Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

08/21/2026

A recently published narrative review in Obstetrics & Gynecology, co-authored by Denise Millstine, MD, associate director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, examines the evidence across mind-body therapies, acupuncture, nutrition, exercise and botanicals.

"Integrative Medicine Approaches for Menopause" examines symptoms, bone and cardiometabolic health, psychological wellbeing, social and spiritual factors, and the realities of access to care.

The review brings these considerations together in a proposed Whole Health Menopause Care framework designed to support individualized, evidence-informed care across the menopause care.

DM us for a link to the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists reciew

08/18/2026

If you are curious about an integrative approach to psychiatry, Andrew Weil, M.D., and Scott Shannon, MD, recently published an article in Frontiers in Psychiatry titled, 'Systems-based psychiatry: insights from psychedelic research on mechanisms of healing.'

A systems-based approach to psychiatric includes a patient's brain, mind, relationships, environment, and lifestyle.

Drawing on research in neuroscience, complexity science and psychedelics, the authors propose that mental health conditions may be better understood through this whole-person lens.

The article also explores psychedelic and ketamine research, examining evidence behind short-course psychedelics paired with appropriate therapeutic support.

Current psychiatric models, while clinically valuable, remain limited in their ability to account for the complexity, variability, and context dependence of ...

08/13/2026

Community is medicine. Movement workshops with Diverse Dance Arts are one of our absolute favorites.

Come together this Saturday for a free event that will fill your cup and heal your spirit.

This Diverse Dance Arts experience will explore and examine what it means to reconnect with ourselves through mindfulness, to reclaim our innate resilience and to draw connections between our thoughts and our movement patterns.

Participants will also build community by learning of the sunflower’s crown, which represents the third ChezSpirit pillar of Healing.

Engage with creative movement and reflective dialogue, complemented by thoughtfully curated music & sound.

Saturday - August 15th | 1- 3pm
Location: Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine | 1502 E Mabel St, Tucson, AZ 85719 (Cantor Bldg.)

FREE PARKING in the lot.

This event is part of the 2026 SaludArte project, a public art and public health initiative by the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona and the Pima County Health Department.

08/12/2026

How does infrared sauna compare to Finnish sauna?

Oncologist # Dawn Lemanne, MD, weighs in on this episode of the Body of Wonder Podcast

08/11/2026

Happy book birthday to ‘Medicine for All People: Science and Ancient Wisdom for Revolutionary Healing’ and congratulations to its author Geeta Maker-Clark, MD.

Dr. Maker-Clark is an integrative medicine family physician, educator, culinary medicine thought leader, and health equity activist who specializes in movement as medicine, traditional medicine, food justice, and so much more.

She is an alumna of the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship and a favorite facilitator at the annual Integrative Medicine Conference.

Dr. Maker-Clark has a beautiful and powerful approach to medicine that acknowledges and addresses exclusion in the healthcare system, then guides patients back to culturally rooted practices, all within the healthcare system, not outside of it.

In her debut book, she shares the roadmap to a more equitable and effective approach to health and well-being. It is both revolutionary and within reach.

Dr. Weil says of ‘Medicine for All People,’ “Dr. Geeta Maker-Clark carries forward the essential work of redefining health care for our times. Through her vast clinical experience, beautifully shared with clarity, compassion, and scientific grounding, she invites us to see medicine not as a narrow set of interventions, but as a living system rooted in nourishment, ancestral connection, and care. A must-read.”

08/03/2026

This episode of our podcast prompts us to think of cancer as a trespasser of sorts.

The patient is the ecosystem.
The cancer is the interloper.

Oncology meets ecology.

Join hosts Andrew Weil, MD and Victoria Maizes, MD for the premiere of this season’s Body of Wonder Podcast with expert guest Dawn Lemanne, MD.

Dr. Lemanne is an integrative oncologist who serves on fellowship faculty at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

In this episode we discuss patient-centric oncology and adaptive care, tumor behavior, fasting, blood sugar, lifestyle treatments, hyperbaric oxygen, sauna therapy, and hug dose vitamin C, all to ask, are we seeing a shift toward cancer as a manageable chronic disease?

08/01/2026

It’s August. One full month of summer left, and we’re using it to do five slow, simple things that support wellbeing. Please join in!

