Lifestyle & Integrative Medicine Interest Group

The Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine Special Interest Group (LIMSIG) was established in 2024 by medical students Emmie Gocke and Krisha Tripathy and attending physicians Dr. Shiu-Lin Tsai and Dr. Krishna Desai to supplement the traditional medical school curriculum with education on holistic treatments and therapies that can be used for both self-care and patient care. LIMSIG organizes experiential and didactic workshops on various lifestyle and integrative therapies, including yoga, meditation, culinary medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture/acupressure, art/music therapy, nature therapy, hypnosis, and aromatherapy.

Upcoming and Past Activities/Events

• Upcoming in Fall 2025: Hypnosis/Psychiatry, Music Therapy (with performances by VP&S Musicians’ Guild), Food as Medicine.
• 11/14/2024: Herbalism, Mind/Body, and Acupuncture Experiential Demo, collaboration with Family Medicine Interest Group
• 05/15/2025: Integrative Oncology - Yoga and Mind-Body Medicine for Cancer Patients, collaboration with Oncology Special Interest Group 

To contact LIMSIG, please email vps_limsig@cumc.columbia.edu.