Deirdre Orceyre

Dr. Deirdre Orceyre has spent more than 20 years doing what integrative medicine does best: looking at the whole person, asking why, and staying until she finds an answer. As a board-certified naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist, she brings together two complete medical traditions - Western naturopathic medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine - and draws on them based on individual patient needs.

Patients consistently describe her as someone who truly listens — not just to the chief complaint, but to all the pieces of the story that other appointments don't have time for. She sees herself not as the healer, but as an enthusiastic guide and coach: the patient is always the true healer. Her work is to assess all parameters of health, map a course of treatment, and guide patients through the process.

Deirdre Orceyre's path into medicine was always going to be integrative; she just didn't have the word for it yet. What drew her then is the same thing that shapes her practice now: a belief that the human body is intelligible, that symptoms are signals worth following, and that healing is rarely as simple as matching a diagnosis to a drug.

She 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, she completed a two-year full-time residency in internal naturopathic medicine, with focused rotations in women's health, endocrinology, and integrative cancer care. It was during this training that 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, sometimes 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 as well. Her faculty role at Georgetown University and her clinical work at the GW Breast Center reflect a commitment not only to the patients in front of her, but to the broader effort of moving medicine toward a more whole-person model.

Dr. Orceyre is one of GWCIM's longest-serving and most experienced providers, having been part of the center 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 is often the practitioner patients turn to when they want the depth of naturopathic medicine and the precision of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a single provider.

Twice monthly, she also works at the GW Breast Center and teaches Integrative Medicine at Georgetown University, bringing the same care and rigor she offers her patients to the training of the next generation of clinicians.

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.