Laxmi Naik

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About Laxmi Naik

If you would like to schedule a consultation you can find her at - American Board of Holistic Medicine Board certified active IFM - Institute of Functional Medicine Board Certified active ABEM - American Board of Emergency Medicine Board Certified activeABOM- American Board of Obesity Medicine Diplomate Active ICF - International Coaching Federation Executive Health Coach Laxmi Naik M.D, Board Certified Holistic (AIHM) & Institute of Functional Medicine practitioner (IFM) is licensed in multiple states and an expert integrative medicine consultant. Her practice history includes emergency medical care at the busiest trauma centers in New York, high-volume urgent care centers, associate directorship of a large insurance company and now bringing to the forefront integrative medicine. Her unique clinical and broad administrative and compliance background allows her to converse with conventional and holistic practitioners, and work in tandem with companies affiliated with botanicals, fitness, and biotechnology. Dr. Naik has a passion for helping people heal holistically. Her root-cause approach to medical management addresses a person's physical, mental, spiritual, and energetic well-being. Her focus is on weight loss, preventive medicine, longevity, and regenerative medicine. She is passionate about the planet, especially advocacy regarding soil awareness and climate change. She is active in multiple non-profit organizations including but not limited to doctors without borders, physician burnout support organizations, conscious planet, and Isha Foundation. She completed her undergraduate studies at Columbia University in New York City with a major in biology and a minor in religious studies. While in college she was spiritually drawn and spent time with many masters such as the Dalai Lama, saints such as Saibaba in southern India, and Siddha yoga master Gurumayi Chidvilasananda in South Fallsburg. While on her spiritual journey she completed her undergraduate studies and then pursued her medical degree at the New York university school of medicine. Excited by emergency medicine she pursued her residency at Long Island Jewish Hospital in Long Island, New York. She came upon a meditation program called Inner Engineering offered by Isha Foundation and its Founder Sadhguru that altered the very fabric of the way she practiced medicine. She has done advanced yoga programs and with her extensive medical, spiritual and holistic background has launched her own practice in 2022 called Vivaa Integrative Health.