Andrew Weil
b. 1942 · United States · Integrative Medicine, Education
Founded the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and trained a generation of fellows.
Core concepts
- Integrative medicine as conventional care combined with evaluated traditional therapies
- The body's innate healing systems as the target of treatment
- Anti-inflammatory diet as a general preventive framework
Key writings and teachings
- Spontaneous Healing (1995)
- 8 Weeks to Optimum Health (1997)
- Fellowship curriculum of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona (from 1997)
Influence on modern practice
Weil's Arizona fellowship trained thousands of physicians and produced the residency curricula that carried integrative medicine into US academic centres and the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health. His supplement commerce and some clinical claims have drawn sustained criticism from science-based medicine writers.
Key citations
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Contribution traced forward
Integrative medicine as an accredited physician specialty.
What modern research says
- EmergingCheck the literature — PubMed ↗
Integrative-medicine fellowship graduates change prescribing and counselling patterns; patient-outcome evidence is largely observational.
- ContestedCheck the literature — PubMed ↗
Individual modalities he popularised range from well-supported (breathing, diet) to unsupported.
Clinical protocols
- The Andrew Weil Center's Integrative Medicine in Residency curriculum, used by dozens of US residencies
- ABOIM board certification in integrative medicine
Real-world uses
- Integrative-medicine departments in academic medical centres worldwide
- The anti-inflammatory diet as a mainstream consumer concept
Talks and interviews
Continuity of ideas
Who shaped Andrew Weil, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Weston A. Price
1870 – 1948 · Nutrition, Medicine
Price's field nutrition is a standing reference in integrative dietary advice.
Passed the work to2
- David Eisenberg
1955 · Integrative Medicine, Public Health
Weil's clinical model motivated Eisenberg's use surveys and Harvard curriculum.
- Tieraona Low Dog
1963 · Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
Low Dog taught in Weil's Arizona integrative-medicine fellowship.
Sources and references
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