The specialty of Integrative Medicine is a post-graduate fellowship involving approximately 2 years of training. Integrative Medicine (IM) is healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapies. Many doctors already certified in a medical specialty will commit to further training to learn more healing techniques as a supplement to standard training. This will allow your provider to deploy more elements of lifestyle, nutrition, exercise, mindfulness in addition to prescriptions and surgical options when appropriate for the individual.