Yoon Hang Kim MD, MPH  Integrative Functional Medicine

A Personal Journey By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH, FAAMA Cancer changed the trajectory of my life long before I ever became a doctor. When a close family member was diagnosed with breast cancer, I wasn’t thinking about “integrative oncology.” That term didn’t even exist yet. I was thinking about one thing: how do we help her survive? That desperation led me to Dr. Bernie Siegel. My First Teacher: Dr. Bernie Siegel Dr. Siegel, a Yale University surgeon and author of Love, Medicine,

By Yoon Hang "John" Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician February 2026 Successful Integrative Medicine in Health Care Systems What Actually Works—and What Doesn't—When You Build an Integrative Medicine Progr0am at a Rural Hospital I have built integrative medicine programs inside a nationally ranked cancer center, an academic medical school, one of the largest managed care organizations in the country, the VA system

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board Certified in Preventive Medicine Residential Fellowship Trained Integrative Medicine Physician Institute of Functional Medicine Scholarship Recipient www.directintegrativecare.com Something is shifting in American medicine, and it goes well beyond the usual complaints about paperwork and burnout. A growing number of physicians—especially those in direct primary care (DPC), cash-pay models, and independent integrative practices—are asking a questi

From Pet to Threat: Integrative Medicine Directors - Celebrated, Abused, and Discarded By Yoon Hang “John” Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified Integrative Medicine Physician February 2026 The phone call always starts the same way. A hospital CEO, a department chair, or a health system president reaches out with unmistakable enthusiasm. They’ve been reading about integrative medicine. Their patients are asking for it. Their competitors are offering it. They want to launch a program—s