In this webinar, Dr. Katie Hu, MD, ABOIM, will offer an in-depth exploration of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, a nationally recognized leader in integrative health care. As the Center prepares to celebrate its 32nd anniversary, Dr. Hu will highlight UCLA’s pioneering model, which blends the best of Western biomedicine with time-honored principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine to deliver whole-person, patient-centered care.
The session will provide an overview of the Center’s core pillars—clinical practice, operations, education, and research—and how these elements work together to transform health care delivery. Dr. Hu will also discuss the Center’s integrative fellowship and training opportunities, recent expansion into East-West pediatrics, and growing efforts to build bridges through community engagement and outreach.
Attendees will gain insight into how integrative care can be effectively embedded into a major health care system and create a replicable model for innovation in modern medicine.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Katie Hu, MD, ABOIM, serves as the associate director for the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine in Santa Monica, CA.. She is also program director for the UCLA East-West Integrative Medicine Fellowship program, co-director of the East-West Pediatrics program, and an assistant clinical professor at the university’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
Double board-certified as a family medicine and integrative medicine physician. Dr. Hu is passionate about integrative health education. She currently teaches UCLA medical students as part of the UCLA Family Medicine Clerkship Intersession faculty, and previously served as the chair for multiple UCLA undergraduate and medical student courses. Dr. Hu also sits on many boards and committees both within UCLA and nationally, and she is focused on further developing integrative health care training and education
Applying the various elements of her background, Dr. Hu integrates traditional Chinese medicine, integrative medicine, and conventional biomedicine into her consultative and primary care practice in Santa Monica. Her professional interests include preventative medicine, women’s health, adolescent medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbs and supplements, and a whole-person approach to health and healing.
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Register for the webinar here.
This event is intended for integrative practitioners of all disciplines.
Non-members and med students interested in integrative medicine are also invited to join the webinar.
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