He has over 25 years of experience building research, educational, and clinical programs in patient-centered integrative medicine. Dr. Saper graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1988 and University of California San Francisco family medicine residency in 1992. After 8 years of private practice in the San Francisco Bay area, he completed a three year Harvard Medical School Integrative Medicine Research Fellowship, and founded the BMC Program for Integrative Medicine and Health Care Disparities in 2004. Dr. Saper also serves as the chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health. His research interests include integrative medicine for the underserved, yoga for chronic back pain, and traditional Indian medicine.