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Practitioners and Staff
- Donald Abrams, MD
- Joseph Acquah, LAc, OMD
- Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA
- Kevin Barrows, MD
- Beverly Burns, MS, LAc
- Jnani Chapman, RN, CMT
- Teresa Corrigan, MA, RN
- Marcia Degelman, CMT
- Anand Dhruva, MD
- Heidi Engel, PT
- Charlie Johnson
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- Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson, MS
- Paula Koepke, MA, CMT
- Naomi Lam, MD
- Wolf Mehling, MD
- Rick McKinney, MD
- Tracy Peng, MD
- Sudha Prathikanti, MD
- Brook Stone, MSW, LCSW
- Miria Toveg, MS, LAc
- Domonick Wegesin, PhD
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Donald Abrams, MD
Director, Clinical Programs,
Integrative Medicine Physician |
| Oncologist Donald I. Abrams, MD provides integrative
medicine consultations for patients living with and beyond cancer.
Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF, Dr. Abrams has practiced at
San Francisco General Hospital for more than 20 years and currently
is Chief of Hematology/Oncology. He is also a member of the UCSF Comprehensive
Cancer Center Executive Committee and is co-chairing development of
the Center's program in Symptom Management, Palliative Care and Survivorship.
He served as Assistant Director of the UCSF Positive Health Program
at San Francisco General Hospital and is chair of the Community Consortium,
an association of more than 200 primary care providers who treat Bay
Area patients with HIV. Dr. Abrams completed an associate fellowship
in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona and has completed
research in complementary and alternative therapies including mind-body
treatments, botanical therapies, medical use of marijuana, and Traditional
Chinese Medicine herbal therapies. |
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Joseph Acquah, LAc, OMD
Acupuncturist & Tai Chi Chuan Instructor |
| Joseph Acquah is a nationally recognized Diplomate in Acupuncture (NCCAOM). He is the former Clinical Director and Internship Coordinator for the California Acupuncture College. Joseph began practicing acupuncture in 1981 and has taught at several colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, most recently, the New England School of Acupuncture. An expert in the art of Tai Chi Chuan, Joseph also has a master's degree in clinical psychology. |
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Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA
Mindfulness-Based Childbirth & Parenting, Instructor |
| Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA is a Certified Nurse-Midwife, mindfulness teacher and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP). She began assisting families during pregnancy and childbirth in 1971. A meditation practitioner since 1982 and mindfulness teacher for more than a decade, she has now taught over 45 MBCP courses and led over fifty workshops to several thousand expectant parents. Ms. Bardacke has also taught numerous Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses for patients in hospital settings, as well as mindfulness workshops and courses for perinatal health professionals locally and nationally. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at UCSF and currently leads the MBCP program at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF. |
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Kevin A. Barrows, MD
Director of Mindfulness Programs
Integrative Medicine Physician |
| Kevin Barrows, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF and a graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine. He completed his family practice residency and board certification in 1996 and received board certification through the American Board of Holistic Medicine in 2004. He has completed a two-year fellowship in integrative medicine through the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Barrows' primary interest is mind-body medicine, with a special focus on the application of mindfulness practice in health care settings. He has been practicing mindfulness since 1991 and is the founding Director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. |
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Beverly Burns, MS, LAc
Acupuncturist |
Beverly Burns has been practicing Chinese medicine since 1991, specializing in women's health and cancer. In addition, she helped to establish the Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic in Oakland, a clinic for low-income women with cancer, where she is Clinical Director. She is also part of a multidisciplinary team participating in research for women with breast cancer at the UCSF Cancer Center. |
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Jnani Chapman, RN, CMT
Yoga Teacher & Massage Therapist |
| Jnani Chapman has been a yoga teacher since 1975 and a massage/acupressure practitioner since 1986, specializing in helping people with cancer, heart disease and chronic illness. She is a senior staff member of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in California and the Smith Farm Cancer Help Program in Washington, DC. She was a stress management specialist for UCSF / CPMC for the Breast Cancer Complementary Support Program from 1997 to 2001, and for Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease from 1987 to 1999. |
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Teresa Corrigan, MA, RN, BCIAC
Biofeedback Practitioner |
