Dr. Natalie received her medical training at the prestigious Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem and completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. She also worked as a researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Her further education and credentials include successfully completing a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona, a program directed by Dr. Andrew Weil, as well as successfully completing the selective “Fountainhead” Functional Medicine course.
Dr. Natalie’s practice is Internal Medicine with Integrative and Functional Medicine approach, meaning a unique combination of expertise in conventional (allopathic) medicine and knowledge of alternative and complimentary therapies. A critical component of her practice is that a therapeutic relationship and partnership between doctor and patient is emphasized to find the most natural way to help each patient to get back into balance, utilizing innate healing mechanisms and emphasizing lifestyle approaches first, including diet and exercise, mind-body techniques, judicious use of evidence-based supplements and botanicals, and, if needed, standard pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Natalie is fully present and directly involved in each patient’s interview and exam, meeting each patient where they are and understanding each patient as a whole, on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level, so that a customized plan can be recommended and agreed upon with the patient’s full participation. She joins dare2detox to provide excellent concierge integrative medical consultation to those looking for a more holistic approach to their current medical care.