The most frequent question I am asked about creating UltraWellness is: "Where can I find a doctor who thinks like you?"

Unfortunately this has not been an easy question to answer. However there is an emerging group of physicians, practitioners, and health centers who have committed themselves to advancing this new medical paradigm—one that gives you the tools to get to the root of illness and helps create and support health and weight loss.

Here is a helpful list of resources you can use to seek out your own medical help. Some of the practitioners below have had formal training in integrative, functional, or botanical medicine. Some are fellowship trained in integrative medicine. Others have learned through less conventional means. While I do not know all of these practitioners personally, I have made my best attempt to guide you based on recommendations from other leaders in the field of integrative and functional medicine.

Some have strengths in one area and may be less experienced in others, but all are seeking to find the answers to your heath concerns with compassion and integrity.

IMPORTANT: I cannot personally attest to the quality of every single physician you may find referenced from the resources below, so please use your own best judgment when contacting any medical professional.

Physicians Who Have Completed the AFMCP
www.functionalmedicine.org/findfmphysician/index.asp

To start your search I recommend you go to The Institute for Functional Medicine’s listing of doctor’s who have completed their six-day intensive training program that teaches the basic principles outlined in my books. This course is called "Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice" (AFMCP) The AFMCP is the Institute’s premier course and people who complete the course are exposed to a common knowledge base in functional medicine.

Other Resources

Here is a helpful list of other resources you can use to seek out your own medical help. Remember, I do not have relationships with all of these people or organizations. These recommendations are based on my discussion with other experts in my field. The descriptions that follow each of the listings come directly from their websites.

The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM)
www.imconsortium.org

The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) is supported by a grant from the Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine. Their membership currently includes 22 highly esteemed academic medical centers.

Their mission is to help transform medicine and healthcare through rigorous scientific studies, new models of clinical care, and innovative educational programs that integrate biomedicine, the complexity of human beings, the intrinsic nature of healing, and the rich diversity of therapeutic systems.

The goal, at its essence, is to make a qualitative difference in people's health by advocating an integrative model of healthcare incorporating mind, body, and spirit.

As an organization they are committed to sharing information and ideas, meeting challenges together in a process grounded in the values of Integrative Medicine, supporting member institutions, and providing a national voice for Integrative Medicine.

The CAHCIM represents a tremendous opportunity to affect the direction, assumptions, and outcomes of healthcare. Given the involvement of strong academic institutions and their representatives, which include deans and chancellors, they are poised to provide a forum for those committed to the values of Integrative Medicine.

The Consortium will provide the cohesion necessary to maximize individual institutional efforts, and also move the field forward in a way that no one institution is able to.

The Bravewell Collaborative
www.bravewell.org

The Bravewell Collaborative exists to bring about optimal health and healing for individuals and society by:

• Organizing and sustaining a community of philanthropists dedicated to advancing integrative medicine
• Offering strategic and informed program initiatives that create optimal healing environments for both patients and healers
• Creating an atmosphere of collaboration that stimulates and supports innovation in integrative medicine
• Providing educational opportunities for health professionals, consumers, philanthropists, and others in a position to move American healthcare toward integrative medicine

The Institute for Functional Medicine
www.functionalmedicine.org

The mission of the Institute is to improve patient outcomes through prevention, early assessment, and comprehensive management of complex, chronic disease. We achieve this mission by:

• Developing the functional medicine knowledge base as a bridge between research (both emerging and established) and clinical practice
• Teaching physicians and other healthcare providers the basic science and clinical applications of functional medicine
• Communicating with policymakers, practitioners, educators, researchers, and the public to disseminate the functional medicine knowledge base more widely

The Institute provides continuing medical education for physicians and other healthcare professionals, publishes books and other educational materials, and offers clinicians a forum for the shared exploration of emerging research and clinical applications to improve patient care and outcomes.

The Associate Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine
www.integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/af

The first of its kind, the Associate Fellowship trains physicians, physician's assistants, and nurse practitioners on how to incorporate the philosophies and techniques of Integrative Medicine through both the Internet and on-site training.

To date, 160 physicians from six countries and 32 states representing 35 different medical specialties have studied Integrative Medicine through this unique program that has over 80 graduates.

