WHOLE HEARTED MEDICINE

Dr Michelle Thompson, triple board certified in lifestyle, integrative, and osteopathic family medicine, incorporating culinary medicine and mind-body skills into her patient care along with teaching at UPMC.  Dr Thompson created a “Doctors in the Kitchen-Food as Medicine and Physician Wellness” . She is a fierce advocate for physician wellness and stopping burnout.    Dr Thompson was featured in the New York Times for her work in physician burnout.

Dr Thompson has transformed the way health care is delivered by offering free classes in nutrition, whole food plant-based teaching kitchens, mindfulness workshops, yoga, tai chi, qigong, meditation, sound therapy, art therapy, forest bathing, shop with a doc, aromatherapy, dancing mindfulness, Ayurveda, mind-body medicine, and many other integrative tools empowering people to take control of their health. She was featured in the recent documentary Going Om discussing the health benefits of sound therapy as a tool in healing.