Carla Kuon, MD

Experience

Dr. Carla Kuon is an internist and integrative medicine faculty member at UCSF with over 20 years of experience. As both an integrative internist and integrative oncologist, she has training in functional immunology and significant expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of functional gut disorders. She created and directed the inpatient hematology massage service at UCSF and has published articles on C. Difficile management in oncology patients. She is the director of the OPTIMAL-IH COVID Clinic and has authored a book on the outpatient management of Long COVID using integrative health approaches. She chairs the education case conference series at the Osher Center for Integrative Health and teaches the popular CODA course on "Food as Medicine" at UCSF.  

Dr. Kuon is interested in integrative oncology, functional immunology, precision nutrition, precision medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is dual board certified in addiction medicine and internal medicine. She has received training in ear acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Education and Training

• Diversity and Equity Training, UCSF
• Functional Immunology Course, Cogence Immunology
• Helms Auriculotherapy Course, University of Arizona
• Clinical Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
• Internal Medicine Residency, Tufts Medical Center
• Medical Degree, University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
• Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics and Medical Sciences, UCLA

Personal Statement and Approach

Chronic illness can improve by taking a holistic approach that involves nutritional changes, stress reduction, and addressing the underlying drivers of illness including microbiome health and the gut-brain connection. Addressing nutrition is often the first crucial step toward regaining health. In addition, gut health the mind-body connection is paramount and must be addressed in the ultimate path to healing. I take a personalized and precision approach to advise patients on biomedical and lifestyle-based options to improve their health.

Publications

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