MIMI GUARNERI, MD BIO

MIMI GUARNERI MD, FACC, ABOIM

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  • President, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine 
  • Past President of ABIHM
  • Medical Director, Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc.
  • Associate Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego
  • Associate Clinical Professor Cardiology and Internal Medicine, California Northstate University College of Medicine
  • Author of “108 Pearls to Awaken Your Healing Potential” and “The Heart Speaks
  • Co-author of “Total Engagement: The Healthcare Practitioner’s Guide to Heal Yourself, Your Patients & Your Practice”
  • Host, Expert on Public Television Program “Live Better Now with Mimi Guarneri, MD” 
  • Professor of The Great Courses series, “The Science of Natural Healing
  • Winner, The Integrative Health Symposium’s 2020 Visionary Award
  • Winner, The 2012 Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Winner, The 2012 Bravewell Leadership Award which honors a physician leader who has made significant contributions to the transformation of the U.S. health care system

* Dr. Mimi Guarneri’s Website:  MimiGuarneriMD.com

Board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and Integrative Holistic Medicine, Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABOIM is President of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) and the Past President of the American Board of Integrative  Holistic Medicine (ABIHM). She served as Senior Advisor to the Atlantic Health System for the Chambers Center for Well Being. Dr. Guarneri currently serves on the Founding Board of the American Board Physician Specialties in Integrative Medicine, and is a Clinical Associate Professor at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Dr. Guarneri is Co-founder and Medical Director of Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. at Pacific Pearl La Jolla in La Jolla, California, U.S.A. since 2014.  She was an English Literature major as an undergraduate at New York University. Her medical degree is from SUNY Medical Center in New York, where she graduated number one in her class. Dr. Guarneri served her internship and residency at Cornell Medical Center, where she later became Chief Medical Resident. She served cardiology fellowships at both New York University Medical Center and Scripps Clinic. She is a Fellow Member of the American College of Cardiology, Alpha Omega Alpha, and the American Medical Women’s Association.

Dr. Guarneri co-founded the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine and served as Medical Director for 15 years. She began her career at Scripps Clinic as an attending in interventional cardiology, where she placed thousands of coronary stents. Recognizing the need for a more comprehensive and more holistic approach to cardiovascular disease, she pioneered the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine where state-of-the-art cardiac imaging technology and lifestyle change programs are used to aggressively diagnose, prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. Dr. Guarneri then co-founded Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. and Pacific Pearl La Jolla where she maintains her clinical practice and serves as Medical Director to a team of experts in Conventional, Integrative and Natural Medicine in La Jolla, California.

Dr. Guarneri is

author of “108 Pearls to Awaken Your Healing Potential” (Hay House, 2017) and “The Heart Speaks” (Simon & Schuster, 2007).  She is co-author of the book, “Total Engagement: The Healthcare Practitioner’s Guide to Heal Yourself, Your Patients & Your Practice,” (Changewell, 2014). She also is the professor of The Great Courses video/audio series, “The Science of Natural Healing.”  Dr. Guarneri and her work have been featured on numerous television shows such as NBC Today and PBS, among others. She also was featured in a 2-part documentary, “The New Medicine,” from PBS.

Dr. Guarneri has been recognized for her national leadership in Integrative Medicine by the Bravewell Collaborative and has served as chair of the Bravewell Clinical Network for Integrative Medicine. In 2009, Dr. Guarneri was honored as the ARCS Scientist of the Year (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists).  In 2011, Dr. Guarneri was the winner of the Bravewell Leadership Award which honors a physician leader who has made significant contributions to the transformation of the U.S. health care system. She received the 2012 Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for Functional Medicine and the Grace A. Goldsmith Award from the American College of Nutrition.  In 2015, Newsmax Media ranked her as number six out of the top 100 physicians who embrace Integrative Medicine. She was honored in 2016 with the Lights of LightBridge Award from the LightBidge Hospice Foundation and also as 2016 Health  & Wellness Pioneer from San Diego Magazine’s Woman of the Year Awards.

For Dr. Guarneri’s CV, link to MimiGuarneriMD.com/about/bio

Feature Article: San Diego Woman Magazine 10th Anniversary Issue 2017

AWARDS AND HONORS

2016

Health & Wellness Pioneer 2016

San Diego Magazine, Woman of the Year Awards

Lights of LightBridge

LightBridge Hospice Foundation

2012

Grace A. Goldsmith Award

The American College of Nutrition

Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award

Institute for Functional Medicine

2011

Bravewell Physician Leadership Award

The Bravewell Collaborative

Inner IDEA Inspiration Award

IDEA Health & Fitness Association

2009

Scientist of the Year Award

ARCS Foundation – San Diego Chapter

2008

Project Concern International Honorary for Southeast Asia

Project Concern International

2007

UCSD Most Outstanding Outside Facility

University of California, San Diego

2005

Nominated Finalist Bravewell Award for Integrative Medicine

Bravewell Foundation

2004

Recipient Frontiers In Medicine Award Scripps Foundation

Scripps Foundation

2003

Nominated Finalist Bravewell Award for Integrative Medicine 

Bravewell Foundation

1988

Jadwin Scholarship for Most Outstanding Student

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

Lemmon Company Award for Academic Excellence

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence 

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

Janet H. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

1987

Alpha Omega Alpha, Elected

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

1985

Neuroscience Award for Academic Excellence

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center

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