Kim Evans posing for a headshot.

KIM EVANS

Institute for Integrative Medicine, owner & founder
502-253-4554

Kim is an advanced practice nurse with over 47 years of clinical experience in multiple roles including staff nurse, nurse manager and critical care clinical nurse specialist.

Kim is certified in the following:

  • Advanced registered nurse practitioner (APRN) in Adult Health (Clinical Nurse Specialist)

  • Advanced Board Certified Holistic Nurse

  • Nurse Amma Therapist (acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine).

Kim also completed a Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona with Dr. Andrew Weil in 2005-2006. She had the privilege to work with Bobbi Brooks for 7 years who was a master of energy medicine through Hanna Kroeger.

Kim has training in:

  • Energy medicine

  • Havening

  • Esoteric Healing

  • Healing Touch

  • Reiki

  • Gluten Practitioner through Dr. Tom O’Bryan.

Kim’s experience and knowledge inspired her to write the book, Transforming Healthcare: Healing You, Me and Our Broken Disease Care System. Many of the top diseases in America are preventable! Yet our current model is predominantly only based on DISEASE care. Wait until you get sick and then try to fix it. What if we focused on wellness and disease prevention?!!! That’s exactly the focus of the IIM providers! We help you create your optimal wellness of mind, body and Spirit.

SERVICES
FOR KIM

Call the office 502-253-4554 to
set up an appointment today!

  • FOR NEW PATIENTS:

    This includes two comprehensive visits: 

    1.  one to obtain your full history and physical 

    2. one to create/review your treatment plan

  • Integrative medicine focuses on the whole person: body, mind, Soul and Spirit. At IIM, we focus on wellness and disease prevention as opposed to the predominate practice in conventional medicine of waiting until you get sick and then trying to intervene. Conventional medicine is great in acute or urgent situations where one has been in an accident, is having a stroke, heart attack, or an acute infection. But conventional medicine can be limited in chronic or more complex illnesses such as auto-immune disorders. When you come to IIM, we will do an in-depth history to evaluate all aspects of your health and lifestyle which can impact your wellbeing. You will be an important part of our team, as no one knows your body better than you! We will do a comprehensive lab panel and together, will create a treatment plan that may include complementary modalities such as nutrition based on the APO E gene, acupressure, Reiki or NET (neuro-emotional technique), herbs, homeopathics or nutraceuticals just for you.

    Precision medicine at its best!

    We utilize all appropriate treatments and modalities as indicated. As Dr. Weil states, “Integrative medicine neither rejects conventional medicine nor accepts complementary therapies uncritically.”

  • INCLUDES:

    • APO E Genetic Test

    • Perfect Gene Diet Book by Pamela McDonald

    • Individual Nutrition and Exercise Plan

    • 2 hour small group class

    Advanced Lipid Profile Testing

    The Lab will bill your insurance to cover the cost of the Advanced lipid profile. These rates vary depending on your insurance provider. 

    Additional Lab Tests Are Available

    • We do assess labs which may include an Advanced lipid panel, complete thyroid panel, metabolic panel,  complete blood count, Vitamin D, B12, iron panel, DHEA, Cortisol and/or Hormone Testing.  These tests are generally covered by your insurance and are performed only when indicated or deemed appropriate. Costs are determined by your insurance carrier. 

    • Precision Analytical Dutch Test – This is a urine test that provides a comprehensive analysis of your hormones, their metabolites and your adrenal function. It also includes 10 organic acid tests that provide insight into nutrient status, inflammation and neurotransmitter activity.

  • Amma Therapy is a complex system of bodywork based on Traditional Chinese Medicine that focuses on the balance and movement of energy within the body. Amma literally means push/pull and includes manipulation, massage and acupressure along the major meridian channels. The techniques of Amma Therapy aim to remove blockages and free the flow of energy in the body, thereby restoring, promoting and maintaining optimal health. 

    Amma therapy is more than just a physical treatment, as each meridian holds emotional energy. For example, the : 

    • Lung channel holds grief

    • Kidney channel holds fear 

    • Liver channel holds anger

    • Heart channel holds nervous energy 

    • Gall Bladder channel holds frustration and/or deep resentment

    Mobilizing the energy in these channels can help relieve deeply held emotional energy. Thus, Amma Therapy is a powerful mind/body treatment.                      

  • Hanna Kroeger opened and operated one of the first health food stores and herbal supplement company in the country. She was a pioneer in herbal and alternative medicine. She studied with a naturopath and developed several energetic treatments including:

    • Tail bone set

    • Brain stem Procedure

    • Hip Procedure

    Kim learned and practiced these techniques from two of Hanna’s protégé’s, Bobbi Brooks and Dr. Ginger Bowler.

    If your energy is out of balance, these techniques can be extraordinarily helpful in realigning and restoring your energetic flow. And they feel good too!

  • Infrared Hot Sauna Sessions
    Come and experience our Healthmate infrared sauna. Benefits of Infrared Sauna include: 

    • Natural Pain Relief for many conditions such as arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, sports injuries, headache, backache, muscle pain, sprains, and bursitis.

    • Aiding in elimination of pesticides, heavy metals, and accumulated toxins from PCBs in plastics, environmental pollution and GMOs (genetically modified organisms.

    • Weight loss – Regular use of a sauna compares to the same cardiovascular effect of running. The heat raises your core body temperature which boosts your cardiovascular, lymphatic and immune system. 

    • Natural Immune system support – Detox your body quickly from a cold or flu. 

    Single and multiple session packages are also available.

  • This is a light system that includes red light, blue light and infrared light frequencies delivered through specific pads placed strategically on the body. These are great for pain, healing and restoring energetic balance. Each treatment takes 20 minutes.

kim taking a patients blood pressure.

