Dr. McKee received his M.D. degree in 1975.  He practiced complementary medicine with an emphasis in nutritional and body/mind medicine for 12 years prior to re-entering training in 1988 to complete a three year residency in Internal Medicine followed by three years of subspecialty training in Hematology and Oncology and two years of immunology research at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla.  He thus brings a comprehensive perspective to the practice of Oncology and Hematology and is at the forefront of the application of what Dr. Andrew Weil has termed "integrative medicine" to the field of cancer care.  Integrative medicine refers to the combining of conventional Western medicine with other modalities such as nutrition, herbs, body/mind medicine, massage therapy, acupuncture and other modalities of complementary medicine.