Current and Previous Fellows
Current Fellows
Alicia Cohen, M.D.
2011-2012 Fellow - Integrative Medicine
Dr. Alicia Cohen comes to the University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency and Integrative Medicine Fellowship from California, where she finished her training at the UCSF Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program. She graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2007 with Distinction in Research. She completed two years of research at the Mount Sinai Department of Health Policy focusing on reducing disparities in care for women with breast cancer, as well as a year-long social justice fellowship working with Israeli and Palestinian survivors of rape and domestic violence.
Dr. Cohen’s clinical interests in integrative medicine include food as a medicine and integrative nutrition; clinical herbalism; functional medicine; osteopathic manipulation therapy; and mind-body medicine including guided imagery, breath work and Somatic Experiencing Therapy. She is particularly interested in women’s health and during her time at Santa Rosa, had been greatly involved in local food advocacy work, including helping to bring Electronic Balance Transfer (EBT) machines and the acceptance of food stamp benefits to local Farmers Markets; helping design educational trainings around food access and healthy eating.
Dr. Cohen brings unique strengths include a passion for teaching, patient advocacy, curriculum development, significant research and grant writing experience, integrative nutrition and farming/community garden experience, as well as skills as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Caroline King, M.D.
2009-2010 Fellow - Integrative Medicine.
Born in England, Dr. King is the first international fellow to be accepted into the University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency and Integrative Medicine Fellowship. Dr. King graduated from Warwick Medical School, England in 2005 before working for a year as an intern in the National Health Service in Warwickshire, England. Her professional interest in integrative medicine was sparked in 2004 when, as a third year medical student, she undertook an 8-week elective in British Columbia, Canada,with the Association of Complementary and Integrative Physicians of BC (ACIPBC). There, she was given the opportunity to observe physicians practicing complementary therapies, including acupuncture, orthomolecular medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy. Inspired by her Canadian experience, Dr. King subsequently attended a foundation course for physicians and medical students with the British Medical Acupuncture Society. During her Family Medicine Residency, Dr. King aspires to further develop her acupuncture study and skills and her nutrition and orthomolecular medicine knowledge with a view to practicing integrative family medicine.
John Stracks, M.D.
2008-2009 Fellow - Integrative Medicine
Dr. John Stracks comes to the University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency and Integrative Medicine Fellowship from Chicago where he graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. His involvement in integrative health care began in the early 90's while taking yoga classes, and he explored other complementary and alternative medicine fields before deciding to become an allopathic physician with an integrative bent. While in medical school, he researched the physiological effects of loneliness, and then he studied with integrative physician Karen Koffler at Northwestern University. He is especially interested in mind/body medicine, chronic pain control and integrative strategies for weight loss. Before becoming a physician, he worked as a social worker in the inner city of Chicago helping teenage state wards learn to live independently before their emancipation from state care. He also spent time as an outdoor educator leading groups through high and low ropes adventure courses. When not working, Dr. Stracks enjoys yoga, reading, spending time with his wife and children, and riding his bike. Dr. Stracks has recently accepted a position in Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Andrew Heyman, M.D.
2007-2008 Fellow - Integrative Medicine
Dr. Heyman has been involved in the field of Anti aging and functional medicine for the past 20 years, first as a certified shiatsu practitioner. He received formal training in Five element Shiatsu from the Meridian Institute in Pennsylvania. Dr. Heyman received a Masters in Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and upon graduation, became the administrator for the University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center (CAMRC). From there, he went on to medical school, receiving his MD from the University of Michigan Medical School. He was the first resident to complete a combined family medicine and Integrative/Functional Medicine residency though the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Heyman was also the first Integrative Medicine Fellow. Currently he is on faculty at the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine as an Adjunct Assistant Professor.
