Bridging Modern Medicine with Whole-Person Care
where curiosity fuels deeper understanding
About me
Double Board-Certified Integrative Medicine Physician
I’m a double board-certified physician whose work sits at the intersection of integrative medicine, women’s health, mind-body medicine, complex chronic illness, and psychedelic medicine. My approach is grounded in evidence-informed, whole-person care and shaped by a deep curiosity about the biological, psychological, and lived dimensions of healing.
I began my medical career in general surgery, where I came to appreciate both the strengths and the limitations of a system that often excels at acute care but can struggle to fully address chronic illness, complexity, and the broader context of a patient’s life. That realization led me to make a deliberate shift toward integrative medicine.
After residency, I completed fellowship training in integrative medicine, along with additional training in functional medicine and integrative nutrition. I am also a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200), which informs my understanding of movement, breath, and mind-body physiology in clinical practice.
I’m particularly interested in how emerging areas of medicine — including psychedelic medicine — are reshaping conversations around neuroscience, consciousness, and therapeutic change. Through clinical care, education, podcasting, and broader public dialogue, I aim to bridge rigorous medical science with a more expansive understanding of health, healing, and human potential.
Areas of Clinical Focus
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I offer integrative medicine consultations within a large academic medical system in Chicago, caring for patients across a wide range of conditions, including many of the areas listed below. My current clinical roles and practice information can be found on LinkedIn. These consultations bring a broader, evidence-based, whole-person lens to care — drawing from nutrition, lifestyle medicine, mind-body medicine, herbal and supplement strategies, and psychedelic medicine frameworks when appropriate, always in a way that augments conventional care rather than replaces it.
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Women’s health is one of my core areas of focus, from hormones and fertility and pregnancy to postpartum and menopause. I’m especially interested in the ways physiology, stress, metabolism, and lived experience intersect across the female lifespan.
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Mind-body medicine is central to everything I do, because the mind and body are not separate systems — they are in constant conversation. Stress, emotion, attention, behavior, and lived experience shape physiology in profound ways, influencing everything from inflammation and hormones to pain, digestion, immunity, and healing capacity. I’m deeply interested in how we can better understand that relationship and use it to support more effective, whole-person care.
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Psychedelic medicine is one of the most compelling emerging areas in modern healthcare. My interest lies in its clinical potential, neurobiological mechanisms, and the broader questions it raises about consciousness, therapeutic change, and the future of healing.
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I’m interested in a more proactive vision of medicine — one that looks beyond disease management and asks how we can support vitality, resilience, and long-term function before illness fully takes hold. To me, longevity is not simply about living longer, but about preserving healthspan, capacity, and quality of life in a way that is grounded, individualized, and evidence-informed.
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As an osteopathic physician, I’m drawn to a model of medicine that sees the body as an interconnected whole rather than a collection of isolated parts. Osteopathic medicine reinforces many of the same principles that shape my broader work: the relationship between structure and function, the body’s innate capacity for healing, and the importance of treating the person rather than just the symptom. It brings an integrated, hands-on dimension to how I think about health, illness, and recovery.