1. Take a walk after dinner. 🚶🏾‍♀️
A 10 to 30 minute stroll after a meal can lower glucose spikes, support digestion, and help you settle into a better night’s sleep. Bonus: you just might catch an epic sunset and moment of awe.

2. Book an eye exam. 🧐
August is National Eye Exam Month. Regular exams do more than screen for vision changes and ocular conditions. They can catch early signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Make it a group outing and book yours alongside a friend or family.

3. Grandma was on to something. 🧶
Analog activities are screen-free, hands-on hobbies: crochet, journaling, knitting, needlepoint, birdwatching, watercolor. Give it ten minutes a day this month and you may notice stress coming down, focus sharpening, and a little more joy in the ordinary.

4. Read a good book. 📚
As screen time goes up, reading for pleasure tends to go down, and reading offers things scrolling does not. Studies link it to increased gray matter, stronger empathy, a bigger vocabulary, and less anxiety. This month, we're reading a book with a long-distance friend this month. Pick a title, set a standing weekly check-in, and you get the book and the friend at once.

5. Add a fermented food. 🥄
We’re prioritizing gut health with at least one fermented food a day. Swap afternoon tea for kombucha, pile kimchi onto a salad, or have Greek yogurt with honey as a treat.

Let us know if you’ll be joining us for an Integrative August. Here’s to a gentle and joyful month ahead.

07/16/2026

Imagine if the next two years of your clinical career were spent with a small online cohort of practitioners who feel the same way you do.

While continuing your practice, you learn the evidence and mechanism of action behind integrative medicine and whole-person care, applying new approaches throughout the program.

You see a change, not only in your patient care but in the way you care for yourself and your family.

A few months in, your passion for medicine is reignited. You have a clinical mentor and you meet faculty from all over the globe.

Three times over these two years, you head to Arizona for a CME experiential. These weeks will be formative.

You will make connections in your cohort that become your closest colleagues. You will experience integrative medicine, hands on. You will dive into the latest research, learn from indigenous healers and physicians, eat the most delicious anti-inflammatory meals, ask questions during patient panels, and get to know a faculty and staff who understand the commitment you’ve made to healing-oriented, patient-partnership medicine.

Imagine if the next two years of your career were spent with a small online cohort of practitioners who feel the same way you do.

While continuing your practice, you learn the evidence and mechanism of action behind integrative medicine and whole-person care, applying new approaches throughout the program.

You see a change, not only in your patient care but in the way you care for yourself and your family.

A few months in, your passion for medicine feels reignited. You have a clinical mentor and you meet faculty from all over the globe.

Three times over these two years, you head to Arizona for a CME experiential. These weeks are formative.

You make connections in your cohort that become your closest colleagues. You experience integrative medicine, hands on. You dive into the latest research, learn from Indigenous healers and physicians, eat meals that reset what you thought healthy food could taste like, ask questions during patient panels, and get to know faculty and staff who understand the commitment you’ve made to healing-oriented, patient-partnership medicine.

When you graduate, the last of your three in-person weeks in Arizona, you are ready to practice integrative medicine in your field. For a moment, you might wonder what you’re going to do without this cohort, this connection.

Then you learn about the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine’s alumni program and the annual Integrative Medicine Conference, and you realize, this isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of community as medicine.

Join the internationally recognized Integrative Medicine Fellowship—a transformative, two-year online program that empowers practitioners to apply integrative medicine from day one.

07/06/2026

Please join us in welcoming Denise Millstine, MD, as Associate Director of the Fellowship.

A graduate of the program, Dr. Millstine joins the University of Arizona to lead educational programming for healthcare professionals in integrative medicine and whole-person care.

The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) has appointed Denise Millstine, MD, as associate director of the , the center's flagship physician training program and one of the world's leading educational programs in integrative medicine.

06/29/2026

What does health look like for the people running some of the most demanding operations in the country?

This weekend, Stephen Dahmer, MD, Mari Ricker, MD, and George Schatz, MD closed out the Eller Executive Education High Impact Leadership program, bringing integrative medicine into a room of senior executives in the mining industry.

ASARCO and Eller College of Management created space for conversations that don’t always make it into the boardroom: mind-body approaches to stress, anti-inflammatory nutrition, sleep science, brain health, and breathing techniques for recovery.

High Impact Leadership: An Integrative Approach to Nutrition and Wellness for Executives shifts mindset and performance company-wide.

Interested in bringing AWCIM faculty to your organization? Reach out at [email protected].