Thomas Jefferson University has landed a $20 million grant to launch what it says will be the country’s first academic department of integrative medicine.
Integrative medicine is an approach that combines elements of conventional and alternative medicine to address the whole person – mind, body and spirit.
"This is a historic first," said Dr. Daniel Monti, a Jefferson senior vice-president and director of its Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. "Nowhere to date has a medical school embraces…
