About Stanford Integrative Medicine Center
Stanford Integrative Medicine Center is highly regarded for its holistic approach to health and wellness. Patients praise Dr. Susan Payrovi, a specialist in functional medicine, for her gentle, effective, and modern natural practices that support the body, mind, and spirit. Her teachings, offered through courses and Zoom sessions, have helped many improve their health, regain energy, and strengthen their immune systems. Patients often arrive with serious health issues but leave empowered with knowledge about nutrition, restoration, destressing, and body function, enabling them to make healthier lifestyle choices. Dr. Payrovi’s approach is inspired by her personal journey to reverse multiple sclerosis and emphasizes evidence-based, actionable steps—such as diet modifications, assessment of water and produce quality, vitamins, and minerals—that lead to tangible improvements like lower heart rates, better sleep, and reduced stress. The center also features Dr. Shaw, who provides mental health support and coping strategies for long-term illnesses. Overall, the practice offers personalized courses that address general health and specific conditions, including autoimmune diseases and cancer. Patients appreciate the open-minded, caring environment that combines experiential activities like meditation and group dancing, both online and in person. This center stands out for its effective, cost-efficient, and holistic solutions that prioritize health from the inside out.
I can just say that I owe everything to Dr. Susan Payrovi in funtional medicine !!! :) Her zoom teachings have helped so many of us with debilitating issues find gentle yet super effective modern natural practices to support the body, mind, and spirit heal. I am forever grateful for each day I’m still here because of her. The truth. :) xx
Dr. Payrovi (Medical) and Dr. Shaw (Psychiatry) are both exceptional physicians.
I arrived to Dr. Payrovi almost bed ridden, along with other medical issues. Through her Integrated Medicine courses; my life has been transformed with education about nutrition, restoration, destressing, and body function. Dr. Shaw’s course taught methods to cope with long term illnesses, and other mental health concerns.
Now I am empowered with many options to make decisions for my best interest, healthier (stronger immune system), and much more physically active.
I believe that if you can really understand what’s going on with your body and mind that lifestyle...read full review
Given doctors take the Hippocratic oath and Hippocrates said, "Food is thy best medicine," I highly recommend Dr. Susan Payrovi, who practices functional medicine, mind body medicine, and other alternative methods that have improved my health when drugs caused allergic reactions or didn't work. Inspired by Dr. Payrovi's personal journey to reverse multiple sclerosis with lifestyle medicine, I took her courses to address the some root causes of my health issues ( and evidence-based approaches to Integrative mental health ( in-person and online before and during the pandemic for a few years. While I wasn't the most disciplined at implementing her recommendations, which were more actionable than my typical "evidence-based medicine" doctors and incorporated feedback from her patients, I noticed my vitals improved with lower heart rates (even with minimal exercise except walking), more energy from better sleep, and less stress with a few minutes of mindfulness each day. Given the conflicting info online that confuses me, her step-by-step guidance, ranging from assessments of produce and water quality to what to eat in moderation with more variety from having diverse colors, supplemented with specific vitamins and minerals, was incredibly valuable. Even though I'm no longer her patient (due to moving too far and out of her insurance network), she still cares to help with checking in and local resources. More importantly, she is open-minded to try combining experiential physical, mental, and social activities, ranging from individual meditation chants to group dancing even online. She also tailors her medical visits in the form of courses for general health and specific ailments, ranging from autoimmune diseases to cancer. Your health is priceless. Once you lose it, it's hard to restore it. Words can't describe how grateful I am to have met her, thanks to my endocrinologist referring me to her when she could no longer prescribe drugs that compromised my immune system. I likely wouldn't have survived this long without her holistic and actionable approaches to improving my health from the inside out with simpler, cost-effective, and more impactful remedies than relying solely on drugs, which are curative and warranted in some cases, such as infectious diseases.