Wednesday Wellness Tip with Kim on Youtube!

Check out our previous years tips. You’ll find tips to enhance your physical health, a tip to help your psychological and emotional health, and a tip to enhance your Spiritual health. 

I'll continue to offer Wellness Tips for body, mind and Spirit throughout the year. Let's all create exceptional health this year!

Love, Kim

“Give up disEASE and let us help you create your optimal health of mind, body, Soul and Spirit.”

- KIM EVANS

Kim practicing amma therapy on a patient.

IT ALL
STARTED
WHEN…

I have always had a passion for helping people heal. I worked as a nurse in critical care units including respiratory intensive care, coronary care, surgical intensive care, emergency departments and post anesthesia care. In 1993, I attended a conference called “Healing the Healer Within” (presented by Barbara Dossey, Cathy Guzetta and Chris Kessler) which literally changed my life. It opened my eyes to a whole new world of holistic nursing and healing the whole person – body, mind and Spirit. I applied much of this whole person approach to my work as a critical care specialist. We utilized music therapy, touch therapy, massage, and guided imagery with patients for pain control, stress reduction, and to enhance overall well-being. When the hospital in which I was working began its open-heart surgery program in 1995, we were able to include an expressive art therapist on our team. She saw everyone who had a heart attack or open heart surgery over a 3-month period. The results astounded me. Seventy five percent of these patients had significant unresolved grief issues. I realized they literally had a “broken heart” and then experienced a physical manifestation as a blockage in their coronary arteries. I knew then that healing was more than just a physicality.

A Roadmap to Holistic Healthcare

Moving from Broken to Sustainable

The innovative new book on transforming healthcare - healing you, me and our broken disease-care system! Our healthcare system is broken. We don’t really have a healthcare system - we have a disease-care system. Historically, the model has been one that waits until you become ill and then tries to cure you. My intention for writing this book is to transform the healthcare system to one focused on health, wellness and disease-prevention by: 

  • Redirecting the primary focus of health to wellness and disease prevention

  • Creating models that prioritize patient and family needs above all else

  • Creating healthy team-based systems that empower and inspire all providers as valued members of the team

  • Providing guidelines so you can achieve your own optimal wellness of mind, body and Spirit. 

  • Demonstrating a sustainable payer system that will meet healthcare expenses for individuals and families without bankrupting anyone, including our country. 

Get your copy today!

“Kim has provided excellent care since the day I started seeing her. She has been the most detailed and has provided the most effective approach for my health overall. I don’t believe this is because other doctors weren’t capable, I believe it’s because they aren’t given time.”

— IIM Patient

AS MY DESIRE TO HEAL THE WHOLE PERSON GREW,

my frustration with the hospital system increased. I found that the system was NOT patient/family centered.  One example is the fact that we would awaken patients at 4:30 or 5:00 AM to draw blood or do and X-ray so these results could be available when the physician made rounds at 7:00 AM. This remains common practice today in most healthcare facilities. To whom does this practice really benefit? Certainly, not the patient who needs restful uninterrupted sleep. Additionally, I recognized the value of healthy nutrition and took note of the nutritionally depleted foods we were serving our patients. Even more distressing was the fact that commonly patients were served very inflammatory foods that increase cholesterol and blood sugar within days of having open heart surgery. I knew I had to do something different to fulfill my passion of healing the whole person.

I resigned my critical care Clinical Nurse Specialist position in August, 1996.
In September, I listened to a tape series by Dr. Deepak Chopra, a renowned endocrinologist,
with expertise in Quantum Physics. He suggested five steps to fulfilling your desires and dreams:

1.    Get into a meditative state and connect to God
2.    State your intention of what you would like to do
3.    Don’t be attached to how it’s going to happen
4.    Allow the Universe to handle the details
5.    The results are guaranteed.

I said “OK God, I want to change the healthcare system.” I named about 25 things that were just wrong in healthcare in my perception. Ironically many of these same issues (AND EVEN MORE) remain prevalent in our disease-care, profit driven system.

The following January, I received a call from one of my friends who told me about a program coming to Louisville. Nurses from the New York College of Holistic Health Education and Research had started a traveling nurse’s certificate program in Amma therapy and were traveling around the country to teach this work. Amma therapy is a form of Acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine that includes manual therapy and massage techniques using the 12 major meridian channels. It is very holistic in nature and includes healthy nutrition, yoga, and tai chi. I knew this was an answer to my prayers and I completed the 2 year certificate program. Anneke Young, a protégé of Mrs. Tina Sohn, who brought Amma therapy to the United States, was our beloved teacher.

In 1997, I started my own practice offering Amma therapy and a holistic nursing assessment. In 2000, I met three other practitioners (Dr. Slava Paskovich, a physician from the Ukraine, Eddie Campomonas, a physical therapist, and Amber Stone, PT assistant who was trained in massage, cranial sacral therapy and strain/counterstrain techniques), who were interested creating an integrative medicine center and together we started the Institute for Integrative Medicine. We worked together for 3 years. Life events ensued and Dr. Paskovich and Eddie Campomonas both relocated to different areas of the country. 

I continued as the sole owner of Institute for Integrative Medicine.

Kim has authored chapters or made significant contributions in the following books:

Healing Healthcare – Evidenced Based Strategies to Mend our Broken System


The following books were published through PWN (Professional Women Publishing) and edited by Linda Ellis Eastman:

  • The Women’s Book of Empowerment and Confidence – 365 Daily Affirmations

  • The Women’s Book of Empowerment and Confidence – Volume II

  • Getting Well: Mind, Body and Spirit

  • Your Better Body: The Women’s Guide to Holistic Health & Wellness