Featured Guests:

Andrew Weil, MD

AndrewWeil, M.D., has devoted the past three decades to developing, practicing, and teaching others about the principles of integrative medicine. The founder of Wei I 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 preventive 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 courses 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 philosophy 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 Health & 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 the 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 complementary medicine practices in one's life to optimize the body's natural healing power.

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