http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/ Understanding and managing the mid-life transition Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 Wendy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:06:51 +0000 http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/#comment-1660 Dr. Jennifer - Thank you for your comment. You make a good point, but I don't know what the solution is. I know first hand how difficult it is to find a physician who is knowledgeable about hormone balancing AND will devote the patient time that's necessary for taking a holistic approach to wellness. I was lucky to find someone, but it wasn't my gynecologist or internist. They still have their 10-minute office visit models which don't work for menopausal women with complex issues. Dr. Jennifer – Thank you for your comment. You make a good point, but I don’t know what the solution is. I know first hand how difficult it is to find a physician who is knowledgeable about hormone balancing AND will devote the patient time that’s necessary for taking a holistic approach to wellness. I was lucky to find someone, but it wasn’t my gynecologist or internist. They still have their 10-minute office visit models which don’t work for menopausal women with complex issues.

]]> http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Dr. Jennifer Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:34:38 +0000 http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/#comment-1659 I would just like to point out that there is a $25,000 fee to participate in the University of Arizona Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program. Most respectable medical fellowships actually pay physicians to participate in their program. Usually there is a detailed application process for a medical fellowship requiring peer references, test scores, credential/licensure validation and even investigation of criminal and driving records. My understanding of the Arizona fellowship is that the only requirement for practitioners is that they pay $25,ooo to have the priviledge of learning from their esteemed practitioners. As a board-certified family practitioner who struggles to address hormone issues with patients while still taking insurance as well as still paying off student loans from medical school, the opportunity to participate in Arizona's fellowship is completely beyond my means. I applaud your blog, and others, for educating women about the need for adequate hormone management. As a result, however, our broadening base of menopause patients are suffering from a crisis of supply v. demand: more and more women are educated about their need for apporpriate hormone management, but there is an unnecessary shortage of enlightened practitioners. Unless accomplished integrative physicians like Dr. Low Dog and Dr. Weil make an effort to educate their peers in an affordable way, patients will continue to be deprived of the care they deserve. I would just like to point out that there is a $25,000 fee to participate in the University of Arizona Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program. Most respectable medical fellowships actually pay physicians to participate in their program. Usually there is a detailed application process for a medical fellowship requiring peer references, test scores, credential/licensure validation and even investigation of criminal and driving records. My understanding of the Arizona fellowship is that the only requirement for practitioners is that they pay $25,ooo to have the priviledge of learning from their esteemed practitioners. As a board-certified family practitioner who struggles to address hormone issues with patients while still taking insurance as well as still paying off student loans from medical school, the opportunity to participate in Arizona’s fellowship is completely beyond my means.
I applaud your blog, and others, for educating women about the need for adequate hormone management. As a result, however, our broadening base of menopause patients are suffering from a crisis of supply v. demand: more and more women are educated about their need for apporpriate hormone management, but there is an unnecessary shortage of enlightened practitioners. Unless accomplished integrative physicians like Dr. Low Dog and Dr. Weil make an effort to educate their peers in an affordable way, patients will continue to be deprived of the care they deserve.

]]> http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Jacqueline Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:01:45 +0000 http://www.menopausetheblog.com/2009/02/23/how-to-find-an-integrative-medicine-physician/#comment-1130 Big fan of Women to Women here and just wanted to point out that the clinic does do off-site phone conferencing with patients. Maybe this would work for women who just don't live anywhere an integrative medicine practice? Here's the link describing how this is done (and how much it costs): http://www.womentowomen.com/clinic/clnphoneconsults.aspx. Big fan of Women to Women here and just wanted to point out that the clinic does do off-site phone conferencing with patients. Maybe this would work for women who just don’t live anywhere an integrative medicine practice? Here’s the link describing how this is done (and how much it costs): http://www.womentowomen.com/clinic/clnphoneconsults.aspx.

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