Michael Tompkins, chair of the International Spa Association, is joining Missouri, US-based Personalised Advanced Lifestyle Medicine (PALM) as co-CEO with cardiologist Dr. Lauren Munsch Dal Farra.

The move comes just one year after Tompkins joined South Carolina-based Hilton Head Health as CEO, and coincides with his move to St. Louis to be closer to family.

PALM is the brainchild of Munsch Dal Farra, and combines general medical services and cutting-edge medical technologies with alternative therapies, lifestyle programming, nutrition, fitness and spa services – all under one roof.

Tompkins calls it “a true integrative wellness practice,” and the facility – due to open next month – already has a number of physicians on board, including a cardiologist, neurologist, headache specialist, psychiatrist, functional medical practitioner and two general practitioners.

The centre will have a DEXA scanner, two hyperbaric chambers, a cryotherapy chamber, infrared saunas and a salt room, as well as a full range of spa and fitness facilities.

“This is the first time I’ve ever seen a product like this anywhere,” said Tompkins. “And I so hope it works as we plan, because it’s going to be the next thing in true healthcare.”

To read more about PALM, Hilton Head Health, and Michael Tompkins, see Spa Business Q4 2015.