The Ohio State University Family & Community Medicine Fellowship in Integrative Health is a one-year program designed to train physicians in evidence-based therapies and associated philosophies collectively known as Integrative Health. Our program combines education, clinical mentorship, and hands-on training and practice with faculty who use evidence-based Integrative Health in our clinic and at our world-renowned academic medical center. The goal of the program is to provide physicians with a wide range of knowledge and skills needed to be successful practitioners in the field of Integrative Medicine as well as future leaders in health care organizations, academic medical centers, government and industry.
We facilitate this training process through the guidance of the American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABoIM) and the oversight of the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health. Specific training goals, learning objectives, and activities will be facilitated by our expert faculty across a one-year calendar. This fellowship has been approved by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine (COM) Graduate Medical Education Office (GME).
Starting in July 2026, a 2-year part-time Faculty Fellowship in Integrative Health will launch. This part-time fellowship is designed for established providers who seek to bring integrative medicine into their practice. Upon completion, providers are eligible to sit for the Integrative Medicine Board Certification exam offered by the American Board of Physician Specialties.
Integrative Health Fellowship
Goals
The overarching goal of this fellowship is to increase the knowledge, skills and use of Integrative Medicine (IM) therapies (evidence-based complementary + alternative/integrative (CAM)) by the physician fellow for their patients.
- To provide 12 months of comprehensive clinical, didactic, experiential, and research-oriented evidence-based training in the NIH-defined domains of Integrative Medicine offered through the holistic learning and practice environment of the Center for Integrative Health (CIH) which is supported and facilitated by physician leaders and expert faculty educators and practitioners.
- To provide the self-motivated adult learner with multi-faceted learning environments (online, classroom, clinic, bedside, laboratory, and individualized mentoring) to become an outstanding academic leader, clinician, and teacher within the field of Integrative Medicine.
- To guide in and expect the use and evaluation of core integrative medicine and health attitudes, values, skills, and knowledge through the best evidence-based and patient-centered care and by the combination of the best allopathic and integrative (complementary and alternative (CAM)) therapies.
- To provide opportunities for the fellow to witness, understand, and recommend models of health behavior change in a patient population.
- To provide opportunities for the fellow to achieve competency in a self-determined area of integrative practice available through CIH (see Faculty chart).
- To provide opportunities for the fellow to investigate, incorporate, and reflect on the concepts of self-care, resilience, and life balance as they implement or sustain a practice for personal wellness.
Curriculum Activities
- Two days/week working with Center for Integrative Health providers participating in direct patient care.
- Two days/week practicing primary care at a Primary Care site.
- One day/week dedicated to lectures, self-study, self-care and experiential learning opportunities (mindfulness, meditation, pranayama, yoga, tai chi, qi gong, Reiki, etc).
- Curriculum consists of 11 modules:
- Introduction to integrative medicine – Foundations
- Nutrition
- Natural Products/Supplements
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Lifestyle/Prevention
- Spirituality
- Whole Systems Medicine
- Complementary Modalities
- Manipulative/Body-based Therapies
- Integrative Therapies
- Business of Integrative Medicine
- Scholarly project per fellow’s preference
- Opportunities for teaching medical students and residents
Competencies for our program guided by recommendations on updated core competencies provided by:
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Reimagining integrative medicine fellowship core competencies with a health equity lensMinichiello, Vincent et al. The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 138, Issue 12, 1716 - 1723.e20
Application Requirements
Applications are accepted between June and Feb 1 with decision by early March; fellowship runs for 12 months starting July 1. Requirements include:
- Cover letter summarizing professional interests and goals
- Resume or CV
- Three letters of recommendation (one from current clinical supervisor)
- Medical School Academic transcript
Eligibility Criteria
Current resident in ACGME accredited Family Medicine (preferred), Internal Medicine, or Internal Medicine – Pediatrics residency program.
Application Dates
- Deadline to apply: February 1st of fellowship start year
- Program Start Date: July 1st of fellowship start year
- Program End Date: June 30th of year after fellowship start year
Please email application materials to OSUIntegrativeMedFellowship@osumc.edu.
Faculty Fellowship
Educational Goals:
The overarching goal of this 2-year fellowship is to increase the knowledge, skills, and use of Integrative Medicine (evidence-based complementary + alternative (CAM)) therapies by the fellow for their patients. The OSU CIH faculty will facilitate this training process through the guidance of ABOIM and the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health with these specific goals:
- To provide comprehensive clinical, didactic, experiential, and research-oriented evidence-based training in the NIH-defined domains of Integrative Medicine offered through the holistic learning and practice environment of the OSU Center for Integrative Health which is facilitated by physician leaders and expert faculty educators and practitioners.
- To provide the self-motivated adult learner with multi-faceted learning environments (online, clinic, virtual, experiential and individualized mentoring) to help them become an outstanding academic leader, clinician, and teacher within the field of Integrative Medicine.
- To guide the use and evaluation of core integrative health attitudes, values, skills and knowledge through evidence-based, patient-centered care.
- To provide opportunities for the fellows to witness, understand and recommend models of health behavior change in a patient population.
- To provide opportunities for the fellows to achieve competency in a self-determined area of integrative practice available through OSU CIH (see Faculty list).
- To provide opportunities for the fellows to investigate, incorporate, and reflect on the concepts of self-care, resilience, and life balance as they implement or sustain a practice for personal wellness.
Curriculum Activities:
- Weekly synchronous didactics dedicated to lectures and case studies - Wednesday afternoons 1 - 4:30 pm.
- Year 1: 3.5 hours per week synchronous sessions
- Year 2: 1-1.5 hours per week synchronous sessions Second year fellows are required to attend case reviews and specialty sessions and are welcome to attend any other didactics they choose.
- Asynchronous learning activities and self-study.
- 40 hours/year minimum direct patient care experience at OSU Center for Integrative Health (Integrative medicine consultations, functional medicine, all CIH modalities, in-person and virtual visits).
- Case discussions for clinical integration with faculty (1-1.5 hour sessions, 8-10 per year).
- Self-care and experiential learning opportunities (mindfulness, meditation, pranayama, yoga, tai chi, qi gong, Reiki, culinary medicine, etc).
- Scholarly/research project per fellow's preference - can be clinically focused (patient care), educational, research, or quality improvement.
- Year 1: Initial planning stages (~ 1-1.5 hours per month)
- Year 2: Project execution (~12-15 hours per month)
- Curriculum consists of 10 modules:
- Introduction to integrative medicine – Foundations
- Nutrition
- Natural Products/Supplements
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Lifestyle/Prevention
- Spirituality
- Whole Systems Medicine
- Complementary Modalities
- Manipulative/Body-based Therapies
- Integrative Therapies
Application Requirements
Cost for the 2-year program:
- $26,000 - OSU Faculty
- $30,000 - non-OSU Faculty
Interested Applicants:
- Please forward CV and a personal statement sharing reasons for applying and how you envision this training will impact your future clinical practice and/or research, to CIH Medical and Fellowship Director Linda Chun, MD at Linda.Chun@osumc.edu
Our Fellowship Faculty
Linda Chun, MD
- Fellowship Director
John M. Grandominico, DC, DACRB
Jessica Henning, APRN-CNP
Maryanna Klatt, PhD
Sara Lacy, PsyD
Mary Mosquera-Cochran, RD, LD
Mehrosh Naseem, MBBS
David Dehui Wang, PhD, LAc
Leah M. Welsh, DO
