About NCIMS
Our vision is to support and expand the practice of integrative/functional medicine throughout the Carolinas (and beyond!)
Our History & Mission
Early efforts of NCIMS brought together and rallied like-minded professionals to support and protect them through legislative advocacy, in addition to offering educational workshops.
As the medical landscape has evolved, we now are able to focus more on offering the best clinical and practice-enhancing programs available through our annual Southeast Regional Integrative Medical Conference, which includes CME and continuing education for other practitioners, Grand Rounds (one in Charlotte and one that rotates location), and online programs.
We still stay abreast of legislative issues via our medical board liaison physician volunteer who represents the NCIMS membership at NCMB open meetings as needed.
Our Mission is to to facilitate the best darn educational events available in North Carolina to create and sustain camaraderie and to excite the inspired, effective practice of functional/integrative medicine among practitioners
Who We Serve
Integrative and functional medicine has broadened in scope over the past decade, and therefore so has our member base! Once almost exclusively comprised of MDs, our members now encompass MDs, NDs, DCs, NPs, DOs, PAs, nurses, nutritionists, dieticians, acupuncturists, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers and health coaches.
While over half of our members are physicians, we welcome all practitioners either already practicing functional medicine or who are new to this approach to care.
Since NCIMS is a professional membership organization, we only offer practitioner memberships. However, if you are seeking a practitioner, you may search our Member Directory (COMING SOON) here. *Please note that NCIMS is unable to recommend one or more of the practitioners on its membership list, nor may we offer medical advice. Please verify credentials and inquire with the practitioner and/or their accrediting bodies (e.g. licensing boards) at your discretion.
Who Should Join
The North Carolina Integrative Medical Society (NCIMS) is a non-profit membership society for functional/integrative medicine practitioners committed to offering safe and effective patient-centered care.
We offer clinically-based educational Grand Rounds events and an annual accredited CME conference to help you further your practice and help you and your patients thrive!
NCIMS is dedicated to serving you, the healthcare providers striving to work in partnership with your patients to address myriad root causes of health conditions to alleviate symptoms, decrease risk of future chronic disease, and restore wellness through functional/integrative medicine approaches.
Join us to help transform the future of medicine!
“CIMS lets me be part of a group that cares”
NCIMS lets me be part of a group that cares about the patient, treats each patient as a unique individual, and will utilize functional/ integrative medicine and techniques to help our patients. Membership gives me support from like-minded colleagues. This organization fights for us to have the freedom to treat patients naturally and effectively.
- Bob Patterson, MD
“I especially enjoy the annual conferences”
I especially enjoy the annual conferences in Asheville, and as a member, I love having many opportunities to learn as well as network through NCIMS events.
- Karen Saylor, FNP
“The best part of being a member are the extended”
The best part of being a member are the extended resources from multiple specialties, as many of the speakers at the conferences become some of these resources. The experts that present at the conferences are the best in the Integrative space. Holding these conferences in North Carolina makes it very convenient to attend the events locally.
- John Woodward, MD