It offers all types of treatment options and doesn’t reject known proven treatments when needed. It also uses the body’s innate healing abilities. It strives for more natural and less-invasive treatments.

It is based in good science and considers all the evidence.

Above all else, it is patient-centered.

Healing takes place when there is a relationship with your physician. The physician and the patient take time to get to know each other and address all aspects of health: physical condition, activity level, nutrition, sleep, sex, mood, spirituality, community and social connections, etc.

A person is more than just a body.

There is an amazing mind-body connection that has to be acknowledged for healing. The healing process may include prescriptions or surgery, but also could be as simple as nutrition change, improved sleep, or being more social. Integrative medicine looks at the vast array of treatment options out there. Integrative medicine does not reject traditional allopathic medicine; it looks to blend treatment options that have been around for thousands of years into the repertoire of medical options.

Integrative medicine physicians use evidence-based therapies. We are trained to research the research. We check for herb-supplement-drug interactions. We can show you the evidence, the lack of evidence, and the risk and safety of trying an unproven therapy.

We question. We think. We offer suggestions. It is a conversation. We come to a mutual decision. We try it. We may fail and then try something else. We keep working at it. We think outside the box.

We also work to prevent disease and promote a healthy lifestyle in the process.

Another important part of integrative medicine is the physician’s commitment to care for herself: to practice what she preaches. She shares her experiences and downfalls but also her successes with you. That connection to you completes the circle.

We encourage you to take control of your health to be your best self through your lifespan.