John Finnell, ND, MPH, LAc, DiplOM, is the Whole Health Program Manager in the Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), one of 18 Flagship sites leading the implementation and dissemination of the VA Whole Health Initiative. He fulfills leadership roles within Whole Health and Employee Whole Health for STVHCS and VISN17. He has an interdisciplinary background as an educator, practitioner and researcher in the fields of complementary and integrative health (CIH), naturopathic and Chinese medicines, epidemiology and environmental engineering.