As pioneers of Integrative Medicine—a unique approach to wellness that focuses on you as a whole person and not just your illness—Sierra Integrative Medical Center is the nation’s foremost integrative medical clinic. By applying evidence-based medicine with full-service diagnostics, we’re able to better understand not only the symptoms of our patients’ conditions, but their underlying cause. This helps us develop individualized treatment plans that utilize both conventional and alternative treatments and therapies to help the body heal itself, avoid the recurrence of old symptoms, or prevent the development of new problems.
By utilizing the very best treatments available—from all branches of medicine—we’re able to help a wide range of patients combat a broad spectrum of conditions. Whether you’re suffering from chronic pain caused by fibromyalgia or osteoarthritis, or are battling a condition that seems “incurable,” such as a neurologic disorder, lyme disease, toxicity, or viral infection—we can help you recover and live symptom free!
As the foremost Integrative Medical Clinic in Reno, Sierra Integrative uses a combination of both conventional and alternative practices and methods to treat our patients’ illnesses. By drawing from not one, but all available schools of medicine, our integrative medicine doctors are able to realize breakthrough outcomes for our patients—helping them overcome debilitating illnesses, chronic pain, or “incurable” ailments of all kinds.
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At Sierra Integrative, we specialize in developing custom treatment plans to combat our patients’ illnesses, often utilizing a combination of alternative treatments to address varying conditions. Some of our most commonly used treatments include, but are not limited to:
Introduced to natural and homeopathic medicine at a young age, our Founding Medical Director Dr. Bruce Fong has been at the forefront of alternative therapies for immune-related diseases since the early 90’s. Rather than focus on alleviating symptoms or masking issues entirely with symptomatic based pharmacologic therapies - Dr. Fong focuses on combating the root causes of illnesses. In addition to advocating for the effectiveness of Integrative Medicine, Dr. Fong leads in the development of all our patients’ treatment plans—drawing from the best treatment options from homeopathic, Chinese and traditional medicine.
Sammy Valera is a Registered Nurse (RN) & Advanced practitioner of Homeopathy (APH) from the Manila Central University in the Philippines where he completed his Bachelor of Science in Nursing. With over 25 years of Integrated Medical Experience, 12 of those working in the Surgical/PACU units at the local Renown Medical Center Sammy is a veteran nurse who has the decades of necessary experience to make your treatment at Sierra Integrative Medical Center as effective as possible.
The cost of your treatment will vary based on the specific care plan recommended by our doctors. Once we have a plan, we can give you a more precise estimate of the costs. Our initial consultation fee is $550 and does not cover any additional labs or treatments that your doctor may prescribe during your consultation.
Our approach to treatment is integrative. Rather than giving you an assortment of antibiotics, we analyze the entire system to see why it’s out of balance and aim to correct it.
We also provide a wider range of treatments than those offered by most medical centers. For example, we’re proud to offer parenteral Intravenous Therapy, which is designed to detox the various organs of the body and boost the immune system. This can help rebuild your body’s immune system, making it stronger while eliminating infectious agents including Lyme.
For more information about our treatments, please visit our treatments page.
No. While Lyme disease is one of our clinic’s specialties, we also treat several autoimmune diseases, chronic conditions such as:
No, we cannot effectively treat remotely as we provide a wide range of treatments that need to be continuously monitored by our staff.
Yes, our doctor, Dr. Fong, can answer any questions you may have about your medical condition through remote means such as a phone or Zoom call. However, if you require treatment from our medical center, you will need to schedule an appointment to visit us in person at our medical center in Reno.
Typically, our treatments take 4 to 6 weeks to show results, depending on your specific medical condition and the treatment plan.
Simply call our office at +1(775) 828-5388 and use our online form to schedule your consultation.
It typically takes two to four weeks on average to schedule an appointment for new patients.
Unfortunately, insurance does not currently cover most of the specialized treatments provided at Sierra Integrative Medical Center. While we are working to improve that situation, at the present moment we are a cash-payment clinic only.