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Holistic and Integrative Medicine

Your body, mind and spirit possess powerful healing potential—and that’s especially valuable when you’re fighting illness or need to change unhealthy habits. Holistic and integrative health practitioners in the Sutter Health network combine Western medical wisdom with evidence-based complementary therapies to help prevent disease and activate your own healing mechanisms.

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Featured Services

  • Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Functional Medicine
  • Integrative Allergy Treatment
  • Integrative Autoimmune Disorders Care
  • Integrative Cancer Support
  • Integrative Chiropractic Care
  • Integrative Chronic Pain Management
  • Integrative Digestive Disorders Care
  • Integrative Musculoskeletal Care
  • Integrative Nutrition Services
  • Integrative Physician Assessments
  • Integrative Primary Care and Osteopathy
  • Integrative Psychotherapy and Mind-Body Medicine
  • Mindfulness and Stress Reduction
  • Therapeutic Body Work and Integrative Massage

Your Health in Balance

When you’re in the midst of a health crisis, you may feel scared, overwhelmed or in pain. You need more than tests, surgeries and medication; you need healing touch, a listening ear and inspiration to create a renewed sense of your own health. You may have a health condition that isn't easily diagnosed or treated with Western medicine alone, and want to add new tools to help you regain physical, mental, emotional and spiritual balance and resilience. 

Our holistic and integrative medicine practitioners provide just that. Sutter’s Institute for Health & Healing, founded in 1994 and the first integrative medicine clinic certified by the State of California, is a nationally recognized pioneer in integrative health. At locations across Northern California, we provide evidence-based care that combines modern medical approaches with proven, personalized integrative medicine therapies. Whether you want physician oversight to manage a serious illness or are seeking acupuncture treatment or a therapeutic massage, our goal is to provide the partnership and resources you need to optimize your overall health and well-being.

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Understanding Integrative Medicine

Integrative medicine expands the traditional focus on disease and symptoms to incorporate your full potential for wellness. It shifts the emphasis from establishing what’s wrong to finding out how to live better through deep and enduring health practices. 

Integrative medicine also expands the treatment landscape to include options that reflect a mind-body-spirit perspective. For any given clinical concern or need, an integrative approach may incorporate ancient traditions such as Chinese medicine and acupuncture as well as modern forms of restoring balance such as functional medicine, mindfulness training and nutrition. 

You may come to us with a condition for which conventional medicine may not have all the answers. You may want to enhance the care you are already receiving. Or you may simply be interested in exploring different approaches to wellness and prevention. Whatever your state of health, we can guide you to holistic changes and support you as you put those into practice.

Our staff are all board-certified, Western-trained doctors and clinicians specially trained in integrative practices. Across our Northern California locations, we offer in-depth integrative medicine consultations, focused integrative medicine treatments such as acupuncture and chiropractic services. In San Francisco, we also offer integrative primary care services.

Conditions We Treat

We help children and adults with a variety of health conditions. We offer expertise in areas including:

  • Autoimmune conditions — including celiac disease and thyroid conditions.
  • Cancer support — including relief from treatment-related side effects, immune system enhancement, pain management and survivorship.
  • Childhood conditions — including chronic infections, headaches, autism spectrum disorders, allergies and immune disorders, colic and ADD/ADHD.
  • Digestive disorders — including IBS, IBD (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis), detoxification and intestinal yeast (candida).
  • Emotional health — including anxiety, stress, depression, insomnia and coping with life transitions.
  • Environmental issues — including allergies, asthma, chemical sensitivities and heavy metal toxicity.
  • Heart health — including metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels.
  • Pain relief and fatigue — including chronic pain, musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia and headaches.
  • Preventive care for stress management, diet and lifestyle change.
  • Weight management — including weight loss or gain, obesity and support for related surgical interventions.
  • Women’s health — including fertility, PMS, perimenopause, menopause, osteoporosis and estrogen metabolism.

Holistic, Integrative Healthcare

Institute for Health & Healing

Institute for Health & Healing

The Institute for Health & Healing is a nationally recognized pioneer in integrative health, combining conventional medical wisdom with science-backed complementary therapies to help people feel their best. The Institute is affiliated with the Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation and Sutter Medical Foundation. It has clinics in Roseville, Sacramento, San Francisco and Santa Rosa.

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Complementary and alternative medicine use herbs, meditation, acupuncture, homeopathy and other approaches to treat different health issues.

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Doctor Profiles

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Haleh Sheikholeslami, M.D.

Haleh Sheikholeslami, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Eric I. Hassid, M.D.

Eric I. Hassid, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Wendy H. Reeve, M.D.

Wendy H. Reeve, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Aparna A. Dandekar, D.O.

Aparna A. Dandekar, D.O.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Janet Volpe, M.D.

Janet Volpe, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Deepika Minnal, M.D.

Deepika Minnal, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Judith D. Jones, M.D.

Judith D. Jones, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Amy L. Matecki, M.D., L.Ac., FACP

Amy L. Matecki, M.D., L.Ac., FACP

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

Akil Palanisamy, M.D.

Akil Palanisamy, M.D.

  • Holistic/Integrative Medicine

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