Patient Testimonials
Thank you, Dr. Dsouza!
I saw Dr. Dsouza for chronic constipation. I’ve had this issue as long as I can remember and thought not being regular was just part of life, until I met Dr. Dsouza. She suggested I take some tests to see what was causing this, and provided me with a protocol that would address the issue. Within a month, I felt a huge difference and by the end of the protocol, I was completely cured. It has changed my life. She combines her background in Western medicine with eastern medicine which, I think is a win-win combination. Another great thing about Dr. Dsouza is that she is very thorough and takes her time to explain the issue and the rationale for protocol that she prescribes. I knew exactly what was happening with my body and how it would be fixed. I cannot recommend her enough. I only saw her for medical reason (not psychiatry) and I recommend her for either issues, as she is great at providing individualized care for her patients. Thank you, Dr. Dsouza!
I tell everyone about DCIM!
I was first introduced to DCIM from a friend who had said that Dr. Dsouza changed her life. I was a skeptic of integrative medicine at the time, but figured I would open a new window and try it out. Well, in a short window of time I have come to swear by the work Dr. Dsouza does for her patients. I have less anxiety, sleep better, feel healthier, have lost weight and even have better appearing skin.
Needless to say, I went from a skeptic to an advocate in a matter of two months. In fact, I tell just about everyone I talk to about Dr. Dsouza and DCIM and have referred multiple people to start their process to their best life.
Kelley
Dr.Kakumanu was incredibly patient.
It was such a pleasant and relaxing experience and Dr.Kakumanu was incredibly patient.
Yolanda
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.
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.
Dr. Dsouza changed my life!
It would be an understatement to say that that Dr. Dsouza changed my life. I had to move away b/c of work, but in the six months I saw her I made more progress than in the last 15 years of seeing doctors. I came to her on 8 different medications, 4 of them were psychiatric in nature. You would think I would have some benefit to these but I felt horrible on a daily basis. She slowly helped me improve my digestion, removed the Protonix I had been taking for years by using herbs and changed my diet. My brain started to feel better. Then we carefully started decreasing the psychiatric medications and she diagnosed me with subclinical hypothyroidism. She didn’t add thyroid hormone, but just helped me with the nutrients that the thyroid needs to work. I am now taking one psychiatric medication for depression and nothing else! I have decided that I am committed to functional medicine and am only willing to see integrative practitioners b/c of my experience with her. It was hard work as I had to make a lot of lifestyle changes, but she was supportive and yet gently pushed me through that. I have considered traveling back to DC just to keep seeing her, and I’m now in California, so that says a lot!
