01/07/2026
What does it mean now that I have completed a Fellowship in Integrative medicine? Great question!
The most important components of the practice of integrative medicine include focus on the whole person; integrating standard medical care with complementary approaches such as lifestyle modifications, yoga, nutrition, acupuncture, massage, and meditation to name just a few; utilize safe and effective therapies that have been studied and guided by evidence; and lastly to focus on prevention as well as early detection of illness.
My training has helped me to understand how to assist my families in finding high quality supplements that may provide known health benefits while ensuring there is an understanding that supplements can also do harm. Vitamin D and Magnesium are my favorite recommendations!
I am acutely aware that it is important to consider the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social aspects of health with every patient and family.
The nurturing of the therapeutic relationship between doctor and patient occurs through sharing of knowledge and ideas in a capacity that allows for open discussion and honest discourse.
My training in Integrative Medicine allows me to blend standard treatment and plan of care with complementary approaches in a way that can only better empower the patient and family in their search for health and wellness.
Complementary therapies should always work with conventional medical care, and this is an important concept that is often overlooked.
The desire to allow complementary therapy approaches does not mean that we need to avoid standard medical care.
Anyone that tells another to abandon their physician’s guidance and instead follow a plan of alternative care that discounts the benefit of conventional medical treatment is not an integrative provider by any means.
I have loved every second of my fellowship training in integrative medicine.
I love being a pediatrician.
Please remember that health is not an all or nothing concept.
The blending of medical guidance with complementary care is the path to health and healing.
It is not one or the other, no matter who tells you otherwise. ❤️.