| Teresa Corrigan is a nurse with more than 20 years health care experience and a nationally certified biofeedback trainer. She has been teaching stress management and breathing therapies since 1988 in hospital and outpatient settings. She has been a student of mindfulness since 1990, training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and others. She also practices at the Clinical Institute for Behavioral Medicine. She specializes in stress management, pre and post-operative surgery preparation, cardiac health maintenance and meditation enhancement. She is also a Meditation Instructor and Prepare for Surgery Instructor at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. |
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Marcia Degelman, CMT
Massage Therapist |
| Marcia Degelman has been a massage therapist for more than 25 years. She provides both chair and therapeutic massage at the Osher Center and is the massage therapist for the inpatient UCSF pediatric oncology staff. She has 1,000 hours of training from The Boulder School of Massage Therapy in Colorado. She incorporates many styles of massage into her work including deep swedish, gentle shiatsu, and orthobionomy, a system of muscle tension release through positioning. She is also certified in pregnancy, labor and postpartum massage therapy, and has been in private practice in San Francisco since 1980. |
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Anand Dhruva, MD
Integrative Medicine Physician |
| Anand Dhruva, MD has always had an interest in non-traditional approaches to health and healing. He completed his training in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta and completed his hematology and medical oncology fellowship at UCSF. Dr. Dhruva is on the Hematology-Oncology faculty at San Francisco General Hospital, and is currently participating in the distant-learning fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona. He also has a particular interest in Ayurvedic medicine and attended the 2006 World Ayurveda Congress in India.
As a practicing medical oncologist, Dr. Dhruva is well acquainted with the standard approaches to cancer and the concerns of patients with cancer. He has been working closely with Donald Abrams, MD, Director of Clinical Programs at the Osher Center, in the new modality of Integrative Oncology. The goals of his practice are to integrate safe and effective complementary healing approaches into standard cancer care and survivorship. Dr. Dhruva’s practice is open to adults living with or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. |
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Heidi Engel, PT
Physical Therapist
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| Heidi Engel, PT has worked for the University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) as a physical therapist since 1988. She is the only physical therapist at UCSF to have treated patients in every part of the Medical Center except for the neonatal intensive care unit. The services she has traveled to at UCSF include all six intensive care units, the emergency room, the recovery room, the psychiatric hospital, all medicine, oncology, surgery, cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, sports medicine, orthopedic, and other outpatient services. She has worked in private practice settings in San Francisco ranging from a one patient per hour Pilate's studio, to a one patient every 10 to 20 minutes sports medicine clinic. Currently, she supplements her inpatient acute work at UCSF with private home based clients, and sees outpatients at the physical therapy practice of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
Heidi is an active member of the Bay Area Home birth Collective, working with midwives. All three of her children were born at home. |
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Charlie Johnson
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Instructor
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| Charlie Johnson has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1972 and has been teaching for more than ten years. He has completed training with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and others. In addition he has completed the MBSR Teacher Development Intensive. He is associated with the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California and has completed their meditation instructor-training program. Charlie is a certified yoga instructor, a member of the California Yoga Teachers Association and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. |
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Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson, MS
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Instructor
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| Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson, MS, is a long-term practitioner of mindfulness meditation and has worked in hospitals since 1977. She has completed professional training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She has been leading groups in mindful living and dying since 1994 and teaches meditation in prison and in other venues in the Bay Area. |
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Naomi Lam, MD
Integrative Psychiatrist
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| Naomi Lam, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF and has had a longstanding interest in integrative medicine and Eastern healing practices. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine, completed a psychiatry residency at UCSF, and recently received her certification in medical acupuncture. Currently, Dr. Lam is participating in the distant-learning fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Lam's practice is guided by an openness toward Eastern healing practices and by the patient's individual sense of his or her own spirituality. Drawing upon her training in transpersonal psychology and medical acupuncture, she creates a safe place for patients to explore their psychological issues and find a greater sense of peace and well being. Dr. Lam's practice is open to those wishing to explore integrative approaches to mental health concerns. |
