Key takeaways

The Atlanta area is home to what may be the best-known clinic for alternative medicine in Georgia, if not the entire Southeast: Progressive Medical Center. Part of the success of the Dunwoody clinic stems from its presence on social media, where its co-founder extols therapies and treatments outside the realm of mainstream medicine.

Beyond those posts, however, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution discovered a complicated and, at times, troubled history for both the clinic and its co-founder. While in online videos he uses the title Dr., he is not a physician, and the legitimacy of some credentials he claims are open to question. His companies have also come under scrutiny from regulators in three states.