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 A commitment to advance integrative medicine From the moment babies are born, they begin to age. As we cradle them in our arms, the health issues they'll face later in life don't necessarily spring to mind, but our children's long-term needs take shape from birth. – Dr. Andrew Weil About Andrew Weil, M.D. Andrew Weil, M.D., has devoted the past three decades to developing, practicing and teaching others about the principles of integrative medicine. The founder of Weil Lifestyle, LLC the leading resource for integrative medicine education, information products, and services, Dr. Weil combines a Harvard education and a lifetime of investigating natural and preventative medicine to provide a unique approach to health care which encompasses body, mind and spirit.
He is also the Founder and Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (AzCIM) at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, where he holds positions as Clinical Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, and the Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology. Dr. Weil received both his medical degree and his undergraduate AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard University.
AzCIM, established in 1994, trains physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals to apply the principles of integrative medicine. The program's overriding mission is to lead the transformation of health care by creating, educating and actively supporting a community of professionals who embody the philosophy and practice of integrative medicine. The program features a broad range of comprehensive fellowship training programs, online educational course on specific topics, an integrative clinic and an NIH-supported research group. Through AzCIM, Dr. Weil hopes to expand and strengthen integrative medicine and ultimately help to transform health care in North America and the world.
A world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Weil is a best-selling author and editorial director of DrWeil.com, the leading online resource for healthy living based on the principles of integrative medicine. Dr. Weil's books include the national bestsellers Spontaneous Healing, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health, The Healthy Kitchen, and Healthy Aging. He also authors the popular Self Healing newsletter and is the Director of Integrative & Healing at Miraval Life in Balance Resort. Dr. Weil is an internationally-recognized expert for his views on leading a healthy lifestyle, his philosophy of healthy aging, and future of medicine and health care.
As a columnist for Prevention and TIME magazines and a frequent guest on Larry King Live, Oprah, and the Today Show, Dr. Weil provides valuable information and insight on how to incorporate conventional and complimentary medicine practices in one's life to optimize the body's natural healing power.
Why My Name and Face are on Commercial Products: People often ask me why my name and face are on commercial products. I feel this challenge is appropriate to anyone asking trust from the public. My answer is that I wanted to establish a long-term funding mechanism for education and research in integrative medicine. In addition, every product and every manufacturer that licenses my name is actively engaged in making the world better for all of us. Through these ethical business practices I hope to encourage the transition from a consumptive economy to a restorative one. A restorative business is one that provides a valuable product that a sustainable world needs, displacing unsustainable products in the process. Some restorative businesses also donate a portion of their profits to non-profit organizations, doubling their effectiveness. I personally make nothing from products to which I license my name. I donate all of my after-tax profits from royalties from sales of Weil Baby products directly to the Weil Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting integrative medicine through training, education and research.
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All of Dr. Weil's after-tax profits from royalties from sales of Weil Baby
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