Anand Dhruva, MD

Director of Education, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Osher Foundation Endowed Chair in Education in Integrative Health
Director of the Clinical Fellowship in Integrative Health, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Research Faculty, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Integrative Oncologist and Ayurvedic Practitioner, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Professor, Department of Medicine

Clinical Specialties at the Osher Center

Research Interests

Ayurvedic medicine
Yoga and yoga breathing
Botanical medicines
Palliative and supportive care

Experience

Dr. Dhruva is a clinician-educator and researcher specializing in medical oncology, integrative oncology, Ayurveda, and yoga. He is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the Director of Education at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. He is the Co-Director of the Osher Collaborative Clinical Fellowship in Integrative Medicine and an Associate Program Director of the UCSF Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program.

Dr. Dhruva is a graduate of the UCSF Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program. He was awarded a Bravewell Fellowship to attend the University of Arizona Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, which he completed in 2008. Dr. Dhruva has completed Ayurvedic Practitioner training along with other ongoing training in Ayurvedic medicine. He was elected to the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in 2019.

The primary focus of Dr. Dhruva’s work is on integrative Ayurvedic medicine. This includes a clinical practice dedicated to applying Ayurvedic medicine approaches for cancer care. His research program focuses on developing and testing Ayurvedic approaches for cancer survivorship and supportive/palliative care. He was the recipient of a National Institutes of Health K23 Career Development Award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)). He has received several subsequent NIH grants, including an R01 grant from NCCIH, to support his research program. An important culmination of his work in education is serving as the founding director of the UCSF Osher Center Integrative Ayurvedic Medicine Training Program. This year-long skills-based program is tailored for clinicians to develop a foundational understanding of Ayurvedic medicine to apply to their clinical practice.

Education and Training

Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship, UCSF
Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona
Internal Medicine Residency, Emory University
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine