Pause

“Many of us are trying to pour from a precariously empty cup in midlife. Pausing, taking inventory of our needs, and strategically refilling our cup may feel like just another thing to - yet the ripple affect of personalized, proactive care can be immense.”

Shelly Latte-Naor MD, MSCP

I've had the honor of being a faculty member at the Integrative Medicine Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for 8 enriching years, where I also served as the director of Mind-Body Medicine. With 15 years of experience as a double board-certified Internist, I've had the privilege of making meaningful impacts in the lives of my patients.

I am fellowship-trained in Integrative Medicine and currently contribute to the curriculum of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Additionally, I've received further training or certification from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, and the Menopause Society.

About Me

Dr. Shelly Latte-Naor has served as a faculty member of the Integrative Medicine Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and director of Mind-Body Medicine for 8 years, Double board-certified Internist with 15 years of experience.

Credentials

  • Double-board certified Internist

  • Fellowship-trained Integrative Medicine specialist

  • Menopause Society Certified Practitioner

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine

    Freie Universitat Berlin, 2005

  • Internal Medicine Residency

    Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, 2011

  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship

    Mount Sinai Health System, 2013

  • Integrative Medicine Fellowship

    University of Arizona, 2016

  • MBSR Qualified Teacher

    UMass Chan Medical School, 2017

Learning To Integrate

I was a yogi and meditator since my early 20s and grew up in Europe where the use of western herbalism was commonplace and mainstream. I compartmentalized my holistic understanding of wellbeing and health during my medical training and tucked it away in a different part of my life. It was not until I was supporting patients with symptoms that conventional medicine had insufficient answers for that I found myself considering their lifestyle, their social and spiritual needs, their nutrition and their own health philosophy and healing traditions. While we have robust evidence that these aspects of life have profound impact on wellbeing and resilience – they also don’t usually find their way into the exam room.

Evidence-based practice of Integrative Medicine should merely be the standard of care and yet the restrictions of insurance reimbursement and corporate medicine challenge its integration into our hospitals and clinics.

A relationship-based practice that allows me to meet each person with a highly personalized approach and an open-minded, proactive use of healing modalities is the only way I want to practice today.