About Dr. Sunita
I am one of the lucky ones who get to do what they love. I am a guide, a teacher, and someone who will both cackle with laughter and cry with you—sometimes at the same time.
As a midwife and a naturopathic physician, I have always enjoyed a bit of the “town doctor” life. Working with families to achieve health, welcome babies, navigate parenthood, and grow older has been a central part of my practice over the years. I am captivated by transitions and transformations: birth, postpartum, adolescence, menopause, aging, retirement, and loss. My role is to sit beside you as a guide, educator, and resource through all of it.
We often award medals to those who persevere and vilify those who move on, but the reality is that we are always evolving and being changed. I want to help you take charge of that movement and transformation.
My expertise and passion have always been rooted in supporting you and your family’s well-being. At heart, I will always be a “kid doc” and a midwife. As your guide through life’s transitions, I have deepened my clinical focus in four key areas—each aligning with pivotal moments of change:
- Perimenopause & Menopause: Addressing sleep disruptions, mood changes, joint pain, and the midlife events that accompany biochemical shifts.
- Adolescent Mental & Behavioral Health: Navigating sleep needs, mood fluctuations, and stress management as identity and independence evolve.
- Fitness Support & Injury Rehabilitation: Helping you get started—or restart—after being sidelined by injury or frustration.
- Prenatal & Postpartum Care: Support your healthy pregnancy and co-create your safety net as you transition to postpartum and family life.
In recent years, I have also embraced my role as an educator—an identity that is woven into everything I do. I have been teaching at Bastyr University since 2009, and in 2016, I transitioned to the University of Washington Bothell, where I am now an Associate Teaching Professor. I teach in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, working with future healthcare professionals, including nurses, health educators, and public health advocates. As my role as a teacher has grown, I have returned to clinical care to integrate the lessons I have been fortunate to learn in my diverse professional experiences as a teacher, doctor, midwife, and entrepreneur. What I now offer as a clinician, coach, and educator has evolved—just as I have.
Some of you may know that my second “baby” was Eastside Natural Medicine, the integrative clinic that grew from what was originally my solo practice. I am incredibly proud of what we built—a family of providers who loved their work and deeply cared for your families. While I cherish what we created, I am excited to return to clinical practice in a new and sustainable way. My small private practice now mirrors how it all began: just me in a room. Full circle.
My journey began with my undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago (’98) and my doctorate at Bastyr University (’08). In between, I spent several years working at a residential program in Boston, MA, supporting pregnant and parenting teenage women. Those women, their children, and my mentors taught me more about myself, parenting, and our fractured healthcare system than I could have ever learned in a classroom. They remain some of my greatest teachers, and I carry their lessons into my work with families and students every day.
