Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

An organization of 42 highly esteemed academic medical centers across the US. The mission is to help transform medicine and healthcare through rigorous scientific studies, new models of clinical care, and innovative educational programs that integrate biomedicine, the complexity of human beings, the intrinsic nature of healing and the rich diversity of therapeutic systems. Many of the Consortium’s academic medical centers offer clinical services.


National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

The leading government agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). One of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides the latest news, research, events, and clinical trials in complementary medicine.


Pine Street Foundation

Website that provides information on evidence-based research on integrative care. Publishes a quarterly newsletter called Avenues.


UCSFOsher Center for Integrative Medicine

A university-based clinic and research center, whose mission is to transform the way medicine is practiced by conducting research on integrative approaches to health, educating students, health professionals, and the community, and treating patients with compassionate care — addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of the patient.