John C. Pittman, M.D. 

Director

Dr. Pittman has a long-standing interest in women’s health and cancer prevention.  He received his B.S. in biology in 1980 and an M.S. in biochemistry and microbiology at the University of Georgia in 1982.  He received his M.D. degree from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia in 1986 and attended the Pediatric Residency Program at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with an emphasis in Preventive Medicine.  Later, while serving as Emergency Department Director at hospitals in Rocky Mount and Southport, NC, he began exploring ways to combine conventional medicine with nutrition, botanicals, and other natural therapies as an integral part of clinical medical practice.  Soon after Dr. Pittman founded the Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine in 1994, he became interested in thermography to assist with breast cancer screening in women who were considering bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.  It was then that he began working with Lewis Stocks, M.D., Ph.D., a Raleigh breast surgeon who founded Carolina Thermascan in the late 1990s.  Dr. Pittman purchased the business in 2007 with Dr. Stocks remaining on staff and reading all scans.  Dr. Pittman regards breast thermography as a superb opportunity for early detection and ultimately for the successful prevention and treatment of breast cancer.  “When a thermogram is read as abnormal, we recommend that the area be examined by ultrasound,” Dr. Pittman says.  “If normal, then specific strategies for improving breast health may be employed to reverse whatever process is occurring.  Such strategies will often result in a normal thermogram three to six months later.”

Lewis H. Stocks, M.D, PhD, F.A.C.S.

Dr. Stocks continues to read all scans and is available to provide follow-up ultrasounds and any other evaluation needed should an abnormality be found, though patients are encouraged to consult their primary care physician to review all scan results.  Dr. Stocks is President of Stocks Surgical Center.  He received his B.S. in Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina and graduated Magna Cum Laude.  He received his Ph.D. from Marquette University and his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin.  A general and thoracic residency was completed at Duke University Medical Center, and he is Board Certified by the American College of Surgeons. His expertise in breast disease has allowed him to be the principal investigator of two worldwide studies.  Dr. Stocks participated in studies comparing thermography with mammograms at Duke in the late 1970s. Although mammography garnered enough attention at the time to eclipse thermography, Dr. Stocks became frustrated with the number of women (notably those with dense breast tissues) presenting with breast cancer who had normal mammograms.  This observation prompted him to obtain a breast thermography camera and launch Carolina Thermascan in the late 1990s.  Dr. Stocks has a special interest in all aspects of both benign and malignant breast disease.

Christopher Getz

Administrator

Chris manages and oversees all operations in the administrative domain of Carolina Thermascan.  He currently sits on advisory boards with the Science Association, the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, and the National Post Doctoral Association, and belongs to numerous professional organizations in the medical, mental health and criminal justice fields. 

Younger Mattox

New Patient Coordinator

Younger serves as our New Patient Coordinator.  His primary duties include scheduling of new patient appointments and processing of new patient information.  A native of North Carolina with a degree in Business Administration, it seems that Younger has always been in the medical field.  Along with owning a pediatric coloring book company for 14 years, he has been cultivating a personal passion for educating people about effective health care since 1984.

Sharon Reynolds

Themography Technician

Sharon is the thermography technician for Carolina Thermascan, performing all procedures and preparing reports for Dr. Stocks and patients.  She was trained by Kristin Donadeo, a technician who trained under Dr. Stocks.  Sharon received a Bachelors degree in Psychology from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (minoring in Composite Science).  In addition, she completed Harvard University’s Health Careers Program and the Medical Billers Program at Allied Schools, Laguna Hills, CA.