Melanie Gisler, DO
Dr. Gisler is an Osteopathic Board Certified Family Physician and co-director of the women’s clinic at the Akasha Center. She holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from UCLA, a Doctorate of Osteopathy from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (one of the oldest, most established osteopathic medical schools in the country) and trained in family medicine at UCLA, where she completed her residency.
In over five years at the Akasha Center, she has worked with women, children, and men, as well as families, utilizing both traditional Western medicine and, increasingly, anthroposophic medicine, which has broadened her approach to the treatment of chronic illnesses, including cancer care (Iscador).
Her specialties include:
• Allergies
• Bio-identical hormone replacement
• Common childhood illnesses
• Chronic illnesses
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Hormone imbalances
• Primary Care
• Thyroid disorders
• Women’s health
• Lyme disease
• Anthoposophic medicine
Dr. Gisler’s osteopathic career has remained rooted in the principle that each person is his or her own entity, consisting of body, mind, spirit and soul; and that the body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing, and health maintenance. Accordingly any compromise in health should be considered per a synthesis of linked physical, mental, and spiritual factors. To achieve optimal health, a patient’s condition must be addressed through a personalized plan that tailors the benefits of, in some cases, multiple medical methodologies, to his or her unique set of needs. For some this may amount to a single, stand-alone form of treatment. For others, such a plan may incorporate aspects of lifestyle, nutrition, supplements, bio-identical hormones, and anthroposophic medicines (including mistletoe for cancer), cranial sacral therapy, and traditional allopathic medicine.
While Western medications have their place in the healing sciences and may be most applicable for certain conditions under certain circumstances, they are not without limits, nor should they be considered the necessary go-to option for all health concerns.
“To find health should be the object of the doctor.” — A.T. Stills
According to A.T. Stills, the founder of osteopathic medicine, the goal of treatment should be more than simply the pursuit of disease. To truly search for health, a physician must adopt a comprehensive approach to his or her patient’s total well being. It was this philosophy that first led Dr. Gisler to osteopathy, and it has been her continued mission since to explore new and other forms of holistic healing.
Dr. Gisler is a member of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Physicians Association of Anthroposophic Medicine, The Cranial Academy and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.