Understanding One Doctor’s “Wholistic” Approach to Pediatric Care

Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a Board Certified Pediatrician, who is also boarded and fellowship trained in integrative and holistic medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and then obtained his Osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences. He then went on to complete a Pediatric residency at Loma Linda University, where he stayed on as teaching faculty for over 4 years. Dr. Katiraei has also completed two fellowships in integrative medicine, one with the University of Arizona and another under Dr. Kamyar Hedayat in a French model of integrative medicine called Endobiogeny. Dr. Katiraei’s research and experiences helped him realize that “the children of today do not have to become the sick adults of tomorrow.” He is now in private practice in Santa Monica, where he focuses on helping children with complex medical conditions and severe behavioral challenges. 

In today’s episode, Shay Beider warmly welcomes Dr. Katiraei to talk about his holistic, integrative practice and to share his philosophy of not sticking a person into a single box. He discusses his experience treating exposure to mold and lyme disease and how each can cause issues within the body that often get overlooked. Dr. Katiraei also shares his knowledge about the underlying causes of anxiety and how his curiosity has helped him to see that there are contributing biological factors.

 

Transcripts for this episode are available at: https://www.integrativetouch.org/conversations-on-healing 

 

Show Notes:

More info on Dr. Kamyar Hediyat, Dr. K’s inspiration What is the Institute of Functional Medicine? A “wholistic” perspective on Airway Problems & Gut health The Boss Gene: MTHFR Methylation What are Tongue ties? What is a Myofunctional Therapist? Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)  Sensory Process Disorder and the importance of crawling When is it ADHD? Wholistic Kids info on Adrenal Glands 

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