Michael Napolitano,
D.O.
Osteopathic physician, trained in psychiatry at East Tennessee State University. Certified in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy through Polaris Insight, and trained in Reiki and energy healing. A physician who is comfortable in three worlds (mind, body, and spirit) and a little stubborn about practicing in all of them at once.
Most doctors choose a lane.
Dr. Napolitano kept all three open.
Western medicine is good at acute problems and bad at long quiet ones. Functional medicine is good at root cause and slow at acute care. Energy work is hard to talk about with a stethoscope around your neck. Most physicians pick one and stay there.
The opening line in every new-patient visit is the same: "Tell me what's going on, and what would have to change for you to feel like yourself again." The plan that follows is whatever combination it needs to be, labs, prescriptions, hormones, supplements, ketamine, Reiki, or simply rest. The work is to listen first, and to refuse the false choice between modern medicine and ancient practice.
We treat people, not problems. We use what works.
A long road,
walked deliberately.
From the Conejo Valley, and back to it, by way of Oregon, Pomona, and Tennessee. Every credential below is on the wall in the office.
B.S., General Science
Emphasis in chemistry and psychology, minor in chemistry. Graduated magna cum laude with Dean's List recognition.
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduated in the top percentile of his class with high honors, and received the Dr. Marguerite Markarian Award.
Published researcher
Co-authored a systematic review on microbiota transplants in the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
Psychiatry Residency
Two years of psychiatry training in Johnson City, TN, completing his general medical training with a deep grounding in mental health.
KAP, Ahai™ & Reiki
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy certified through Polaris Insight. Certified Ahai™ Practitioner and Reiki trained.
Napolitano Health & Wellness
Founder and medical director. Also medical director for BrightStar Care and attending physician at Mary Health of the Sick skilled nursing facility.
Three modalities,
one physician.
The combination is the point. A single physician with all three trainings can choose the right tool for the moment without sending you to three different offices.
Western medicine, when it's the right tool.
Acute care, labs, prescriptions, and referrals, with a psychiatry-trained eye for the mental health conditions that often travel with physical ones. Western medicine is used when appropriate, not by default.
Root-cause medicine, evidence-led.
Whole-food nutrition education, targeted supplementation, hormone and gut work, GLP-1 weight loss, and peptide therapy. Targeted labs, longer conversations, and a plan that's actually yours.
Ketamine journeys, energy healing, Reiki.
Physician-guided ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (certified through Polaris Insight) alongside energy healing and Reiki. For the work that doesn't always respond to medication alone, held in a physician's office, by a physician.
In his own words.
A podcast conversation and a peer-reviewed publication, two good ways to hear how he thinks before you ever book a visit.
Alignd: The Podcast
A conversation about integrative medicine, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and treating mind, body, and spirit together.
Listen on Apple PodcastsFrontiers in Microbiology · 2020
Napolitano, M. & Covasa, M., “Microbiota Transplant in the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes: Current and Future Perspectives.”
Read the paperA few things
worth knowing.
Patients sometimes feel better when they know their doctor is a person too. Here are a few things Dr. Napolitano cares about.
Grew up here
Raised in Westlake Village, and came home to practice. Knows the trails, the coffee, and the freeway shortcuts.
Walks the walk
Meditates, lifts, sleeps eight hours, and eats things that grew in the ground. Usually.
Always reading
Currently between a longevity textbook and a book about silence. Has opinions on both.
Ready to start the conversation?
New patient visits are 60 minutes. We'll cover history, labs, and the kind of plan that actually fits your life.