Yukako Tachibana

Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Japan

Yukako Tachibana, M.D. is a physician specializing in Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Integrative Medicine. She earned her M.D. from Nagasaki University School of Medicine and completed postgraduate training in Japan before pursuing further training in the United States, including a Family Medicine residency at Lancaster General Hospital (Pennsylvania) and a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of Hawaii, where she later served as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Geriatric Medicine and as a staff physician at 
The Queen’s Medical Center’s Geriatric Services. She went on to complete an Integrative Medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, and since 2024 has been training in Acupuncture and Kampo (Japanese herbal medicine) as a fellow physician at Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital Oriental Medicine Therapy Center. She completed the Helms Medical Institute (HMI) acupuncture training program in 2026. 
Dr. Tachibana is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) in both Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, and by the American Board of Integrative Medicine.