General Practitioners

• Osteoporosis
• Arthritis
  As a meditation, yoga, and breathwork practitioner and instructor, Kevin offers instruction in home practices that support reaching your wellness goals. Kevin’s recent focus is on specific mindfulness practices to combat the physiological signs of stress. This work effectively improves the symptoms associated with anxiety, sleep issues, depression, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and other stress related issues.
• Fibromyalgia
  Dr. Boston treats a variety of patients, including teenagers and adults seeking treatment for general wellness, fatigue, colds, perimenopause, menopause, low testosterone, sexually transmitted infections, urinary tract infections, fibromyalgia, insomnia, and musculoskeletal issues like neck or back pain.
• Plantar Fasciitis
  The musculoskeletal pain indications for Acoustic Wave Therapy are pseudoarthrosis – delayed fracture healing – bone marrow edema, osteonecrosis – and insertional tendinopathies, such as plantar fasciitis, achilles tendon fasciitis, calcifying tendonitis of the rotator cuff, tennis elbow, and wound healing problems.
• Medical Weight Loss
  Ultimate Energy boost + Powerhouse of amino acids and nutrients for building strong muscles while burning unwanted fat.
• Nutritional Counseling
  Nutrition Counseling at the The Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine includes exploration of how our connections to our food including our thoughts, emotions, belief systems, environments, backgrounds and behaviors impact our metabolic health and nutrition status.
• Pediatric Care
  Danél’s physical therapy experience ranges from acute care settings – such as acute rehabilitation, geriatrics, and pediatrics – to patients who want to maximize the strength of their musculoskeletal system to combat pain. Through her work of the last 16 years, Danél has experienced firsthand how profoundly nutrition influences health and well-being. Inspired by this observation, she enrolled in a Holistic Health Counseling Certification Program. She graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City in 2008.
• Primary Care
  The Chinese Medical Practitioners at Akasha are licensed acupuncturists in the state of California and are regarded as primary care providers.
• Family Practice
  Gut Feelings – A Psychosocial Approach to Gastrointestinal Illness,” inspired his conception of a center where psychology would be combined and fully integrated with Western and Eastern medicines. The de Mello Institute was formed in 1996 with the goal of employing safe and complementary approaches to healthcare while also addressing a person’s emotional and spiritual health and safe ed treatment. Fully committed to these goals, Dr. de Mello entered residency in 1999 at the prestigious Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center Urban Family Residency program in New York City, including training at the Manhattan-based Center for Health and Healing. His training utilized a biopsychosocial model and offered innovative experiences in the integration of complementary medicine into the practice of Family Medicine. Upon completing his medical training, Dr. de Mello expanded the de Mello Institute and founded the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine.
• High Cholesterol
• Constipation
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Is SIBO Causing Your IBS? Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is the most common cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). In fact, recent studies suggest that 84% of people with IBS have SIBO. Sadly though, IBS is most often attributed to anxiety and managed with psychotherapy or antidepressants which seldom help.
• Urinary Incontinence
• Diarrhea

Gynecologists

• Pelvic Pain
• Pregnancy

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. Boston graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Psychology from Tulane University in 1996 and earned her medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in 2000. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Tulane Hospital, followed by a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the WLA VA, where she was elected Chief Resident.  She completed a Fellowship in Pain Medicine and Interventional Spine at UCLA in 2005. Member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) and American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
• Kidney Stones
  Acoustic Wave Therapy has been around for many years as a non-invasive treatment for kidney stones and orthopedic injuries. Recently, urologists have begun using this alternative therapy to treat ED successfully.
• Interstitial Cystitis

