Victoria Maizes, MD, is executive director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and an associate professor of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, and Public Health. She received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco, College of Medicine, and completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Maizes is recognized as a national leader in the field of integrative medicine. She helped develop a comprehensive curriculum in integrative medicine for fellows, associate fellows, research fellows and founded the Integrative Family Medicine project, an innovative new educational model for family medicine residents. As co-chair of the education committee of the Consortium of Academic Medical Centers for Integrative Medicine, whose mission is to promote integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes leads a team of educators developing objectives for medical students in integrative medicine. Dr. Maizes lectures nationally on integrative medicine, women's health, wellness, aging, communication skills, mind-body medicine, nutrition and herbal medicine, often in conjunction with integrative medicine pioneer Andrew Weil, MD. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on integrative medicine.