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A holistic approach to your health and well-being.

We treat individuals with chronic complaints and conditions that persist despite the conventional managed-care model, as well as those looking to achieve the highest level of wellness.

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Why People Come to Us

The District Center for Integrative Medicine (DCIM), founded and directed by Dr. Anjali Dsouza, heals patients through a deeply individualized and holistic approach to health.

We treat individuals with chronic complaints and conditions that persist despite the conventional managed-care model, as well as those looking to achieve the highest level of wellness. By prioritizing the patient-physician relationship, we take the time and resources to understand every aspect of your medical history, as well as nutritional and environmental factors that affect your well-being.

Our role is to acknowledge your body's innate capacity to heal, and to cultivate it.

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Dr. Anjali Dsouza, Medical Director

How we help you

Working with You

Compassionate care and collaborative dialogues with Medical Doctors to prioritize your needs and preferences.

Knowing You

Comprehensive interviews, exams, and advanced diagnostic testing.

Healing You

Individualized health plans and support to encourage your body to heal.

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What Our Patients Are Saying About Us

Dr. Dsouza is super at complex chronic illness!

She is super at complex chronic illness! I love that she starts with what she calls the “foundations of Health” I had been to multiple specialists who put me on a variety of different drugs—honestly, one drug for each complaint I had!  But, the first appointment I integrated her foundations of health plan which was an individualized nutrition plan, daily stress reduction, exercise, and sleep optimization.  I already had a 30% improvement!  With no drugs!  We’ve been doing more testing now and it looks like I have chronic infections and a parasite infection that are contributing to my daily brain fog and fatigue. She is magical.
2019-04-17T15:36:59+00:00
She is super at complex chronic illness! I love that she starts with what she calls the “foundations of Health” I had been to multiple specialists who put me on a variety of different drugs—honestly, one drug for each complaint I had!  But, the first appointment I integrated her foundations of health plan which was an individualized nutrition plan, daily stress reduction, exercise, and sleep optimization.  I already had a 30% improvement!  With no drugs!  We’ve been doing more testing now and it looks like I have chronic infections and a parasite infection that are contributing to my daily brain fog and fatigue. She is magical.

Helping me live with more quality of life!

Finally someone who has restored my faith in what healing should be! I am quite sick with depression, lupus, and fibromyalgia but we have been slowly chipping away at how to help me live with more quality of life.  I am in the first stages of testing nutrients but changing my diet and adding back those nutrients I was deficient in has already made a difference.  I have to prioritize saving money to see her as she is an out of network provider but it worth every penny.  I can have one less dinner out.  Being healthy is way more important.  I feel confident that seeing her will be so beneficial to me and I’m looking forward to it.
2019-04-17T15:39:11+00:00
Finally someone who has restored my faith in what healing should be! I am quite sick with depression, lupus, and fibromyalgia but we have been slowly chipping away at how to help me live with more quality of life.  I am in the first stages of testing nutrients but changing my diet and adding back those nutrients I was deficient in has already made a difference.  I have to prioritize saving money to see her as she is an out of network provider but it worth every penny.  I can have one less dinner out.  Being healthy is way more important.  I feel confident that seeing her will be so beneficial to me and I’m looking forward to it.

I immediately felt at ease with Dr. Dsouza

I saw Dr. Dsouza for chronic fatigue. The first thing I want to say is she is so easy to be with. I have always been a little uncomfortable and borderline untrusting of doctors. But, I immediately felt at ease when I sat with her. She doesn’t wear white coat and she has a pleasant interpersonal dynamic. I have a wonderful internist, but he kept telling me that ‘my labs were normal’ I was surprised when Dr Dsouza added a bunch of different labs to what I thought was already checked one hundred times, my thyroid.  Turns out, she diagnosed me with an autoimmune form of a thyroid problem. We worked to remove immune triggers, she supported my stomach system and put me on a low dose of thyroid hormone. I feel like a new person! I’m 55 years old, and regret not looking into integrative medicine sooner in my life. I can’t recommend her enough
2019-04-17T15:42:14+00:00
I saw Dr. Dsouza for chronic fatigue. The first thing I want to say is she is so easy to be with. I have always been a little uncomfortable and borderline untrusting of doctors. But, I immediately felt at ease when I sat with her. She doesn’t wear white coat and she has a pleasant interpersonal dynamic. I have a wonderful internist, but he kept telling me that ‘my labs were normal’ I was surprised when Dr Dsouza added a bunch of different labs to what I thought was already checked one hundred times, my thyroid.  Turns out, she diagnosed me with an autoimmune form of a thyroid problem. We worked to remove immune triggers, she supported my stomach system and put me on a low dose of thyroid hormone. I feel like a new person! I’m 55 years old, and regret not looking into integrative medicine sooner in my life. I can’t recommend her enough

Because of Dr. D and DCIM, I finally feel like I’m getting my life back.

I cannot thank Dr. DSouza enough. I have spent the last 5 years visiting every doctor under the sun. I had no energy, constant GI distress, debilitating brain fog, and a whole host of other life-altering symptoms. Yet, I was told time and time again that there was nothing wrong with me, that all of my tests were normal. I had reached a dead end and had made peace with the idea that this was just my life when I found Dr. D'Souza. She was the first doctor to treat me like a person not just a set of lab results. After taking a thorough medical history and ordering the proper blood work, she walked me through all of my results line by line. She was able to get me on all of the supplements my body needed, and after two weeks I can honestly say that I haven't felt this good in years.

I will readily admit that you will have to make a monetary investment in Dr. D'Souza's practice; however, I can attest to the fact that there is nothing more important than your physical and emotional health. It is more than worth the investment. I am only 24  and I really thought I was destined to feeling awful for the rest of my life. Because of Dr. D and DCIM, I finally feel like I'm getting my life back. Thank you a million times over.
2019-12-05T17:36:43+00:00
I cannot thank Dr. DSouza enough. I have spent the last 5 years visiting every doctor under the sun. I had no energy, constant GI distress, debilitating brain fog, and a whole host of other life-altering symptoms. Yet, I was told time and time again that there was nothing wrong with me, that all of my tests were normal. I had reached a dead end and had made peace with the idea that this was just my life when I found Dr. D'Souza. She was the first doctor to treat me like a person not just a set of lab results. After taking a thorough medical history and ordering the proper blood work, she walked me through all of my results line by line. She was able to get me on all of the supplements my body needed, and after two weeks I can honestly say that I haven't felt this good in years. I will readily admit that you will have to make a monetary investment in Dr. D'Souza's practice; however, I can attest to the fact that there is nothing more important than your physical and emotional health. It is more than worth the investment. I am only 24  and I really thought I was destined to feeling awful for the rest of my life. Because of Dr. D and DCIM, I finally feel like I'm getting my life back. Thank you a million times over.

Dr. Dsouza actually takes the time to listen

I have been a patient of Dr. Dsouza's for a little over two years. She is probably the best doctor I have ever had. She is a complete professional, always on time, and very responsive to patient needs. Dr. Dsouza actually takes the time to listen and work with you to get to the root of your problem(s) rather than rush or be dismissive. She is also very willing to collaborate with other doctors. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
2019-12-05T17:39:13+00:00
I have been a patient of Dr. Dsouza's for a little over two years. She is probably the best doctor I have ever had. She is a complete professional, always on time, and very responsive to patient needs. Dr. Dsouza actually takes the time to listen and work with you to get to the root of your problem(s) rather than rush or be dismissive. She is also very willing to collaborate with other doctors. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

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District Center for Integrative Medicine
1915 I Street NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
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(202) 251-7541
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