Dr. Arjuna Veeravagu is a naturopathic physician and, registered acupuncturist who has been in clinical practice in British Columbia for the past 20 years. He graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 2002 with a dual degree in naturopathic and classical Chinese medicine.
Dr. Veeravagu’s practice combines botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, nutrigenomics, acupuncture, fitness consulting and lifestyle counselling to address the root causes of illness and disease. He has a general naturopathic practice with a focus on complex internal medicine cases.
A native of New York, Dr. Veeravagu completed his undergraduate degree in genetics at Tufts University in Boston. His next stop was the University of California at Berkeley where he was a researcher in the nutritional biochemistry department. While living in the Bay Area he experienced major health challenges that led him to discover naturopathic medicine, which guided him to a full recovery and restoration of optimal health.
Dr. Veeravagu is the father to two nearly adult daughters and has been sharing his time between Vancouver and Whistler since 2018. In the last few years he founded new clinics in the Yaletown area of downtown Vancouver and Whistler Village. Away from the clinic his personal interests including soccer, tennis, snowboarding, DJing, drumming, yoga, qi gong, meditation and Jungian psychology. He is currently accepting new patients.