Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship
A Fellowship Designed for the Realities of Clinical Complexity
Healthcare is evolving, and clinicians are increasingly called to manage complexity, chronic disease, and root causes, often within systems not designed for this level of care. The Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship provides rigorous, evidence-informed training that equips MDs, DOs, NPs and PAs to integrate whole-person, functional, and integrative approaches into everyday clinical practice. Graduates develop stronger clinical reasoning, expanded therapeutic strategies, and the confidence to deliver personalized care that improves patient outcomes and restores meaning in their work.
70 total fellows
30+ expert faculty members
2-Year hybrid, self-paced program
3 in-person retreats
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, ABOIM
Founding Director, brings decades of leadership in integrative medicine, clinical scholarship, and physician education. Her work has helped shape national standards in the field and emphasizes scientific rigor, clinical discernment, and thoughtful patient care.
Baljit Kaur Khamba, ND, MPH, EdD
Assistant Director, supports curriculum development and academic oversight, bringing expertise in medical education, integrative psychiatry, and equity-centered training.
“A lot of conventional medicine is just biological. I am able to be a better listener and physician to my patients by looking at them as a whole person.”
Clarisse Casilang, MD, FAAP
IFMF Fellow Community Pediatrics Lead Physician, Children’s Hospital of Orange County
“As a clinician, it’s really satisfying [to take a whole-person approach] and address different parts of their lifestyle or sleep that could be playing a really important role in any type of disease process they might be experiencing.”
Pooja Gajare, MD
IFMF Fellow Internal Medicine Physician, Scripps
“You can’t just give a person a pill. Full-body medicine, it’s what I live, it’s what I do, and I have to walk the walk.”
Martha Rivera, MD, FAAP
IFMF Fellow Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Fellowship Recognition
The Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship is recognized by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health (ACIMH), the official recognizing body for integrative medicine fellowships in the United States. Completion of an ACIMH-recognized fellowship is the primary criterion for MD and DO eligibility to sit for board certification through the American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM).
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