Karima Hirani, MD MPH
Board Certified Family Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Nutritionist
Welcome!
The doctor of the future will be one that looks for the root causes of patient illness and proceeds to correct the sources rather than mask symptoms with prescription drugs. This doctor will take the time needed to listen to her patients without making them feel rushed. This is my practice philosophy.
I integrate a natural approach to conventional medicine, including natural alternatives to prescription drugs, vitamin and nutrient supplements as well as nutritional advice. Although my main focus is prevention, I specialize in chronic illness.
I see a wide range of patients, from children to the elderly, who are all seeking natural ways to improve their health. In addition to sound nutritional and preventative advice, I offer a wide range of medical services including bio-identical hormones, therapeutic vitamin drips, immune systems support and detoxification protocols. I can also offer you specialty testing in the fields of hormones, food and environmental allergies, as well as testing for nutritional deficiencies, candida, heavy metal burden, and immune surveillance.
About me: I have been practicing medicine since 1993. I received my MD from USC Medical School and am Board Certified in Family Practice. In addition, I completed my Family Practice Residency, an additional three years of training after medical school, from Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, California. I hold a Master's degree in Nutrition from the UCLA School of Public Health (1989). I am also clinical faculty at USC Medical School where I teach first and second year medical students. I have been a DAN! Doctor since 2001 (Defeat Autism Now!).
Unlike many conventional medicine doctors, I will not lump you into a particular disease category (or organ system dysfunction) and then prescribe you a one-size-fits-all prescription drug. Instead, I will take the time to listen to you and review your entire health history. In doing so, I am able to formulate a plan that involves specific testing to search for the underlying causes of your symptoms as well as provide information to recommend a program unique to you. I am very open to working with your other health care providers. I believe that providing other complementary treatments is both supportive and the wave of the future.