10/14/2025
Read my newest article on Medium- Beyond the Scalpel: Integrating Eastern Modalities into Post-Surgical Healing.
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"I admire the surgeon and his teams expertise in this field, their dedication to their craft, and their attention to every detail based on their medical training.
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The sophistication of Western medicine and technology in the modern world is unsurpassed.
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In just over 200+ years the advances in this field have been breathtaking from MRIs to cat scans to x-rays and so many more diagnostic and procedural devices.
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It is truly astonishing to see the breakthroughs in modern medicine and the speed at which this has transformed global medical care.
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Whatever complaints there might be about western care this is life-saving medicine at its finest, especially when it comes to emergency care and surgery.
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Despite this, I find myself reflecting in the midst of the humdrum of this busy prestigious world-renowned clinic what is missing.
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Where is the integrative care that so many hospitals now claim to promote?
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After several decades as an integrative medicine practitioner bringing acupuncture, ayurveda, yoga, and meditation into western clinical settings and hospitals, I see the dramatic absence of this in the in-patient setting."
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full article on Medium- link in bio!
