About Dr. Susan Yu, D.O.

I believe that each of us has an innate healing ability to find health. I am an osteopathic physician board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. I take care of adults and children using a traditional osteopathic and functional medicine approach. My mission is to partner with patients and their families to find the root causes of disease, to find health through nutrition using food as medicine, Biodynamics of traditional osteopathy, yoga, and lifestyle medicine.

Prior to starting Brightly Integrative Health, I practiced in a successful and fast-paced large group practice specializing in musculoskeletal medicine.   Over time, I found that I was most effective and felt most rewarded when I helped my patients heal with a holistic approach, listening to the patient, and taking care of their acute injury as well as their chronic conditions.

Education
6/2014 to Present. The Institute for Functional Medicine
Functional Medicine
Focusing on the root causes of disease, finding health through nutrition using food as medicine, yoga and movement, osteopathy, lifestyle medicine.

5/2013 to Present. Traditional Osteopathy
Post-graduate Traditional Osteopathic Studies - Biodynamics - Dr. Stefan Hagopian
Traditional osteopathic care to people of all ages, including post-partum mothers and newborns.

8/2016 to 2/2017. Yoga Teacher Training
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Chad Hamrin

6/2009 to 6/2012.  Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency
Ultrasound-guided peripheral joint and trigger point injections for musculoskeletal, spine, sports injuries, pain, and migraines; EMG/NCS.

7/2008 to 6/2009. UCLA Center for East-West Medicine and Westwood Acupuncture and Herb Center, Los Angeles, CA
Integrative Medicine Fellowship
Acupuncture, cupping, TCM and osteopathic manipulative therapies for headache and migraines, neck and back pain, and fibromyalgia.

6/2007 to 6/2008. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA
AOA Traditional Internship

6/2003 to 5/2007. Western Univ of Health Sci/College of Osteopathic Med of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Courses with Dr. Viola Frymann and Dr. Hugh M Ettlinger

9/1997 to 6/2001. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry