Simon Yu

Simon Yu, MD combines internal medicine with integrative medicine at Prevention and Healing, Inc., in St. Louis, MO, founded in 1996. As regional medical director at a Midwest HMO for 10 years, he saw the limits of today's medication-management approach to patients with complex chronic illness. He began studying integrative medicine, took 300 hours of medical acupuncture training, and studied Biological Medicine extensively in Europe. Dr. Yu lectures across the US and abroad, and offers...See more

Simon Yu, MD combines internal medicine with integrative medicine at Prevention and Healing, Inc., in St. Louis, MO, founded in 1996. As regional medical director at a Midwest HMO for 10 years, he saw the limits of today's medication-management approach to patients with complex chronic illness. He began studying integrative medicine, took 300 hours of medical acupuncture training, and studied Biological Medicine extensively in Europe. Dr. Yu lectures across the US and abroad, and offers Acupuncture Meridian Assessment (AMA) Training for doctors and dentists. He has an MD from the University Of Missouri School Of Medicine, an MS in Immunology through a joint program with Washington University, is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, member of the American College of Physicians, and on the board of the International College of Integrative Medicine. He served as a medical officer in the U.S. Army Reserve for 25 years, retiring as a full colonel, adding to his experience. See less