Charaka Center for Integrative Medicine

About

Mission

The mission of Charaka Center for Integrative Medicine is to empower individuals to actively create and maintain their own health, rather than depending on healthcare organizations to treat diseases and their symptoms. Through the formation of a doctor-patient partnership, and a comprehensive medical assessment of the whole person, Charaka Medicine provides patients with the information, resources and support needed to take control of their health, through the integration of conventional western medicine and complementary and alternative modalities with evidence-based research demonstrating effectiveness.

Dr. Ravi S. Hirekatur

Dr. Ravi

Ravi Hirekatur, MD is a practicing physician Board Certified in Family Medicine and Holistic Medicine. He received his MD from University of Kansas in 2000 and completed his residency in the University of Wisconsin Family Medicine Program in Madison in 2004. He has a broad understanding of many complementary and alternative therapies, including Ayurveda, which he studied with Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. During medical school, Ravi rotated through the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona-Tucson, supervised by Dr. Andrew Weil; he also spent three months in the Amazon Rainforest, studying medicinal plants with a native medicine man.

Dr. Ravi is a contributing author to the textbook “Integrative Medicine” by Dr. David Rakel and periodically gives talks on Ayurvedic medicine to medical students and residents at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Ravi’s interests include yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, mind-body medicine, herbal medicine and supplements. He has practiced mindfulness meditation and yoga for over 20 years, and is an avid nature and wildlife photographer. He has worked with underserved populations in South Africa, Guatemala, the United States, and in Haiti post-earthquake.

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