In today’s world of information and technology, no medicine standing alone is enough to provide the comprehensive approach to care that patients demand and deserve. East-West Medicine offers a most comprehensive functional approach to medicine that taps into both the wonderful advancements of modern science with the unchallenged, infinte wisdom of 2000 years of written, empirical based, clinical evidence of Eastern Medicine.

Western Medicine offers laboratory testing, blood tests, x-rays, MRI’s, ultrasound imaging, pharmaceutical drugs and surgical solutions.  Eastern Medicine offers a functional approach that can diagnose and successfully treat problems that Western Medicine may deem idiopathic or due to aging without a satisfactory treatment.  Combining the best of both is the unprecedented foundation of East-West Medicine.  East-West Medicine aims to offer the most comprehensive, safe, natural and self-sustainable cure to your medical issues.  Additionally, East-West Medicine has the depth to offer solutions for continuous wellness or a Wellness Track™.

Being a Primary Care Physician with over 20 years clinical experience, having trained in China and the U.S., and over 15 years on staff at Cedars Sinai, Dr. Barrett specializes in complex medical conditions.  With his Comprehensive Functional Approach to East-West Medicine that is supported by over 2,000 years of empirical, clinical evidence in writing and the advantages of modern scientific research, he is prepared to provide you with state-of-the-art treatments that are safe, natural, and self-sustaining.  Dr. Barrett will dedicate as much time as necessary to review with you, face to face, your complete medical history, all current medical concerns, a comprehensive treatment plan in terms of both Eastern and Western Medicine, and a self-sustainable Wellness Track™.

Dr Barrett’s Comprehensive Functional Approach to East-West Medicine treats your condition and the factors that caused your condition.  One advantage to Dr. Barrett’s approach is his skill developed in Traditional Diagnostic Methods based on Observation, Inquiry, and Palpation that many times can provide more clinical data than weeks of lab testing.  This allows same day diagnosis and treatments that can at times provide cures before lab data can be obtained.  Dr. Barrett offers comprehensive Acupuncture treatments with a functional medical approach for increased effectiveness. Dr. Barrett may offer you a custom herbal formula based on the wisdom and 2,000 years of written clinical evidence of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Dr. Barrett will discuss Diet & Nutrition and how to use food as medicine.  Based on his recently published book, Caveman Bodies in a Corporate Jungle, he will mentor you on managing the demands of your career, family life, lifestyle, work style, and how to maintain a positive attitude.  If necessary, he will discuss the benefits of genome medicine and Western forms of functional medicine.

Dr. Barrett performs annual physicals, orders blood tests, lab tests, DNA profiles, ultrasounds, x-rays, and MRIs.  With his office in the Century City Medical Plaza and being on staff at Cedars Sinai, his referral network includes some of the best physicians in Los Angeles.  Dr. Barrett understands western pharmaceuticals and their compatibility with herbal medicines. He can explain the nature of your disease through the eyes of both Western Medicine and Eastern Medicine. Whether you suffer from a serious disease, pain, or are simply trying to become pregnant, he can help. Seeing Dr. John Barrett means state of the art treatments and a most comprehensive functional approach to East-West Medicine.

Even the best and the brightest can use guidance in achieving and maintaining new levels of wellness.  After treating your high priority health issues, Dr. Barrett recommends staying well with a personalized Wellness Track™ to address other health conditions.  This could mean improving digestion, sleep, relaxation, skin, vision, weight-loss, etc.

A Wellness Track™ carves out time for self-nourishment and time management to address your health and wellness.  A Wellness Track™ with Dr. Barrett will tap into the wisdom of his 35 years of global corporate and medical experience for mentoring, coaching, and motivating for lifestyle, work-style, and wellness enhancemets.  Given Dr. Barrett’s unique background, you can be sure his words of advice are from real life experiences and not a training manual or theoretical concepts.

A Wellness Track™ means a better quality life with longevity.  A Wellness Track™ can be as simple as one office visit a month for a health check, wellness goal setting, bench marking achievements, self-care instructions to achieve goals, an optional wellness treatment and/or customized wellness herbal formula.  A Wellness Track™ means staying on top of your game and achieving the most in life.

Wellness is when you are enjoying life in a self sustainable manner with the ability and resources to absorb, process, and grow from life’s challenges and emotional ups and downs.  The best way to achieve wellness is with the lifestyle and workstyle best practices as discussed in my recently published book, Caveman Bodies in a Corporate Jungle: How to stay healthy while excelling in a work environment. These best practices allow you to avoid emotional extremes that can interrupt homeostasis or an optimally functioning central nervous system.

Although you are ultimately responsible for maintaining your individual state of wellness, it helps to be surrounded by an environment where the process is welcomed and supported. Therefore, wellness can be divided into two categories, individual wellness and corporate wellness. One thrives upon the other. Caveman Bodies in a Corporate Jungle offers a framework to build and sustain both Individual Wellness and Corporate Wellness.  Dr. Barrett’s 35 years combined experience in corporate life and as a medical practitioner, qualify him as the ultimate Consultant to help you implement the program best for you and/or your organization.

An optimally functioning central nervous system makes sure all your bodily functions are working as they should in order to maintain optimal health. Optimal health supports Wellness. Optimal health and wellness not only mean optimally performing physical functions of tendons, tissues, bones, nerves, and organs, but optimally functioning cognitive skills, mental focus, resilience to stressful events, creativity, and intuition. An optimally functioning central nervous system means being more present in the moment, having a higher threshold for stress, and the ability to be proactive in avoiding stress and maintaining wellness.

You can start your own wellness plan by purchasing my recently published book:  Caveman Bodies in a Corporate Jungle: How to Stay Healthy While Excelling in a Work Environment, and putting the concepts into practice. You will not only gain insights on processing emotions, self-nurturement, and diet, but you will be shown how to develop skills such as time management, communication and teamwork, work space efficiency, cognitive skills, improved memory, cultivating passion, managing change and maintaining a positive and winning attitude to further sustain a balanced sense of wellness. This process can be hugely rewarding and open up many doors to enjoying life in many more ways than you ever thought possible.

However, along the way you may wish to enhance a function of your health in order to help you better enjoy your life’s journey and reach your ultimate life design and wellness. For example, you may wish to eliminate the need for a prescription drug, drop a few pounds, strengthen vision to avoid reading glasses or contact lenses, improve digestion, sleep better, improve skin tone, and hair thickness. Guys may wish to enhance Erectile Function. Women may wish to finally say good buy to PMS or avoid hot flashes and other peri-menopause symptoms. The opportunities are endless. In order to address these areas for enhanced wellness Dr. Barrett has devised the concept of a Wellness Track™.