“My name is Sonal Shah Taylor MD. I am a trained and boarded internal medicine physician. I did six months of heart failure research and ultimately did 12 years of Hospitalist work. During this time, I specialized in heart failure, critical care, diabetes and orthopedics. I began training in functional medicine in 2010 when I contracted a severe bowel illness in Ecuador. Ultimately, I diagnosed myself with small intestine bacterial overgrowth and candidal overgrowth and treated myself successfully. I truly believe in root cause medicine rather than treating symptoms. This first led me to functional medicine and then eventually to Siddha medicine. I have started my training in Siddha Varmam technique with Pal Pandian in Tiruvinamallai in India. This path is a complete path on it's own for healing and addresses the body as a complex system of energy flows”.
I also have special interests in vitality and end of life care. I did several years of and of life in the hospital as well as ethics training for the chronic and terminally ill patients.
I have also been trained in MDMA for PTSD through the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies. I am deeply passionate about healing trauma as a bridge to help with treating long standing chronic diseases.
I have been trained in mind body medicine techniques. I am long-term meditator and find that my spiritual practice not only grounds me, elevates me and also helps me apply my healing in the best way possible.
I recently had the opportunity to do medical rescue for a spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash which is at 17,500 feet.
I also am a cofounder of a nonprofit to help children in the suicide spectrum on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The name of the organization is Wakanyeja and it means children are sacred.
I have worked for many years at the free clinics and have done relief work in Haiti. I have a lifelong passion to serve others and passionate about helping the underserved.
