Adam Nishimura

 

Adam Nishimura, MD, MS

Family Medicine Clinical Instructor, Family Medicine Physician

I am a family medicine physician interested in the role of mind-body modalities in the healing process. I graduated from the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency in 2019 and afterwards worked in rural areas gaining experience in hospital and emergent/urgent care settings, primarily in southwest Alaska with the Yupik native Alaskans.

Through my patients’ stories as well as my own healing journey, I became curious in the theory that the body holds old patterns and habits of traumatic reactions, which eventually manifest as physical symptoms or conditions such as burn-out, addiction and chronic pain. I believe that by bringing these subconscious patterns to consciousness through mind-body practices that patients can come into a new relationship with their symptoms, ultimately leading to a more holistic and integrated sense of self. Such practices of personal interest include meditation, art, dream work and various forms of therapy such as EMDR, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and hypnotherapy.