Directors Overview CARL W. BUCKHORN, M.D.
Carl W. Buckhorn, M.D. is co-Director of IM: Center for Integrative Medicine. He is a pioneer in the field of Mind/Body medicine as a means of promoting optimum health. Dr. Buckhorn has practiced Internal Medicine for over 15 years. During this time, he personally developed a unique practicing style that integrates the best of modern western medicine with time-honored healing practices.

From May 1993 to June 1996, he worked for the St. Jude Heritage Health Medical Group in Placentia, California and from July 1996 to September 2001, he worked for the Internal Medical Group in Placentia, California. Dr. Buckhorn served in the Quality Assurance Committee for St. Jude IPA from 1994 to 1996. He was Chief of Medicine at St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California from December 1995 to December 1996.

Dr. Buckhorn graduated from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine in 1989. He completed his residency and internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine in 1993. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Biochemistry in 1985. He participated in the Health Professions Summer Program at Harvard University in 1984.

Dr. Buckhorn received his spiritual training at the Southern California Psychic Institute, Anaheim, California, the seminary of the Church of the Rose. It was there that he learned the energy healing techniques he incorporates into his medical practice.

REV. YOLANDA QUIROZ SOTO, J.D.
Yolanda Quiroz Soto is co-Director of IM: Center for Integrative Medicine. She is a pioneer in the Mind/Body field. She graduated from Stanford Law School in May 2000. In 1998, she clerked for Judge A. Torres, Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Officer and in 1999 she worked at Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Los Angeles, California.

From December 1993 to August 1997, Yolanda worked for the Achieving Styles Institute (ASI), a California-based consulting, training, and research firm. While at ASI, she worked in leadership/management training and crisis management consulting projects for the Egyptian government and a number of Finish, Singaporean, and American corporations.

Yolanda attained her Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1996, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her focus of study was United States and Latin American economic and cultural history.

Yolanda received her spiritual training in the seminary of the Church of Divine Man, Mountain View, California and the Church of the Rose, Anaheim, California. She currently continues her studies in the Church of Aesclepion Healing in San Rafael, California.

Her diverse background, education, and spiritual training make her uniquely qualified to teach about the connection between the body and spirit as the means to unfolding our full human potential. Her knowledge of history, leadership and management strategies, law, and spirituality provide a fresh perspective into who we are as pioneers on a journey into the full manifestation of Self.