Neurologists

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  Reduce or eliminate symptoms and restore function due to: carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, whiplash, sciatica, low back and psoas problems, tendonitis and bursitis, plantar fasciitis, frozen shoulder.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  Unlike the mantra focus of TM, the foundation of the mindfulness meditation style is to be mindful of the present moment, here and now. Mindfulness meditation is a secular style of meditation and has many practical applications that can result in: stress reduction, increased concentration, reduced symptoms of ADHD, reduced depression, increased empathy, and evenness of mind. Both meditations have a large following; the style of meditation chosen by the meditator depends on the meditator’s personal preference and reason for meditation.
• Stress Management
  Estrogen is considered a promoter of breast cancer but not the cause of breast cancer. In other words, if you have a susceptibility to breast cancer, estrogen may stimulate it to grow. 90% of breast cancer is due to unexplained causes. Some of the factors involved in cancer risk are genetics, lifetime exposure to estrogen and environmental carcinogens such as pesticides, plastics, chemicals, air pollution, impure water, and heavy metals. At Akasha, we integrate bioidentical hormone therapy into a comprehensive nutritional and lifestyle program aimed at decreasing the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. In addition to addressing hormones, we also recommend a whole foods diet, exercise plan, stress management tools and an appropriate nutritional and/or herbal supplemental program. If needed, we may also incorporate one of Akasha’s psychotherapists, Chinese medical practitioners or massage therapists into your treatment program. In addition to a comprehensive preventative program, we monitor your hormone levels closely to make sure your levels stay within a healthy range and that your liver is metabolizing the hormones optimally.
• Depression
• Mental Health
  Integrative Medicine is a health-based system of medicine that incorporates all aspects of the individual (mind, body, and spirit), and focuses on lifestyle modification and disease prevention. It recognizes that health is more than just the absence of disease but more importantly it is the state of individualized optimal well being. Medical and healing practices from many systems are incorporated, including from Eastern cultures (TCM, acupuncture, meditation) and from Western cultures (homeopathic, massage, psychological), natural medicines, nutrition, exercise and of course allopathic conventional medicine. Integrative Medicine at Akasha utilizes an evidence-based approach, focusing on treatments that have sound scientific research and are safe and effective. In addition, Akasha’s approach to Integrative Medicine recognizes that all people, regardless of their underlying medical issues, have a state of maximal well-being and potential, and we attempt to move the individual closer to that state of optimal physical and mental health.
• Psychiatry
  The Department of Integrative Psychology and Psychiatry at Akasha Center works closely with its clients to promote a whole person approach. With many of our clients, when appropriate, we integrate and collaborate with our medical practitioners. Our goal is to see the person in a physical, emotional and spiritual context helping them work towards optimum health and well being. We consider the client’s individual, interpersonal, social and environmental relationships and the impact these have on their health and behavior.
• Insomnia
• Anxiety

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroid

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  Side effects may occur as the body adjusts to an increase in hormone levels and may decrease over time. Always contact your doctor to notify them of any changes or side effects you may be experiencing. Some common side effects include: acne, additional facial hair in women, blurred vision, weight gain, fatigue, tenderness of the breasts, indigestion and mood swings. Spotting or a heavier menstrual flow that may necessitate ultrasound, sonogram or a D & C for diagnosis. Uterine Cancer: Unopposed estrogen promotes uterine cancer. If you have a uterus and you are exposed to estrogen, you must also be taking progesterone to protect the uterus. Fibroid: If you already have fibroids, estrogen may stimulate fibroid growth. Possibly more breast cancer.

Surgeons

• Sciatica
  Pain associated with joints, spine, neck, back, shoulder, knee, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot, hip, sciatica, arthritis, sports injuries, bursitis, tendonitis, ACL injury, headaches, TMJ disorder, fibromyalgia, and overuse.
• Whiplash
• Orthopedic Surgery
  Gina’s experience in orthopedic surgery at New York University, which encompassed a wide array of musculoskeletal disorders in athletes, the elderly, and the disabled, cemented her passion for helping people taking her health and wellbeing to the next level. Also, her 3 -year experience as an Assistant Professor and Admissions Director in Long Island University’s Physician Assistant program gave her the additional set of skills needed to establish herself as a well-trained practitioner in the integrative workings of the body.

Dermatologists

• Acne Treatment
• Ulcer
  Gastrointestinal Disorders: such as food allergies, peptic ulcer, chronic diarrhea, constipation, indigestion, gastrointestinal weakness, anorexia and gastritis.

Physical Therapists

• Sports Medicine
  Because AWT uses acoustic waves to break up soft tissue calcifications, it also enhances collagen synthesis, releases growth factors, and stimulates the healing process to improve pain. Given this, plus the fact that Acoustic Wave Therapy enhances blood circulation and accelerates the healing of stubborn musculoskeletal conditions in bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles, more and more sports medicine doctors are recommending it.
• Physical Therapy
  The philosophy of Integrative Physical Therapy is firmly built on the belief that Your Body works In Perfect Unison when in balance... with all its inner systems working as a whole. These systems are interwoven by fascial networks surrounding and connecting structures like muscles, joints, nerves, arteries, and viscera (organs).
• Frozen Shoulder
• Tennis Elbow
• Back Pain
• Manual Therapy
• Geriatrics

Podiatrists

• Plantar Fasciitis
  What is it? Acoustic Wave Therapy or AWT is used to treat various musculoskeletal conditions, primarily chronic, affecting medium to large-sized tendons and their insertions on bones, such as Plantar fasciitis, achilles tendinopathy, bursitis – and others.

Allergists

• Allergies