Tudor C. Marinescu, MD, PhD, is a holistic family medicine physician with extensive credentials in cranial and biodynamic osteopathy, functional medicine, herbal cures and vibration/sound healing.

Dr. Marinescu is best known for empowering his patients to assume responsibility of their own life through educating and assisting them to achieve and maintain an overall vibrant state of health. He is a licensed Medical Doctor, a top 10 graduate of his class at J.W. Goethe University School of Medicine in Frankfurt/ Germany and holds a Ph.D. in Medicine from the H. Heine University in Germany. His medical training occurred in two European medical systems, where the allopathic and the “alternative” were deeply interconnected, interactive and interdependent.

Dr. Marinescu’s Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Therapy of the Primary Brain Tumors” inspired his quest for understanding the true origins of dis-ease and the natural ways of prevention and treatment. Upon receiving his Ph.D. from H. Heine University in 1996, Dr. Marinescu came to the U.S. for advanced training. He completed a 1-year research fellowship in orthopedic surgery, followed by a surgical internship, both at UCLA. His desire to practice integrative medicine led him to choose to continue his post-graduate training with a 3-year family medicine residency at USC.

He went on to pursue an extensive post-doctoral training focusing around creating a multidisciplinary integral healing system that empowers, educates and assists people in achieving and maintaining vibrant mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health. This is entirely reflected today in his philosophy and practice of medicine.

Born in Transylvania, Romania, Dr. Marinescu pursued an athletic career with one of the best Romanian alpine ski teams. His goal was to become a professional athlete. At age 16 he developed a muscular-skeletal growth disorder that forced him to be sidelined for two years. As he was restricted from all physical activity including soccer and running, his whole universe broke down. Proper care by the team holistic physician enabled his complete recovery and two years later he was back on the slopes competing again and with no prior training, reaching 4th place at the National High-School Championships. But something had changed. His interest was not on competing anymore but rather focused on how to get injured people back on the “slopes of life”.

He entered Medical School in Bucharest/Romania and after the fall of communism was given the opportunity to complete his education with one of the most prestigious Universities in Germany, J.W. Goethe in Frankfurt/Main. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Marinescu came across numerous research studies and protocols proving the benefits of adding complimentary medicine approaches to the standard protocols in the treatment of so-called incurable disorders. In this study of 189 patients, the only six patients that survived their sickness and the treatment protocols had done so by completely changing their way of life and aligning themselves to the laws of nature.

This motivated him to embark upon deepening his understanding about the natural laws of life. As part of this journey, he met and studied with indigenous healers from different traditions. In these ways, it is believed that all imbalances originate in the energetic, invisible (mental, emotional and spiritual) realm. Treatment is always aimed at dissolving these energetic imbalances, while the physical body was assisted and supported along the journey.

Also, the return to simple and natural ways of life and living in balance with creation is emphasized in daily life as well as in ritual and ceremonial space. Exposure to indigenous traditions helped Dr. Marinescu discover the meaning of the physician-priest (physician-healer) archetype, which he strives to embody in his philosophy and practice.

Dr. Marinescu’s professional experience in 3 medical systems (Romania, Germany and the U.S.) as well as his implementation of indigenous healing methods puts him at the forefront of Integrative and Preventive Medicine.

Currently Dr. Marinescu is in private practice in Santa Monica, CA.