Integrative Medicine Overview

  • Holistic Healing: Integrative and functional medicine (often called "holistic medicine") focuses on healing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.
  • Evidence-Based Approach: Combines scientific evidence, lifestyle interventions, and time-tested therapies to promote deep, lasting health improvements.

What is Integrative Medicine?

  • Patient-Centered Care: Merges conventional medical practices with complementary therapies for a balanced, whole-person approach.
  • Integration of Treatments: Uses both conventional and non-conventional treatments, such as acupuncture, nutrition, and mindfulness, for a comprehensive care plan.
  • Reduced Reliance on Medications: A well-designed integrative treatment plan can reduce or eliminate the need for pharmaceuticals, although they are used when necessary.

Functional Medicine: Personalized Care

  • Specialized Focus: Functional medicine is a branch of integrative medicine that focuses on the patient’s unique biochemical makeup and health history.
  • Systems-Based Approach: Looks at the underlying causes of illness—such as triggers and mediators—to create personalized, root-cause treatment plans.
  • Tailored Treatments: Functional medicine treatments are individualized and supported by training from the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).

Leadership and Support

  • National Organizations: Key U.S. organizations advancing integrative medicine include:
    • Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH): A network of over 70 academic institutions promoting integrative health practices.
    • Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM): An inter-professional network of healthcare practitioners in integrative medicine.
    • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH): A branch of the NIH funding research in integrative therapies.

A Comprehensive Path to Wellness

  • Whole-Person Approach: Integrative medicine addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
  • Empowering Wellness: Helps individuals manage chronic conditions and improve overall health using a combination of modern medicine and traditional healing practices.

Foundation for Reversing Chronic Diseases and Lifelong Health


  • Food as Medicine: Nutrition is a critical component of lifestyle medicine, playing a key role in the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases.
  • Impact of Diet on Chronic Disease:
    • Many chronic diseases are directly linked to the foods we eat.
    • Dietary choices have the potential to influence or reverse the course of chronic conditions.
  • Personalized Nutritional Evaluation:
    • Each patient undergoes an evaluation to assess how their diet may contribute to their health issues.
    • Patients receive a personalized "food as medicine" prescription with specific food plans aimed at restoring health.
  • Ongoing Support from Health Coaches:
    • Health coaches work alongside Dr. Golbor, MD, providing regular follow-ups and adjustments to food plans.
    • Collaboration between health coaches and the physician ensures comprehensive and ongoing support for patients.
  • Integral Team Approach:
    • Health coaches play a vital role in the integrative and functional medicine care team, working closely with Dr. Golbor, MD to help patients achieve long-term health goals through diet and lifestyle changes.
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Conditions we treat through the integrative and functional medicine approach include (not an exhaustive list):

Diabetes

Prediabetes

High cholesterol

High blood pressure

Autoimmune disease

Gluten sensitivity

Food sensitivities

Cancer 

(supportive care) 

Chronic joint pain 

Coronary heart disease 

Leaky gut 

Rheumatoid arthritis 

Ulcerative colitis 

Osteoarthritis  

Crohn's disease 

Sjögren syndrome 

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth 

Lupus 

Infertility 

Dysbiosis 

Thyroid disorder 

Obesity 

Anxiety 

Migraine 

Chronic fatigue syndrome 

Insomnia 

Back pain 

Neck pain 

Asthma 

And more...