As of 2020, patient visits are limited to Personal Health Consultations only.

The reasons are two-fold:

1. to focus more on the essential (essence) level of healing — often the missing, yet critical, dimension in medical visits and prescriptions/protocols

2. to increase access to personalized care

What to expect:

All appointments will be by HIPAA-compliant teleconference.

The tele-appointment is largely guided by you, to discuss what matters most to you:

  • previous and current treatment recommendations from other clinicians
  • questions about your current treatment or new options
  • fears and prognoses, hope and radical outcomes
  • past or recent test results
  • how to prioritize different methods or modalities

Dr. Li will provide:

  • suspected root causes of disease
  • diet and other lifestyle recommendations
  • therapeutic mind-body-spirit practices
  • referrals for different healing modalities, if applicable
  • questions for you to discuss with your treating provider

Dr. Li uses both analytical medical analysis and intuitive clinical judgment in her assessments and recommendations. The goal is to uncover the causes of chronic inflammation, identify core imbalances and dysfunctional energy patterns, and sense where your healing process might be getting stuck. At the root level, mind, body, spirit are fully integrated.

The process will start before the first appointment. First, by filling out a detailed questionnaire that’s part medical history, part family history, and part self-reflection. Second, by starting daily mind-body “homework,” either beginning with a prescription from Dr. Li, or renewing the commitment of a practice you already have.

We cannot heal by thinking. We must go into the heart and the body.

What else should you know?

You will get a lot more out of this if you’ve already read one or both of Dr. Li’s books (the memoir is available at many local public libraries; the ebook is free and downloadable on this website). They lay out integrative and functional medicine principles and strategies.

It’s also useful to familiarize yourself with elimination and anti-inflammatory diets, and other whole foods diets (like the Mediterranean diet or the Weston A. Price ancestral diet).

For Personalized Health Consultations, Dr. Li will not order lab tests, but can review and interpret any you would like to discuss.

In general, Dr. Li will not write prescriptions. Exceptions apply.

Dr. Li does not bill insurance, but can provide you with a superbill to submit to your insurance. Some PPO plans cover out-of-network doctor visits. Check with your carrier.

This service is designed for self-motivated patients with good social support, for second opinions, or for exploration of new options. It’s not a good fit if you’re looking for closely supervised, ongoing treatment. Most patients follow up every 2-4 months.

What are your fees?

This practice is modeled on the gift economy, with an aim to:

  1. Expand personalized care to a greater diversity of patients
  2. Reduce the financial stress associated with “deep medicine”
  3. Shift health care from an industry to a service
  4. Ground patient-doctor relationships in trust rather than transaction

While the market value of this 45-minute consultation is $375, these appointments are offered on a sliding scale from $150-375.*

For those who can pay more, your generosity supports others who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford such care. This is a gift that recognizes individual health and community health are inextricably linked.

Each patient will receive the same quality of service regardless of the amount contributed.

There are times in our lives when we give. And times when we receive.

The role you play in your health:

You are a full and equal, if not greater, co-participant in your healing journey.

Almost everyone wants to heal. The deeper question is,

Are you ready to make some great changes, and now?

We are all born with individual genetic susceptibilities and resiliencies, and chronic diseases are the result of cumulative stresses that play on your genes like a pianist at a keyboard, producing symptoms or diseases that are unique to you. In general, there are 5 root causes of chronic disease:

  • Poor Diet
  • Allergens
  • Pollutants
  • Infections
  • Stress (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual)

Healing is change, and change in the body demands change in our daily routines and choices.

Additional information: Frequently Asked Questions