About Dr. Wood

I’m a double board-certified physician trained in both conventional and integrative medicine, with a clinical and intellectual focus on women’s health, mind-body medicine, complexity, and psychedelic medicine. My work explores health beyond isolated symptoms, asking how physiology, stress, behavior, environment, and lived experience interact over time.

I practice integrative medicine within a large academic medical system in Chicago and am especially drawn to the places where medicine is evolving, where conventional frameworks feel incomplete, and where deeper questions about healing begin to emerge. For current clinical roles and affiliations, please visit my LinkedIn profile.

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How I Think About Medicine

Evidence, Nuance, and Clinical Judgment

I’m grounded in evidence-based medicine and use conventional diagnostics and treatments as a foundation. At the same time, not every clinically meaningful question fits neatly into a guideline, trial, or algorithm. My approach emphasizes careful interpretation of evidence, transparency about uncertainty, and clinical judgment that remains both rigorous and individualized.

Curiosity at the Edges of Medicine

Curiosity is central to how I think about medicine. I’m especially interested in areas where the field is evolving rapidly, including consciousness, mind-body physiology, and psychedelic medicine. I approach emerging science with both openness and rigor, asking what new developments can teach us without abandoning scientific discipline.

Complexity Requires Context

Many patients have done everything “right” within the medical system and still feel unwell. In these cases, the issue is often not a missed diagnosis, but a framework that is too narrow to account for the full picture. Integrative medicine allows for a broader clinical lens, one that considers systems, timelines, patterns, and context rather than isolated data points alone.

The Mind-Body Interface

Health is shaped by the nervous system as much as by organs, labs, and diagnoses. I incorporate mind-body physiology into clinical care with the understanding that stress, emotion, attention, and behavior are not separate from physical health, but deeply intertwined with it. This perspective informs my work across a wide range of conditions, from chronic pain and fatigue to hormonal, metabolic, and immune concerns.

  • The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

  • Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) Certification, Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM)

  • Double-Board Certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manual Medicine

    West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, IL

  • Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT

  • Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL

  • Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

  • Yoga Renew

  • Advanced Wilderness Life Support Certified (American Wilderness Medicine Association)

Education & Credentials