Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicines

Kelly K McCann, MD

Dr. Kelly K McCann is an MD with board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Integrative Holistic Medicine. Her patient-care model includes the best of conventional allopathic approaches blending with complementary and alternative medicines, which together address the biological, environmental, social, and psychological aspects of health.

This patient-centered approach, using both conventional and alternative medicines, emphasizes the overall body, mind and spirit connection with practices including diet and nutrition counseling, stress reduction, exercise programs, acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, and meditation techniques. Dr. McCann passionately pursues a practice of appropriate treatment as well as preventive medicine and supports her patients to maintain a healthy lifestyle and attitude.

Dr. McCann's private medical practice is located at Newport Integrative Health in Costa Mesa, California which serves Orange County including Newport Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Hunington Beach, and Alisa Viejo. She provides patients primary care, consultations, and lifestyle evaluations. Dr. McCann is also on medical staff at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California.

Integrative Medicine

While some physicians are now adopting to more natural and alternative approaches to medicine, Dr. McCann is distinguished as having completed a two year residential fellowship in integrative medicine and has been extensively trained in complementary modalities. Integrative Medicine may also be known as Alternative Medicine, Holistic, Functional, Naturopathic, Complementary, Comprehensive, Natural, Lifestyle, and Preventative.

For those considering a traditional MD who is well trained and established in standard medicine, Dr. McCann offers exceptional primary care using scientifcaly based and proven approaches to alleviating symptoms and addressing illness. She also has the added advantage that she will spend more time with you than a typical MD which provides the opportunity to look at the underlying causes, subtle inbalances and chronic patterns that lead to disease.

Dr. McCann also offers a healthy alternative to those actively looking at their health in natural ways and considering large centers in Orange County which also offer alternative medicine. Operating her own private practice, she is able to offer a high level of individual attention and can really get to know you personally.

Dr. McCann practiced medicine at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine where she worked and trained with renowned Andrew Weil, M.D., as one of 35 distinguished fellows in residence throughout the world. Dr. Weil, a Harvard-trained physician and director of the center, pioneered the now rapidly growing field of integrative medicine. He has been on the cover of Time magazine twice, interviewed by Oprah and is the best-selling author of such books as Spontaneous Healing, Healthly Aging and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health.

Dr. McCann received a B.A. in Music from Brown University and a Master’s in Library Science from University at Albany. She went on to medical school to receive her Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) and simultaneously earned a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Tropical Medicine (TM) at Tulane University in New Orleans. Afterward, she moved to Arizona and completed both an Internal Medicine residency at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and a Pediatrics residency at Phoenix Children's Hospital.

As an avid lifelong learner, Dr. McCann is currently working on a Masters in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica and training for a teaching certificate in Anusara yoga.