanation by default.

Your first visit as a Sherwood patient

It starts with a free 15-minute discovery call — your symptoms, your goals, and an honest answer about whether we are the right fit. The first appointment itself is a full 60 minutes: a real review of your history, symptoms, and any labs you already have, then targeted testing and a plan built from the results. Follow-up labs confirm whether it is working rather than leaving you to guess.

Dr. Rob Dramov, NMD has practiced in Tualatin for more than two decades, and it is the same physician at every visit. Our approach walks through the whole arc, from first call to follow-up testing.

Planning the drive from Sherwood

A few practical things make the first appointment more productive:

• Bring any labs you already have — including results you were told were normal. Previous panels show a trend, and a value sitting at the edge of a reference range often reads very differently in context.
• Bring your current list — prescriptions, supplements, and doses. Several common supplements affect thyroid and hormone results and change how your numbers are interpreted.
• Check your benefits first — call ahead and we will help you work out what your Oregon plan covers before you commit to anything.
• Allow the full hour — appointments run Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and Friday 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

The clinic is at 18861 SW Martinazzi Ave in central Tualatin, in the Tualatin Commons district just off Interstate 5 at the Nyberg Street exit — around the corner from the Fred Meyer shopping center and minutes from Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center.

Sherwood patient FAQs