AstridMariePujariMD

Summary

• Astrid Pujari, MD has years of experience integrating nutritional, herbal, and mind body therapies with traditional Western medicine. She received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed her residency in internal medicine at Scripps Clinic and Research Institute in San Diego, California. She then completed didactic and clinical training to obtain a medical herbalist degree from the Royal College of Phytotherapy in London, England. After rigorous academic and clinical examinations, she was certified by the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH), the leading professional licensing body in the UK, and the US equivalent, the American Herbalist Guild.
  Dr. Pujari worked as a primary care physician at Virginia Mason Medical Center for a number of years, prior to starting her own private integrative medicine practice. She has extensive experience as a clinical educator, and taught for the Virginia Mason, Swedish Cherry Hill and Bastyr residency programs. She continues to serve as an integrative medicine consultant for several large medical groups in Seattle. In addition, she wrote a health column for the Seattle Times, and has written two books, The Healthy Back Book and The Healthy Knees Book.