Areas of Expertise

Integrative Medicine

Integrative medicine is a holistic approach that combines the best of western and eastern healing practices. The patient is at the center of care and collaborates with their doctor in shared-decision making.

The holistic plan often includes meditation and mindfulness practices. Manual therapies such as Ayurvedic body treatments, acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic or osteopathic adjustments are often prescribed. Taking time for self-care and rejuvenation is also emphasized.
In general, herbs and supplements are used instead of medications. For some chronic conditions, however, medications (along with specialist care) are needed.

Ayurveda is a holistic healing system that assesses health potential using your unique body-mind-spirit type. What you think, how you feel, ways that you connect to God/Divine Flow, your physical structure, and your baseline body symptoms are as unique as your genes.
Ayurveda emphasizes daily and seasonal routines that support circadian alignment (sleep, digestion, and detoxification). These body clocks and biorhythms are essential for balancing the body to prevent disease.
An Ayurvedic approach combined with your genomic and biometrics assessment is the most powerful way to create a personalized plan for lifelong vitality and health.

Functional medicine is a holistic approach that assesses cellular functions in the body to optimize metabolic efficiency and decrease cellular damage to prevent development of disease.

This medical approach uses leading edge diagnostics and longevity science to help you heal and stay well.

Preventive and lifestyle medicine focus on health optimization, immune resiliency, reversing early stages of chronic disease, and preventing chronic disease progression. It does not include treatment for acute illness or injury.
This medical approach emphasizes personalized lifestyle modifications. It often includes working with a health coach to optimize nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, and sleep.

Dr. Jacobson offers a comprehensive and actionable genomics assessment through IntellxxDNA. She received training from the founder and is an authorized IntellxxDNA provider https://www.intellxxdna.com/
Health creation begins with your blueprint for health that is established by your inherited genetic and epigenetic information
This information is not your destiny! Your physical environment (home, worksite, air, water, relationships), how you manage stress, and your lifestyle choices (food selection, level of physical activity, sleep patterns, time for self-care/rejuvenation) all influence which genes are activated and how your body repairs and renews itself.

Biometrics are a combination of blood, urine, stool, and saliva tests that provide an understanding of key health-related functions in your body. Occasionally, a non-invasive imaging study is done to better understand where disease is accumulating in your brain, heart, or other organs.
Examples of tests that I routinely use with my patients include:
- Blood tests for a comprehensive baseline health assessment, including thyroid, adrenal, autoimmune, inflammation, and nutrient panels
- Advanced lipid panels, continuous glucose monitoring, coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, and carotid intima medial thickening (CIMT) scan for heart and brain health
- Nutrition and metabolic tests for personalized nutrition and supplements (NutrEval): https://www.gdx.net/product/nutreval-fmv-nutritional-test-blood-urine
- Estrogen metabolism (DUTCH test https://dutchtest.com/), bone turnover markers, and bone density testing (DEXA) to clarify risk for breast cancer and osteoporosis
- Comprehensive cortisol curve test to optimize daily energy and focus: https://www.gdx.net/product/adrenocortex-stress-hormone-test-saliva
- Melatonin test, sleep tracking, and at-home sleep studies for optimal sleep: https://www.gdx.net/product/comprehensive-melatonin-test-saliva
- Antibody panels related to brain health and total body inflammation: https://www.cyrexlabs.com/
- Toxin and heavy metal testing to help you create a toxin-free life https://www.vibrant-wellness.com/test-by-condition/

This is for people with no major health concerns who want to discover their highest health potential. You do not have to wait until you have a disease to prioritize your health!
If you have a family history of certain diseases, you can begin implementing health optimization strategies now to prevent this path for yourself!
Sometimes called “biohacking,” advanced diagnostic testing and scans are used to provide insights in ways to create and maintain health over your lifespan.
Common approaches include genomic assessments, total body MRI scans, coronary artery calcium scores, body composition assessments, comprehensive biomarker testing (e.g. advanced lipids, hormones, inflammation, oxidative stress, toxin exposure), and at home personal devices (e.g. continuous glucose monitors, ketone breath analyzers, and sleep trackers).

This is for people who seek reversal of prediabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, high cholesterol, and high levels of inflammation or oxidative stress.
If these metabolic imbalances are part of your family history or personal health journey, it is imperative to start a holistic prevention approach as soon as possible. Why? Because they are clearly linked to end-stage diseases such are heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, many cancers, and renal failure.
Genomic assessments, along with biomarker and hormone testing, are used to personalize lifestyle, supplement, herbal therapies, and medications.

This is for people who seek prevention of an initial cancer or recurrence after cancer treatment. Integrative and holistic care offers life-changing options that reduce overall risks based on optimizing nutrition (yes, this means a lot of vegetables and fiber!), regular physical activity, optimal sleep, and seasonal detox programs that support toxin-free living.
If cancer is part of your family history or personal health journey, it is imperative to start a holistic prevention approach as soon as possible. Small changes in your DNA caused by the interaction of your genome with lifestyle choices and environmental exposures can be prevented!
Genetic and genomic assessments, along with biomarker and hormone testing, are used to personalize lifestyle, supplement, herbal therapies, and medications.

This is for people who seek optimal cognitive function over their lifespan and to prevent the neurodegenerative diseases they see in their family members (e.g. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease).
Dr. Jacobson is a certified Bredesen protocol physician and uses this comprehensive method in her holistic brain health protocols.
The root causes for neurodegeneration can be addressed through reducing the effects of infections, autoimmune activity, toxins, injuries, insufficient sleep, and other lifestyle factors on brain health.
If these diseases are part of your family history, it is imperative to start a holistic prevention approach as soon as possible. Genomic assessments, along with biomarker and hormone testing, are used to personalize lifestyle, supplement, herbal therapies, and medications.