Nourishing Your Health with Integrative Medicine

Week of May 2, 2026

Nourishing Your Health by Living Green
Modern life exposes us to chemicals that may be subtly or profoundly impacting our health. We absorb toxins in the food we eat, the beverages we drink, the products we put on our skin, and the cleansers we use in and around our homes. Mounting evidence links environmental toxins to developmental disorders, obesity, heart disease, and cancer. Dr. Victoria Maizes addresses the evidence for harm, practical steps we can all take to reduce exposures, and the multitude of resources that can help nourish our own health and that of future generations.

Heal Faster: Apply the Principles of Integrative Medicine to Bounce Back Faster from Illness and Surgery
Given the incredible advances of modern medicine, it is surprising that its focus is more often on managing chronic disease, than on reversing it. Increasing numbers of adults find themselves with several diagnoses for which they take multiple medications. Dr Victoria Maizes will present the principles of Integrative Medicine that help people reverse or recover from common chronic illnesses and get over short-term illnesses more rapidly. She will highlight a range of evidence-based strategies including circadian medicine, time restricted eating, restorative sleep, nurturing the microbiome, and quieting the nervous system to help speed up healing and recovery.

Vibrantly Healthy Women
Questions about women’s health and well-being frequently arise in an integrative health practice. Whether it is concern about changes coinciding with menopause, hormones, sexuality, healthy bones, or weight loss, Dr. Victoria Maizes, an internationally recognized women’s health expert will address the science that supports women in their efforts to live vibrantly healthy lives.

 

Victoria Maizes, MD, is an internationally recognized leader, change agent, and innovator in the field of integrative medicine. As the Founding Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona—where she also serves as a Professor of Medicine and Public Health—she has dedicated her professional life to transforming health care by educating physicians and empowering individuals to live healthier lives.  Dr. Maizes stewarded the growth of the Program in Integrative Medicine from a small organization that trained four doctors each year into a world-renowned Center of Excellence. Under her leadership, the Center developed premier national and international educational programs that now train more than 1,000 doctors, nurses, medical students, residents and other health professionals annually. These integratively trained clinicians provide care to millions of people worldwide. Named one of the world’s “25 Intelligent Optimists” by ODE Magazine, Dr. Maizes is a highly sought-after speaker and the co-host of the acclaimed podcast Body of Wonder with Dr. Andrew Weil. Dr Maizes has received many honors and awards including the Inaugural Andrew Weil Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine, the Bravewell Distinguished Service Award, and the Integrative Healthcare Symposium Leadership Award.  Dr. Maizes wrote Heal Faster: Unlock Your Body’s Rapid Recovery Reflex, to provide the tools for people to reclaim their health. She is also the editor of the Oxford University Press textbook Integrative Women’s Health and the author of Be Fruitful: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child.  A summa cum laude graduate of Barnard College, Dr. Maizes received her medical degree from the University of California San Francisco Medical School, completed her Family Medicine residency at the University of Missouri, and her Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. You can learn more about her on her website: DrVictoriaMaizes.com.