About Us

Naturopathic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Holistic Primary Care.

We provide a Healing Partnership between you and your physician, working together through multiple healing modalities to achieve an optimal state of health.

A Breakthrough in the Synthesis of Diverse Traditions

Meet the Vitality Medicine Team

Our patients may arrive with a diagnosis or with a constellation of symptoms which escape western medical understanding. We approach treatment of the whole, unique person and integrate the best that science, traditional wisdom, and nature have to offer.

Dr. Christopher Lawinski, M.D., ABIHM

Diplomat: American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine

Holistic, Integrative, and Functional Medicine

Dr. Christopher Lawinski, M.D., ABIHM, CCT, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006. He completed Family Medicine residency at the University of Hawaii in 2009.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio and was a research assistant at the Rockefeller University in New York City. In 2010, Dr. Lawinski started his private practice in Functional, Integrative, and Holistic Medicine on the Big Island of Hawaii, specializing in Intravenous Nutrients, Anti-Aging Medicine, Bioidentical Hormone Therapy and Ozone Therapy.

Dr. Lawinski is currently board certified by the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine, a member of the American Academy of Ozonotherapy and the American College for the Advancement in Medicine.
He is committed to treating every patient holistically while integrating the best of cutting edge science and natural based therapies.

 

Sally Boyd Daughtrey, N.D.
Naturopathic Medicine

Dr. Sally Daughtrey has been an integrative primary care physician, lifelong learner and a tropical farmer on the Big Island since 2002. She received her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University, then completed a two year residency in Naturopathic Family Practice in Seattle, Washington at Emerald City Clinic. She earned a BA in health psychology from Naropa University.

Dr. Daughtrey provides compassionate, scientifically valid and intuitively balanced care for both ‘regular’ and challenging cases. As a “health detective,” Dr. Daughtrey draws from a broad base of knowledge and continued exploration to create custom treatment plans. She particularly enjoys studying medical anthropology and incorporating our ancestral medical wisdom into today’s world. 

She is passionate about natural medicine, is constantly learning, and sees herself as a patient advocate and educator.

 

Sally Body Daughtrey
Unity Nguyen, M.D., LAc.

Unity Nguyen, M.D., LAc.
Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture

Dr. Unity Nguyen, M.D., LAc., received her medical doctorate at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed Family Medicine residency at Hilo Medical Center.


She completed a Master’s from the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, and a Master’s in Chinese Medicine at Academy for Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in Oakland, California. Her NIH-funded research on acupuncture for diabetic neuropathy was at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and was a founding board member at Integrative Medicine for the Underserved.

Dr. Unity partners with patients to tailor an individualized plan and draws on both conventional and holistic approaches that fit individual needs and values. She partners with Dr. Sally and Dr. Chris to provide patients with outstanding integrative care. Dr. Unity shares her passions for Drum and Dance with classes on Thursday evenings! Catch her playing the 21-string African kora or other world instruments with her Band of Angels.

Dr. Unity walks her talk: having navigated her own extreme health crises, now in her fifties she is living healthier than ever, and aims to help the community empower ourselves to reverse illness and shine our lights!

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