Dr. Natalie Gardiner received her medical training at the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel. She then worked as a researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City with more than 20 publications and subsequently completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. She holds Board Certification in Internal Medicine. Dr. Gardiner also completed a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona, a program founded by Dr. Andrew Weil. ‹She was one of the first medical doctors in the country to get Board Certified in Integrative Medicine as part of its inaugural class of specialists. Dr Gardiner is currently affiliated with Mount Sinai medical Center and holds a Faculty position with Complimentary and Integrative Medicine Program at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Natalie Gardiner has a unique combination of expertise in conventional (allopathic) medicine and knowledge of holistic, alternative and complimentary approach. A critical component of her practice is that a therapeutic relationship and partnership between doctor and patient is emphasized to find the most natural way to help each patient to get back into balance, utilizing innate healing mechanisms and emphasizing lifestyle approaches first, including diet and exercise, mind-body techniques, judicious use of basic and advanced diagnostic tests, supplements and botanicals, and, if needed,