Deirdre Orceyre
ND, MSOM, L.Ac.
Overview
About Dr. Orceyre
Dr. Deirdre Orceyre has more than 20 years of experience in integrative medicine. She is a board-certified naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist who draws from both naturopathic medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine to support each patient’s health.
Patients value the time she takes to listen and understand what they are experiencing. She considers the many factors that influence health and works with each person to develop a practical plan for care. Dr. Orceyre sees her role as a guide and coach, helping patients make informed decisions and take an active part in their healing.
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Background
Personal Journey to Integrative Medicine
Dr. Orceyre pursued her training at the National University of Natural Medicine, one of the country's leading institutions in natural health education, graduating cum laude in 2004 with a simultaneous Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. This dual degree, uncommon even among integrative practitioners, gave her fluency in two complete medical systems and the ability to move between them based on what each patient needs.
After graduation, Dr. Orceyre completed a two-year full-time residency in internal naturopathic medicine, with focused rotations in women's health, endocrinology, and integrative cancer care. During this training, she developed the clinical depth in oncology support that has since become a defining feature of her practice.
She joined GWCIM shortly after and has been here ever since, building relationships with patients that span years and decades, and earning a reputation as one of the most thorough and attentive clinicians in the integrative medicine field.
Teaching has always been part of her work. Her faculty role at Georgetown University and her clinical work at the GW Breast Center reflect a commitment to educating new generations of integrative medicine practitioners.
Clinical Practice
At GWCIM
Dr. Orceyre is one of GWCIM's longest-serving and most experienced providers, having been part of the clinic since its early years. Her presence is central to what GWCIM has become: a place where patients with complex, chronic, or hard-to-explain conditions finally find someone willing to put the pieces together.
She sees patients both in person and via telemedicine, offering naturopathic consultations and acupuncture treatments. As part of GWCIM's senior acupuncture team, which brings over 70 years of combined experience, she offers depth of naturopathic and functional medicine and the wisdom and practical skills of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a single provider.
Dr. Orceyre welcomes patients with a wide range of conditions and has particular strength in integrative oncology, women's health, endocrinology, and complex chronic illness. Her approach is to understand the root causes of what's out of balance and to build a thoughtful, personalized plan using the full range of tools available to her.
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A fellow friend with cancer recommended I make an appointment with Dr. Orceyre to discuss Mistletoe therapy treatment. Even though DC is at least an hour and a half drive, I made the appointment desperately wanting someone to give me something healthy for my body. All of the treatments for breast cancer have so many bad side effects and it was a breath of fresh air to get treatments that would build my body up. Not only did Dr. Orceyre prescribe the Mistletoe Therapy to boost my immune system, help with chemo nausea and kill cancer cells, but she also looked at all my blood work and chemo cocktails and developed a custom plan for supplements and diet that would help my body to cope with all the things going on. I received some added benefits – my skin has never felt so soft in all my life and I finally was able to shed a few extra unwanted pounds. Dr. Orceyre was critical in helping me weigh out what the doctors were recommending for me to do. I love knowing that someone who has so much natural training can also help me see the value of the medical profession and can offer real solutions for the side effects. I am happy to say that I made it through 3 months of chemo during the winter months, surrounded by the flu, colds and strep throat and I never got sick once. Dr. Orceyre also helped me develop a supplement protocol for my surgery that helped me sail through and for Proton Therapy (Radiation) which I have coming up next. I really appreciate her willingness to have phone appointments with me for follow up so I don't have to take a day to drive to DC. Even though my initial relationship has started because of cancer, I see such a value in how I have been feeling that I will continue to have follow up appointments with Dr. Orceyre for my general well being.
— Patient Review
Yesterday I went to you and you did much of the same thing, but you found a bunch of different things that all seemed to be working together. Plus you diagnosed the rib right away. And you listened to all the pieces of the story to figure out what remedies I needed. And now, I've avoided antibiotics. This is the reason my husband and I value your care so highly and the reason we tell everyone to try integrative medicine. It makes such a big difference and keeps us so much healthier overall.
— — K.D.
My last appointment was with Dr. Orceyre, and as always, the appointment was awesome! I have not felt as cared about by my physician as I do by Dr. O since my pediatrician.
— — J.Y.
Dr. Deirdre Orceyre, acupuncturist and naturopath, recommended several supplements as well as acupuncture treatments. My pain subsided noticeably after I began the supplements and acupuncture and I was able to complete my chemo treatments with fairly minimal side effects. I am now five months post-chemo and my neuropathy is almost completely gone. I credit much of my improvement to Dr. Orceyre's treatments. I also have found her to be a knowledgeable, patient and compassionate caregiver throughout the time I have seen her.
— — E.M. (cancer patient)
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Make an AppointmentCall 202-833-5055Expertise
- Integrative Oncology
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Functional Medicine
- Women's Health
- Integrative Endocrinoilogy
Education
- Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine — National University of Natural Medicine, cum laude
- Master of Science in Oriental Medicine — National University of Natural Medicine, cum laude
- Residency in Internal Naturopathic Medicine — with specialty rotations in women's health, endocrinology, and integrative oncology
- Board Certified Naturopathic Physician (ND)
- Licensed Acupuncturist — District of Columbia
Professional
- Naturopathic Medical Director, GWCIM
- Faculty, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- Clinical Staff, GW Breast Center (twice monthly)
- Licensed Acupuncturist, District of Columbia
- Member of DC Acupuncture Society
Publications
- Integrative Geriatrics Texbook, contributor
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