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Paula Koepke, MA, CMT
Massage Therapist
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Paula Koepke has been a massage therapist since 1981 and has a masters degree in somatic psychology. She has expertise in working with post-traumatic stress as well as considerable experience with chronic illness, cancer, and accident recovery. She has taught at Antioch University San Francisco, New College of California, Holy Names College in Oakland, and currently at the McKinnon Massage Institute of Oakland. In her sessions she typically integrates modalities such as Craniosacral, Counterstrain and Asian pressure point therapies into a Swedish or Deep Tissue framework. |
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Wolf Eberhard Mehling, MD
Integrative Medicine Physician |
| Dr. Wolf Mehling is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF. He is a graduate of Hamburg University in Germany. For 12 years, he was in private practice in Germany, before moving to the US and repeating his family practice residency. He has studied manual therapy, psychotherapy, and various techniques of "bodywork," such as breath therapy (dissertation in Berlin), feldenkrais, yoga, massage, and rolfing. He has also instructed German physicians and physical therapists since the early 90's. |
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Rick McKinney, MD
Integrative Medicine Physician |
Rick McKinney, MD is a board certified physician in Holistic Medicine and Family Practice. He has worked as a family physician for twenty-five years and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF. Dr. McKinney offers a holistic practice that combines his expertise in conventional medicine and his familiarity with a wide range of complementary modalities.
Dr. McKinney enjoys working with his patients to uncover their own paths, collaboratively designing individualized treatment plans, coordinating care, and supporting each person on his or her way to health. He offers an integrative approach to medical care with an appreciation of each person's unique healing journey. Dr. McKinney’s practice is open to adults with a variety of chronic medical conditions. |
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Tracy Peng, MD
Integrative Psychiatrist |
Dr. Tracy Peng is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. She graduated from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and completed a psychiatry residency at California Pacific Medical Center. She is also a graduate of the Zen Hospice Project End-of-Life Counselor Training program. She has a special interest in using mindfulness approaches in psychotherapy and also herbal and Western medications to treat anxiety and depression. She also specializes in providing spiritually focused psychotherapy to women with cancer. |
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Sudha Prathikanti, MD
Integrative Psychiatrist |
| Dr. Sudha Prathikanti is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and Director of Behavioral Medicine for the SFGH Primary Care Medicine Program. After graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School, she completed a psychiatric residency and fellowship at UCSF. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has advanced clinical training and expertise in Consultation Psychiatry. Dr. Prathikanti combines conventional medicine with Ayurveda, yoga, herbs and Jungian symbology to promote psychological health. |
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Brook Stone, MSW, LCSW
Psychotherapist |
| Brook Stone is a graduate of Smith College, School for Social Work. She is a psychotherapist, and has been a student of mindfulness meditation for more than 25 years, having studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn and many other teachers over the years. Brook has also worked extensively with people with cancer, utilizing meditation, guided imagery, and support groups. |
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Miria Toveg, MS, LAc
Acupuncturist |
Miria M. Toveg, MS, LAc, has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine since 1993 and has special expertise in women’s health, post-traumatic stress disorder, and pain management, and back injury. She strongly believes in empowering people with a variety of options to make the best possible decisions for a holistic approach to their own health care. Toveg co-founded The Lotus Center, a private holistic health clinic in San Francisco, and is also an acupuncturist at the Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, which provides alternative therapies to low-income women with cancer. |
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Domonick Wegesin, PhD
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Instructor |
Domonick received training in MBSR from Jon Kabat-Zinn and other senior teachers at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He has been practicing mindfulness for 5 years and teaching mindfulness classes for 2 years. He is also a licensed massage therapist (LMT) and registered yoga teacher (RYT).Formerly a research neuroscientist, Domonick conducted neuroimaging research focused on the aging brain, as a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Columbia University.
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Heather De Martini,
Front Office Coordinator |
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Tara DeMarco, MA,
Practice Manager |
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Tricia Powell
Integrative Medicine Patient Navigator |
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Kimmy Vuu
Clinical Programs Assistant |
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