Welcome to
Integrative Medicine NW
A refreshing and inspiring approach to Health and Wellness
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH
"Functional Medicine" is an emerging and yet refreshingly natural and common sense approach that takes into consideration your emotional, physical, and nutritional status and seeks to find to root cause of illness. We then work to re-establish balance and wellness for the body to heal itself. While nearly any medical condition could benefit from this approach, we frequently see successes in the areas of diabetes, fertility, thyroid, chronic fatigue, Obesity, and autoimmune conditions.
At Integrative Medicine NW we are focused on your overall health and wellness. Our approach is a call back to the practice of medicine in the past - Common sense, relationships, diet and nutrition, holistic care, and so much more. The current medical system has been hijacked by big business medical corporations, pharmaceutical companies, and the Insurance industry, and they hold the reins. Our aim is to educate and connect with each patient to empower you to take charge of YOUR health, with support from our team.
LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE BE THY FOOD
- Hippocrates -
Johanna Golke PA-C
Physician Assistant
Our team
Peter Glanville PA-C
Physician Assistant
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John Gilbert
Dietician / Health Coach
John has a Master's in Human Nutrition, B.Sc. in Exercise Physiology & Metabolism, highest level certificates of training in Adult Weight Management by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the highest proficiency in Motivational Interviewing (MI) in Healthcare as a Registered Health Coach Expert (RHC-III) through the Health Sciences Institute (HSI). His credentials include: American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist®, ASCM - Exercise is Medicine® Level II Practitioner, HSI - Chronic Care Professional & a Registered Dietitian through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Improving others' quality of life through preventative health care continues to be a priority of John's career. His passion for finding the most credible, evidence-based, efficient & effective approaches for empowering people with long-term change led him to finding the most foundational, transcendent, and synergistic best-practice intervention for long term behavior change--MI. He also continues to keep his individual MI approach sharp through his practice as a Lifestyle/Integrative Medicine Dietitian—both with individual counseling and group facilitation.
I was born in Phoenix Arizona, and my interest in the medical field started at a young age. My dad was a family physician, and much of my childhood was formed as I watched my dad run his own medical clinic. Patients would frequent our home, and we would commonly stop by a patient's home on the way home from church.
We moved to an area north of Spokane when I was 12, and I made the transition to country life, learning to drive a tractor and falling in love with farming and nature. I ended up starting and operating a cabinet and furniture company for several years until my wife and I made the decision to get out of the industry and follow my passion for medicine.
I completed training as a paramedic with the intention of applying to PA school and graduated from the Physician Assistant program at University of Washington in 2015.
I practiced for 3 years in family medicine in Spokane and then transferred to a company that offered urgent visits to patients' homes. I continue to in that position, adding additional skills and knowledge in the acute care setting.
Johanna is a Physician Assistant and Integrative Health Practitioner with a passion for wellness, holistic health, and helping others. She started her medical career working in an Interventional Pain Clinic which served as the driving force into discovering the world of functional medicine. She treated hundreds of patients with chronic health conditions and pain not improving with conventional medicine and pharmaceuticals. She started researching anti-inflammatory and autoimmune protocol diets, supplements, and other modalities which only further her passion for holistic health.
Johanna transitioned to working in Neurosurgery where she enjoyed working with a variety of patients. Unfortunately, she started to struggle with her own chronic health issues. She knew she didn’t want a “band-aid” approach to her health issues after seeing so many of her own patients struggling, so she started a journey to discover the underlying root cause to her health issues. This involved removing several different toxicities including mold and its mycotoxins, glyphosate, parasites, heavy metals, and eventually discovering Lyme Disease and its coinfections. Johanna continues her path to health as it can be quite a journey to reach optimal health and vitality.
As Johanna has experienced her own health struggles, she understands the frustrations of patients dealing with their own health issues and just not feeling like yourself. So, if you are tired of being told your labs are normal, using medication as a band-aid for your symptoms, and are ready to change your lifestyle, she is here to help guide you along your journey, treat your body as a whole, and help you take control of your health.