Dr. Micah Yu is the founding Integrative Rheumatology Director at Rheumission.

He is an integrative rheumatologist who incorporates complementary medicine with traditional rheumatology. He is quadruple board-certified in Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He obtained his MD from Chicago Medical School and holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration and Biomedical sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Loma Linda University in Southern California. He is a graduate of the Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. In addition, he is certified in functional medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine.  

Dr. Yu is an integrative expert panel member for the Arthritis Foundation, a council member of the True Health Initiative, and the summary advisory committee member for the Spondylitis Association of America.  He has spoken for multiple organizations including the Arthritis Foundation, LearnSkin, Lupus Foundation of America, Lupus LA, and Spondylitis Association of America.  He is the author of the autoimmune disease course for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Lifestyle Medicine Review Course.  He has been featured in Forks Over Knives, Health Central, Healio, Forbes Magazine, and Creaky Joints. He also authored the Chapter On Sjogrens for Medicine Morning Report Subspecialties - Beyond the Pearls.

He has a very unique perspective on autoimmune disease and arthritis as he is both a patient with arthritis and physician. Dr. Yu was diagnosed with gout at the age of 17 and later diagnosed with spondyloarthritis as well. He is able to understand his patient’s medical problems from a patient perspective. The foundation of his practice is to combine integrative medicine and rheumatology. 

Dr. Yu is also the integrative rheumatologist and co founder of Dr. Lifestyle, a integrative and functional medicine clinic located in Newport Beach, California.

He is on social media under @MyAutoimmuneMD on Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook educating his audience on autoimmune diseases and integrative medicine.