Tamar Hoffman, MD

Tamar Hoffmann, MD

Dr. Tamar Hoffmann is board certified in Internal Medicine and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Hoffmann was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, graduated the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel, completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Booth Memorial Medical Center in Queens New York, and has been practicing Internal Medicine in Hawaii since 1989. She is a certified practitioner of Ayurveda; a 5000-year-old Indian medical tradition, studied the intimate connections between body, mind and spirit and is incorporating principles from the Ayurvedic tradition as well as Mind Body Medicine in her practice.
In order to identify the true cause of a condition, Dr. Hoffmann is integrating diagnostic and therapeutic techniques derived from mainstream medicine with tools from Complementary and Alternative methodologies.
Dr. Hoffmann practices a holistic approach to medicine, believing that it is vitally important to treat each individual rather than treating a disease process. She strongly believes in the healing powers of nature, as well as in the role of the physician as healer and educator, and strives to empower her patients to become active in maintaining and improving their well being.