Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University

Dr. Kohatsu received her medical degree from UCLA in 1994, and completed her residency in family and community medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. She graduated as one of the inaugural fellows in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Weil in 1999.

Dr. Kohatsu joined OHSU Family Medicine Department in 2003. She is a physician-teacher who sees patients at OHSU Family Medicine at South Waterfront. Prior to coming to Oregon, she served on the faculty at East Tennessee State University, working with a rural, underserved community.

She currently serves as Co-Director for the Integrative Family Medicine fellowship at OHSU. Her interests are the integration of primary care with nutrition, lifestyle enhancement, mind-body therapies, and complementary and alternative therapies such as botanical and manual medicine. She is the editor and author of the book Complementary and Alternative Medicine Secrets. Dr Kohatsu is also a student at the Oregon Culinary Institute and teaches healthy cooking classes at the OHSU March Wellness Center with professional chefs, at national conferences, and by invitation. 

Dr. Kohatsu's dream is to create an interactive TEACHING KITCHEN to cook with, educate, and inspire people to not only eat healthier, but to use food as medicine, and savor life.