Claire Zimmerman
ND
Dr. Zimmerman is an adjunct faculty member at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health, where she supervises student physicians in the Naturopathic Medicine Department. Dr. Zimmerman also teaches courses in physical examination, counseling, and botanical medicine.
Dr. Zimmerman is an adjunct faculty member at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health, where she supervises student physicians in the Naturopathic Medicine Department. Dr. Zimmerman also teaches courses in physical examination, counseling, and botanical medicine.
Dr. Zimmerman's primary clinical goal is to empower her patients in their health journey. She views her role as a partnership in her patient's healthcare, helping to identify root causes of illness and working together to create plans for actualizing lasting healing and change. She has a strong passion for the mind-body connection as well as an individual's connection to their environment, and this framework helps to shape her clinical approach.
- Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in 2016.
- Bachelor of Arts in Biology & Anthropology from Colorado College in 2001
- Certificate in Clinical Herbalism from the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism 2008
Dr. Zimmerman's clinical interests include autoimmune disease, gastroenterology with a special interest in IBD, mental health, environmental medicine, mindbody medicine and biofeedback. Dr. Zimmerman has specialized training in craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, and botanical medicine.