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Meet Dr. Best

Holistic Psychiatrist. Nutritionist. Speaker.

Creator of the Best BAG System.

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For over 25 years, Dr. Andrea Carter Best has helped individuals, families, and communities reclaim their well-being. As a physician, speaker, teacher, human rights advocate, and forever student of healers around the world, Dr Best is committed to teaching the art and science of wellness to children, teens and adults around the world. With advanced training in General Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry (Adult and Adolescent), Chemistry,  Nutrition, and Eastern Medicine, she blends the best practices of Global World Medicine. With this, she is able to assist clients in their understanding of their total, integrated health and transform it, their lives.

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Through workshops, retreats and 1:1 consultations, Dr. Best addresses the root causes of anxiety, depression, fatigue, poor focus/energy/motivation, burnout, and chemical imbalance. She equips clients with the tools to not just cope, but thrive. Her approach offers both advanced traditional and naturopathic strategies, such as personalized nutrition plans, supplements/herbal remedies, various types of meditation/quantum/Spiritual exercises, CBT with cognitive reframing and breath work, science based movement, and medication when indicated.

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With her office based in Beverly Hills, California, Dr. Best provides consultations in office, virtually, and around the globe.  In July 2026, her BAG (Brain, Adrenal, Gut) Workshop Series resumes, virtually and in person in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, and NYC. This work is centered around helping high performers and everyday individuals alike tap into their innate healing power—clearing the blocks that stand between them and a life of full wellness, clarity, and peace.

Dr. Andrea Best
Dr. Best Integrative

 

Credentials

​Dr. Andrea Best brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her integrative wellness practice, grounded in three decades of advanced medical training, global clinical work, and transformational care.

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Education & Medical Training

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  • M.D. UNC School of Medicine

  • Psychiatry Training, and Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    UCLA Medical Center & Neuropsychiatric Hospital
    (Core to her credibility in both clinical and integrative psychiatry)

  • B.S. in Chemistry & Nutrition/Food Science
    North Carolina State University
    (Foundational to her holistic, science-based approach)

  • Additional Advanced Training
    Integrative Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Women’s Health, and Nutrition
    (UCLA, Wadsworth VA, and naturopathic centers in South America, Asia, and the U.S.)

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Professional Roles

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  • Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine

  • CEO, Andrea C. Best, MD INC

  • CEO, Lightguide Productions

  • Board Member, SPEAK (Youth-Focused Nonprofit)

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Memberships

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  • American Holistic Health Association

  • Association of Black Women Physicians

  • Physicians for Social Responsibility

  • National Medical Association

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Select Recognitions

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  • President's Lifetime Achievement Award for Service, awarded by President Biden

  • American Psychiatric Association Research & Teaching Fellow

  • American Medical Association Fellow

  • American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow

  • U.S. Psychiatric Mental Health Congress Fellow

  • Sarah Kenan Leadership Award

  • Board of Governors Medical Scholar

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8484 Wilshire Blvd 
Suite 470
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

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