Feb 26, 2021
Guest Name and Bio:
Dr. Andrew Shubov
Dr. Andrew Shubov is director of the inpatient East-West
medicine consult service at UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical
Center. As part of the service, he and other East-West medicine
physicians provide acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine
diagnostic and treatment strategies to critically ill hospitalized
patients. He also works alongside physicians in the outpatient
clinic in Westwood to bring integrative East-West medicine to
complex patients with multiple medical conditions, and he sees
patients part-time in the Westlake Village East-West Medicine
office. He is board certified in internal medicine and integrative
medicine.
Dr. Shubov believes that the integrative East-West approach is an
excellent companion to traditional Western medicine, as it
incorporates the treatment of the whole patient and minimizes side
effects of common modern therapies. He frequently works with
patients who have chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel
disease, autoimmune disorders and chronic pain.
Dr. Shubov obtained his medical degree from the University of
Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and completed his
internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He then
completed his integrative medicine fellowship at the UCLA Center
for East-West Medicine.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Shubov is lead investigator
on a multicenter double blinded randomized controlled trial to
evaluate the effect of Chinese herbal medicines as well as medical
mushrooms to treat COVID-19. He is also involved in research on
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on acupuncture points
for the treatment of chronic constipation and other disorders, and
is also interested in research on inpatient conditions, such as
advanced heart failure, autonomic dysfunction and chronic abdominal
pain.
What you will learn from this episode:
1) What is East-West medicine
2) What are some common therapies that could help gastrointestinal
symptoms
3) The role of acupuncture in helping with headaches and gut
symptoms
4) How alternative therapies can help patients in the hospital
setting
5) New integrative and herbal therapies being researched in the
setting of Covid-19
How to learn more about our guest:
https://www.uclahealth.org/andrew-shubov
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