Why Integrate

Your Life

You are unique. You are the one person on the planet who knows your body like no other, and we think it is fair to say that healthcare should reflect that simple fact.
You have specific needs and goals.

But most importantly, you have choices: how to live your life, how to remain in tune with your body, and how to take an active role in maintaining it.

Providing the finest care requires a more complete approach to health - one that focuses on the whole person.

Because of this, our patients participate actively in their treatment. Our practitioners listen carefully to your concerns and develop a partnership with you. We believe this therapeutic alliance is essential to your healing.

Your Health

The UCSF Osher Center offers individualized care. Our mission is to support your health maintenance and healing by offering:

Exceptional Care:
Our practitioners have extensive skill, training and experience. Each member of our team is a licensed practitioner and is credentialed by the UCSF Medical Center- one of the nation's top 10 premier hospitals for eight consecutive years and best in the Bay Area (US News and World Report 2008)

Communication:
We practice relationship-centered care in which the patient and practitioner form an alliance to help promote healing. Our practitioners spend time with you. They carefully listen to your concerns and work with you to develop a healing plan specific to your needs.

Collaboration:
Our diverse team of practitioners collaborates to determine the best treatment programs for our patients. When appropriate, our practitioners also collaborate closely with clinicians from other departments and institutions.

Personal Sustainability:
We focus on prevention, health maintenance, early intervention and patient-centered care. We provide you with information, exercises and self-care techniques to empower you to take control of your own health and support life long whole-person healing.

Your Choice

Understanding the whole person is at the center of Integrative Medicine and enables one to truly follow a path of complete care.

At the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, we offer a dynamic approach to health, healing and prevention by integrating modern medicine with established health practices from around the world. Our clinical programs focus on prevention, patient-empowerment and whole person healing.