After earning a Bachelor of Arts from The Colorado College, Dr. Borja lived in Eastern and Southeastern Asia where he began his exploration into medicine. He was introduced to Eastern medicine while studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Borja continued on to earn a Master in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture from Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine while also training in massage and yoga therapy. After practicing in California, Dr. Borja wanted to combine his training and knowledge in Eastern medicine with conventional Western medicine. He went on to earn his medical degree from A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. Dr. Borja completed a Family Medicine internship at the Center for Family and Community Medicine at Columbia University, New York Presbyterian and Family Medicine residency at Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City Medical Center. He did further Post-doctoral training in Medical Acupuncture at UCLA Center for East West Medicine and completed a Diplomate in Classical Homeopathy from the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy.

After residency, Dr. Borja stayed on as Family Medicine faculty at East Tennessee State University and was the Director of the Integrative Medicine Clinic. He then joined the faculty at The Ohio State University (OSU), Department of Family Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor and served as Division Director for OSU Integrative Medicine as well as Medical Director for Integrative Oncology at the OSU James Comprehensive Cancer Center.  Dr. Borja more recently had the honor of working with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe at the Mashpee Indian Health Service Clinic on Cape Cod and working at the Community Health Centers of Burlington.

Dr. Borja is board certified in Family Medicine and his clinical practice is a mix of Family and Integrative Medicine.  This allows him to use a wide variety of tools including Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT), Classical Homeopathy, trigger point injections, botanical/herbal medicine, nutrition and mind-body practices to help patients strive for whole health.