Board-Certified Family and Integrative Medicine Physician
Helping adults over 50 understand aging, medical evidence, and healthcare decisions.
Wondering whether a symptom is normal aging, an early warning sign, or something in between?
I translate medical evidence into practical guidance so you can make informed decisions about your health.
Get to Know Dr. Gibson
Dr. Gibson is an integrative family medicine physician and Certified Physician Executive with experience across academic medicine, hospital systems, private practice, corporate healthcare, and direct primary care. She is dedicated to translating medical evidence into clear, practical guidance that helps adults make informed healthcare decisions with confidence.
30+ Years
Teaching, Leadership & Clinical Excellence
MD, PhD
Medical Education & Research
Specialty
Evidence-Based Patient Care
Health Insights
“I am tired.” Have you said that recently?
This is not a story about a rare disease that occasionally slips through. It is a story about a common disease that clinicians frequently miss
“I am exhausted every day,” she said. “I searched ‘fatigue’ online and followed every piece of advice I found: drink more water, add more protein to almost every meal, spend more time at the gym. None of it touched it, even three cups of coffee a day. I had been told that my fatigue was menopause, then stress, then simply age.”
Nobody Tells You That Doing Everything Right Can Still Leave You Feeling Lost
Lifespan and Aliveness Are Not the Same Thing
Every ten years or so, your life reorganizes itself around a new center. The person you were at 40, with her sense of what mattered, is not the person you are at 50, or 60, or 70. Not because something went wrong, but because something is always in the process of changing.
On aging, illness, and the science of choosing a different current
Why Some Find New Streams, and Others Stop at the Shore
Studies on aging and physical function consistently show that the decline we attribute purely to biology is, in significant part, the accumulated effect of the behaviors we adopt in response to what we believe about aging.
A practical guide to navigating healthcare with clarity and confidence
Are my symptoms dangerous?What online health information is reliable?Should I try dietary supplements?How to:- find a good doctor who listens and a medical practice that fits?- effectively communicate with your medical team?-avoid errors and take advantage of medications and dietary supplements?-survive a hospital stay?-deal with uncertainty of clinical diagnosis and avoid overtreatment?-pivot through chronic illness and heal?
Find your way: illness, doctors and healthcare answers those questions and more.
There is no training on how to be in charge of your health, when and where to seek medical advice, or how to become doctors’ partners. We learn this as we go through our or our loved one’s struggles with illnesses and experiences with doctors and healthcare.
