Dr. Santisree Tanikella practices General Pediatrics and Integrative Medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Santi graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed her training in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY), and pursued a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. She has additional training in Mind-Body and Biofield Medicine, specifically in the areas of meditation, Mindfulness, Clinical Hypnosis, Biofeedback, Ayurvedic Lifestyle, and Reiki. 

Santi is also a certified Life Coach. Outside of her work as a pediatrician, she is founder and CEO of Integrative Approaches to Mastering Wellness, LLC (affectionately called I AM Well, MD). She brings life coaching and mind-body modalities together in an evidence-based way to help adults break free from overwhelm so they can enjoy the life they worked so hard to create. In doing so, she helps them to reignite meaning and purpose in their lives.  She also works with health care professionals who are suffering from burnout and moral injury, and children as young as age 5 to build resilience and confidence. She hosts a podcast called “I AM Well MD,” and her services are offered both in-person and virtually.