Author Archives: Elena Rosenbaum, Marva Richards, Andrea Gordon

About Elena Rosenbaum, Marva Richards, Andrea Gordon

Andrea Gordon, MD is Director of Integrative Medicine at the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency Program at Cambridge Health Alliance, and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine, which she teaches residents and medical students, as well as offering integrative medicine patient care and consultations. A founding member of the organization Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (IM4US), she continues to work with them to help to bring these modalities to all who can benefit. She is currently working with The FMEC Integrative Health Learning Community (IHLC), designed to improve the delivery of person-centered integrative health practices into routine primary care.

Whole Person Health: A Path to Health Equity (Part 2)

By | April 14, 2022
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In our first blog post of this series, we discussed how the current medical approach misses so much of what influences health, and how it perpetuates health inequities in our society. In this post, we go in-depth on the elements of Whole Person Health (WPH) that are necessary components of a just and equitable approach… Read More »

Whole Person Health: A Path to Health Equity (Part 1)

By | April 11, 2022
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Our current U.S. medical system doesn’t work. It is not able to adequately care for the sickest, most vulnerable, and least resourced people. It often excludes those seen as “other” in our society. To become a just system, we need a new focus on Whole Person Health (WPH). Very briefly, WPH cares for the whole person and… Read More »