Meet The Team

Dr.Heather Volpp received her medical degree in 2001 from the University of Nevada. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and then did a fellowship in allergy and immunology at UCLA/VA Medical Center in West Los Angeles. She has been in practice in north San Diego since 2006 and is a firm believer in functional medicine, specifically functional immunology.

Dr.Volpp lives in Encinitas with her husband and four children. She enjoys running,  tennis and cooking as well as being a crazy soccer and lacrosse mom.

A message from Heather:

I was in private practice allergy and immunology for 15 years. I saw numerous patients with fairly large systemic complaints—ranging from joint pain, fatigue, loss of mental clarity, etc. that could not be addressed or explained by traditional medicine. I also saw patients who looked like the picture of health — lean, exercise, eat healthy —suffer massive cardiac events. This started to pique my interest that may be traditional medicine was not addressing
under lying problems, mainly inflammation, as a root cause for disease. Ozone has been used for centuries to stop the inflammatory cascade at a cellular level. What I have seen from my two years in practice is patients unexplained symptoms improving, cardiac risk indicators decreasing, objective measures of inflammation dropping and over all better quality of life for my patients. My goal is to work in conjunction with patients current medical team to optimize their bodies natural healing, significantly decrease over all inflammation and improve over all health for all my patients.

Apryl Pidding, Nurse Practitioner, received her bachelor’s degree in health communications in 1996 from the University of Washington. After ten years of experiencing life through multiple different disciplines including seven years as a reserve officer in the United States Coast Guard, she continued her education by completing a second bachelor’s degree in nursing in2006 from
the University of San Diego. She then went on to receive her Masters of Science in Nursing, specializing as a family nurse practitioner in 2010. She has experience in family practice, urgent care, hematology/oncology and immunology. She currently practices functional gastroenterology in
north San Diego.

Apryl Pidding lives in Encinitas with her husband and two sons. She enjoys exercising, hiking, camping and surfing.

With over 14 years dedicated to plastic surgery and 30 years as a registered nurse, Liz brings a unique blend of experience, expertise, and artistic skill to her practice. Her focus is on achieving safe, beautiful, and natural out comes tailored to each patient. Liz firmly believes in the synergy between aesthetic treatments like injectables, microneedling, lasers, and medical-grade skincare, complementing a healthy life style of exercise and proper nutrition for graceful aging.

Liz’s ultimate aim is to deliver the most natural and aesthetically pleasing results possible for her patients.

Outside of her professional life, Liz enjoys pickle ball, yoga, and cherishing moments with her husband and three children.

Trish Quinones is an accomplished Administrative Assistant with a passion for patient care and over 15 years of dedicated service in the medical field. She started her journey in 2022 with SynergyO3 and has become an in valuable asset to the team.

She has certifications as both a Medical Assistant and X-ray Technician and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as an Administrative Assistant. She worked for 9 years in Allergy and Immunology and then continued her medical working journey in Orthopedics and Occupational Care as an X-ray Tech until she joined our SynergyO3 team.

Her commitment to patient care is evident in everything she does, ensuring that each individual receives the attention and support they deserve.

Trish lives in Vista with her husband and has two sons. On her free time, she enjoys traveling, visiting her family in Texas, and walking her dogs on the beach.