Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Ballard

Healing for body, mind, and spirit 
 

The Osher Center at Ballard is part of the UW Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. The goal of the Center is to bring integrative medicine and acupuncture into mainstream medicine while providing cohesive and coordinated care for patients. 
 
Integrative medicine is a healing-oriented approach that emphasizes holistic, patient-focused health care and wellness, treating the whole person. It uses many modalities and appropriate therapies informed by scientific evidence, such as nutrition, mind-body practices, lifestyle changes, stress reduction, mental and spiritual wellbeing, the use of appropriate dietary supplements, and herbs and bioidentical hormone therapy. 

Integrative medicine consult services 
The Ballard clinic offers integrative medicine consultations. The consults are a 60-minute visit to explore your concerns and thoroughly review your whole health history. During the consultation, you and your physician develop a customized health and wellness plan to best fulfill your health needs.

Please note, primary care services are not offered at Ballard, but are offered at the Primary Care at Northgate and Primary Care at Factoria clinics. 

Your ongoing integrative medicine care at your consultation may be communicated to any other providers on your healthcare team and does not replace the need for primary care or other medical specialties. 

Integrative medicine consultations offer care for people with a variety of health concerns such as: 

• Allergies 

• Autoimmune disease 

• Cancer-related supportive care & side effects 

• Cardiovascular Disease 

• Chronic fatigue 

• Chronic pain and fibromyalgia 

• Diabetes and Prediabetes 

• Gastrointestinal and digestive issues 

• General preventative, holistic approach to health 

• Headaches 

• High Blood Pressure and high cholesterol 

• Irregular menses, PCOS, PMS and other common gynecologic concerns 

• Mental Health, anxiety / depression 

• Peri-menopause / menopause (including bioidentical hormone therapy) 

• Recurrent infections or chronic inflammation 

• Stress-related conditions  

• Thyroid and adrenal hormone concerns 

Acupuncture services 
Acupuncture is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine in which practitioners stimulate specific points on the body using very thin needles to restore health. There has been extensive research on the benefits of acupuncture, especially for:  

• Pain management 

• Back and neck pain 

• Osteoarthritis / knee pain 

• Headaches 

Acupuncture may also be effective in treating other health issues — each person will have a unique response to the treatment. 

Please note you must have a physician referral to make an appointment with one of our acupuncturists.

You can also receive acupuncture services at the Primary Care at Northgate and Primary Care at Factoria clinics.