Christine Gustafson M.D., ABHM. Integrative Medicine; Functional Medicine

About Dr. Gustafson

Christine Gustafson M.D.,A.B.H.M. practices Integrative Medicine in Alpharetta Georgia at Alpharetta Integrative Medicine. Her transition from traditional into integrative and holistic medicine is based on her own experience more than 5 years ago as a patient with a severe chronic illness. Her experience with conventional medicine was dissapointing. Although everyone is very individual and conventional treatment is most often necessary, in many cases the administration of that treatment, the side effects and the gradual emotional and spiritual deflation that subsequently occur can be prevented and avoided. It is often necessary to address these very things to assure complete healing. The healing process ultimately involved body mind and spirit, something traditional medicine did not seem to readily offer. Integrative Medicine combines traditional and alternative (also known as Holistic or Complimentary) medical therapies as well as investigating the complex effects of nutrition on disease and health. This is also known as Functional Medicine. The practice offers the patient an alternative to drugs and therapy in the prevention and treatment of disease but is based on in-depth laboratory analysis and sound science. Therapies consist of a combination of traditional therapies and Botanicals, Chinese Medicine, Arurvedic Medicine, Electro-acupressure, Energy Medicine,Functional Medicine Medical Meditation, Hypnotherapy, Nutritional Analysis, Orthomolecular Medicine and Exercise therapy. The spreading success of healing through botanicals and the mind-body continuum has resulted in Integrative Medicine being one of the most rapidly expanding fields of medicine. Dr. Gustafson in one of only a few physicians in Georgia trained in Integrative Medicine by Dr. Andrew Weil.

Christine Gustafson MD ABHM
Alpharetta Integrative Medicine
11810 Northfall Lane, suite 1201
Alpharetta GA 30004
phone 770 667 3006
fax 770 667 3311
email:cmgusty@aol.com

Credentials and Philosophy

Christine Gustafson M.D., A.B.H.M.

Board Certified in Holistic Medicine
Board Eligible in General Medicine
Graduate, Program of Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Program Director, Andrew Weil M.D
Graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency Training in Critical Care and in General Medicine
Member, American Association of Integrative Medicine
Member, American Association of General Practice
Member, American College of Anti-Aging Medicine
Member, Institute for Functional Medicine
Member, American Holistic Medical Association

Dr. Christine Gustafson*s Philosophy of Medicine
*Health is not the absence of disease; disease is the absence of Health, and Health involves happiness and intelligence in every cell of the body. That is what I strive to help my patients find, for inside each of us is perfect health.*

Dr Gustafson combines science and art to achieve healing. She practices Botanical Medicine, Eastern Medicines, Mind-Body Medicine, and Nutritional Therapies and together with a solid knowledge of traditional western medical therapies, she helps promote the innate ability to heal within each of us. The term Integrative Medicine is applied to this approach as it integrates all aspects of the body, mind and soul's innate ability to heal with current available therapies. History taking involves an evaluation of the exercise patterns, nutritional patterns, spiritual practices and belief patterns. These are analyzed in depth for potential blocks to optimal health. Together with the Physical Exam and Medical History a complete knowledge is gained of the patient who has the disease verses the disease the patient has. Plans for healing and optimal health are made on a completely individual basis. Treatments may include acupressure/electro-acupressure, botanicals, chelation therapy Chinese herbal therapies, customized supplementation and nutrtional therapies, exercise therapy, mind body therapies and medical meditation.

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University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine, Andrew Weil MD, director.