This innovative, instructional program creates a vibrant community of learners and emphasizes clinical applications, case studies, and collaboration to provide a broad conceptual and practical education in Integrative Medicine.

American Holistic Medical Association
www.holisticmedicine.org

If you're looking for a holistic-minded practitioner, you can request a directory listing of professionals from the American Holistic Medical Association for $10.

Carolinas Integrative Health
www.carolinas.org/services/cih

Carolinas Integrative Health offers high-quality complementary and alternative therapies at one central location under the supervision of a uniquely trained board-certified physician.

As the medical director for Carolinas Integrative Health, Russell H. Greenfield, MD, brings impressive credentials as a conventional medical practitioner and as a specialist in Integrative Medicine.

The Center for Pediatric Integrative Medicine
www.doctornewmark.com

This is a consulting practice in pediatric Integrative Medicine that offers a holistic, healing-oriented approach, using the best of alternative and conventional medicine to help children and adolescents obtain optimal health.

Sanford Newmark, MD is a physician with over 19 yeas of experience in taking care of children and is a graduate of Dr. Andrew Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine. He is the first graduate to open a practice in pediatric Integrative Medicine.

The Continuum Center for Health and Healing
www.healthandhealingny.org

The Continuum Center for Health and Healing provides fully integrative care, employing safe and effective conventional and complementary therapies in a specially designed healing environment. The Center's vision is comprehensive; including clinical services, educational offerings, research studies, and outreach efforts.

Duke Center for Integrative Medicine
www.dukehealth.org/Services/IntegrativeMedicine/index

The Duke Center for Integrative Medicine (DCIM) offers individual patient consultation services, both public and professional education programs and retreats, and dedicated research in the field of Integrative Medicine.

The Family Practice Centre of Integrative Health and Healing
www.fpcihh.com

The Family Practice Centre of Integrative Health and Healing in Ontario, Canada, includes both Integrative Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine Consulting, blending conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. The Centre also offers naturopathic medicine, Chinese medicine and acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, psychotherapy, stress management, and Reiki.

Partners in Healing
www.partnersinhealing.byregion.net

Partners in Healing, located in New York, is an Integrative Medicine practice dedicated to nurturing the healer within. Ann Carey Tobin, MD, a family physician and a member of the inaugural class of Dr. Andrew Weil's Associate Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, provides an approach to health care that utilizes the best of safe and effective therapeutic modalities. This healing-oriented medicine excels in prevention and wellness care, and provides gentle help for many chronic and acute health issues.

Program in Integrative Medicine
www.integrativemedicine.arizona.edu

Founded in 1994 by Dr. Andrew Weil, the Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM) at the University of Arizona aims to educate physician leaders who will be instrumental in helping change medical education and the healthcare system. PIM offers a two-year residential fellowship for physicians as well as a two-year distance learning experience called the Associate Fellowship. It includes clinical, research, leadership, and experiential learning. The Program in Integrative Medicine is funded in large part by private donations.

Maine Medical Family Practice Center
www.mmc.org/mmc_services/integrativemeddefault.htm

The Falmouth Family Practice Center provides community primary care and resident education. It houses private physicians and residents in family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics.

Program in Integrative Medicine at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
www.enh.org/healthandwellness/clinicalservices/integrative

We strive to expand the definition of healing to include the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of a person. We endeavor to create an environment in which both practitioner and patient are engaged in their own healing process and life-long learning. We intend to serve as a new model for addressing health in this country.

University of Wisconsin Center for Integrative Medicine
www.uwhospital.org/Integrativemed/default.asp

UW Health Integrative Medicine specialists offer services that draw from both conventional and complementary medicine. We have a healing-oriented philosophy that focuses on less invasive therapies to help remove barriers that may be blocking the body's ability to heal. We are dedicated to helping you achieve your highest potential for wellness, regardless of your current state of health.

True North, A Center for Health and Healing
www.truenorthhealthcenter.org

True North, A Center for Health and Healing is a unique integrative practice. We combine the best of conventional medicine with the finest complementary health care practices. Our mission is to provide a patient-centered environment for the health and healing of the body, mind, and spirit.