Mr. John Weeks

John Weeks has worked in integrative health and medicine since 1983, as an organizer, chronicler, speaker and executive. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine – Paradigm, Practice and Policy Advancing Integrative Health. For a quarter century, his Integrator Blog and related columns have been leading sources on policy and organizational activity in the emerging field. He has consulted with NIH, WHO, PAHO, and numerous medical delivery, academic, insurance, professional, and other organizations. John helped found the Integrative Health Policy Consortium, the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health, and the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. He attended Stanford University for three years, studying history. Four academic institutions have granted John honorary doctorates. He was honored in 2014 by three consortia in the field with a Lifetime Achievement Living Tribute Award. He loves stand-up paddle boarding, and where there are waves, SUP surfing. John and his partner, Jeana Kimball, ND, MPH, have managed to work from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico with their two now grown children for 6 of the past 18 years.