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Integrative Rheumatology: An Introduction 

Integrative Rheumatology
Explore how thoughtful integration of nutrition, supplementation, environmental stresses and lifestyle choices can integrative with conventional rheumatologic care to calm inflammation, restore immune harmony, and foster long-term resilience in individuals living with autoimmune conditions.
  • Level: Introductory
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Author: Aly Cohen MD
  • Learners: 95+

Course Overview 

This course introduces the foundations of integrative rheumatology, an approach that combines conventional rheumatologic care with integrative principles such as nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental medicine to support immune balance and long-term wellness. Drawing from decades of clinical experience, Dr. Aly Cohen explains how rheumatologic diseases develop through the interplay of genetics, inflammation, and environmental influences, and how integrative interventions can reduce pain, improve function, and enhance patient outcomes.

Designed for both clinicians and individuals seeking a deeper understanding of rheumatologic health, this session translates complex science into clear, practical guidance. You’ll explore how diet, gut health, sleep, stress management, and evidence-based supplements, such as vitamin D, omega-3s, and curcumin affect inflammation and immune resilience.

By learning to connect the dots between immunity, daily lifestyle choices, and environment, you’ll gain the tools to apply integrative strategies that restore balance, reduce disease burden, and foster lasting vitality for yourself, your patients, and your community.

Key Points

  • Understanding Rheumatologic Disease: Genes, Immunity, and Environment

    Rheumatologic diseases arise from the interplay of genetics, immune system imbalance, and environmental influences that collectively drive chronic inflammation and tissue damage.
  • Environmental Influences on Inflammation and Immune Balance

    Explore everyday exposures from air and water contaminants to pesticides, heavy metals, and household chemicals and how they can amplify inflammation and disrupt immune regulation in susceptible individuals.
  • Integrative Treatment Approaches in Rheumatology

    Learn how effective care combines conventional therapies with nutrition, targeted supplements, movement, and stress reduction to decrease inflammation, support tissue repair, and improve quality of life.

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Instructor

Aly Cohen MD

Dr. Aly Cohen is triple board-certified in rheumatology, internal medicine, and integrative medicine, as well as an environmental health expert in Princeton, New Jersey. When not seeing patients, Dr. Cohen is dedicated to informing as many people as possible of the lurking toxins in our lives, their impacts on health, and how to reduce exposures. Dr. Cohen can often be found educating her audience through speaker engagements and as a guest expert for news outlets and podcasts. She also is the founder of The Smart Human brand and podcast.   

She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and her two sons. 

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Some words from our students ...

This course was a game-changer for my practice. Dr. Cohen's insights into integrative medicine provided me with practical tools to enhance patient care, blending traditional and holistic approaches seamlessly. I now feel more confident in guiding my patients toward healthier, more balanced lives.
Siri Chand Khalsa MD
I want to let you know how great the presentation by Dr. Cohen on environmental toxins was. I also appreciate all of the work that goes into arranging for a presentation of this caliber. It was so informative and comprehensive.
EB
Kudos to you for creating and organizing a fabulous event Wednesday with Dr. Aly Cohen. Her lecture was both compelling and deeply concerning—a wake-up call to our world to be aware and active in dealing with toxins on, in, and around us. I shared the information on cell phone use and radiation with my sociology students yesterday and they were listening. My hope is they stop sleeping with their cell phones and balancing their computers on their laps
LWH
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Detoxify Your Life!

Detoxify: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them book uncovers the impact of industrial toxins on immune health and chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s, and more.

Dr. Aly Cohen offers science-backed insights into reducing toxin exposure and boosting immune function.

The book features a 21-day healing program, detox recipes, and practical strategies to eliminate harmful chemicals from your life.
What you can expect from the book! 
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