Ali Safayan, MD

Dr. Safayan started his medical training at Cebu Doctors' College of Medicine in Cebu, Philippines and completed his third and fourth year clerkship rotations through Indiana University School of Medicine in 1985-86.

He completed his internship at Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, in Queens New York and his Internal Medicine Residency at Providence Hospital in Washington DC. Dr. Safayan was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine from 2000 to 2010. Dr. Safayan has been in private practice in Washington DC since 1990.

Dr. Ali Safayan is also the preceptor in charge of the HMI/UCLA Medical Acupuncture Course for Physicians, which trains over 300 physicians a year. A founder of one of the first integrative medicine practices in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, Dr. Safayan incorporates the best of conventional medicine with complementary therapies such as medical acupuncture, allergy elimination technique, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and prolotherapy (injection therapy for treating chronic pain).

Dr. Safayan's integrative practice provides a comfortable environment and time to listen to his patients concerns. He offers patient education and encourages patient involvement in developing their individualized treatment plan.

Dr. Safayan's specialties include integrative medicine; bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, prolotherapy, medical acupuncture, nutritional counseling and supplementation and Allergy elimination technique.