Caring doctors are not born they are made.

By the age of three, Maia James knew she wanted to be a doctor. For her birthday, instead of the usual doll or tea set, she asked for a plastic take-apart model of the human body and high school level anatomy books. The young Maia spent the next year teaching herself all the bones of the body. She would eventually become a chiropractor.

While in college, Maia became a Certified Massage Therapist. This allowed her to offer nurturing hands-on care. She then pursued her dream of becoming of a Chiropractic Physician. This gave her the ability to give people the broadest possible diagnosis and treatment based on their unique whole life issues and current health.

"Although I always thought I wanted to be a medical doctor," says Dr. Maia, "I came to realize that I didn't want confine myself or my patients to an 8-minute time-slot. I wanted to use touch to connect people to good health, to be a part of their lives and to listen to them, and that takes longer than 8 minutes. It was readily apparent that as a natural health care provider, there would be no limits and I could realize my vision."

"Today, my greatest challenge is to let people know that they can take charge of their body and their health. For example, rather than tell people that they must exercise more, I try to help them make it fun and do it with them."


She was named "Outstanding New Doctor of the Year" by the California Chiropractic Association in 2005.

She completed her Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP ) degree in 2006.This enables her work with numerous amateur and semi professional athletic teams here in the Bay Area. She travels with various teams for games and championships. Golden Gate Rugby Club, San Francisco Gaelic Football Association.

In addition to running her private practice, Dr. Maia conducts seminars on health, wellness, and nutrition in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also involved with charitable groups that use healthy means to achieve healthy ends - for example, the Susan G. Konen Foundation, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk, National Brain Tumor Organization and Team-In-Training.

Dr. Maia has trained as a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME).