General Info:
Jacquelyn Cortez-Sammons, DO, is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. She has practiced in Orange County for more than a decade and serves patients at Transformation Health & Wellness in Anaheim, California.
Educated in Southern California, Dr. Cortez-Sammons completed her undergraduate degree at California State University, Fullerton. She earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, followed by an internship at the University of California, Los Angeles. She finished residency training at the University of California, San Diego, before returning to Orange County to practice.
As a provider, Dr. Cortez-Sammons brings an outside-the-box, problem-solving approach to health and wellness, along with a unique mindset. She views the human body as a dynamic unit of function. She enjoys the challenges presented by patients whose health needs call for more than a cookie-cutter solution and aims to provide each of her patients with a personalized plan of integrative care.
With a passion for educating patients about their bodies, Dr. Cortez-Sammons has a refreshing perspective that optimizes health outcomes for each patient who walks through the door at Transformation Health & Wellness. Her extensive training enables her to hone in on the root cause of an ailment to find the appropriate remedy.
As a practitioner, Dr. Cortez-Sammons has studied a multitude of paths of healing. Philosophically, she believes each disease process usually arises out of an unseen obstacle in the body. Removing the obstacle helps to unlock the key to optimal health. Dr. Cortez-Sammons sees the role of a physician as more of a facilitator of healing, rather than a mere administrator of medicine. She recognizes the fundamental role of the mind, body, and spirit connection in restoring good health.
Although Dr. Cortez-Sammons has earned numerous credentials in traditional western medicine, she also performs osteopathic manipulations and appreciates the role of nutrition, exercise, and herbal or mineral supplements in health and wellness. She draws on her extensive training in traditional and integrative medicine to help her patients achieve optimal health.