Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine
Verified listingAbout Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine
Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine is an integrative medical practice at 1234 6th Street Suite #100 Santa Monica, CA 90401. It is an out-of-network, pay-up-front practice, so you settle the bill and then seek reimbursement yourself. The one visit price published is for telehealth, printed as "$ 325 and up" with the space after the dollar sign left as the page shows it. Nothing else on the site carries a figure.
## What does Akasha actually do?
The services index runs well past weight loss. Primary care sits under Integrative Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine and Nutrition, beside a Women's Health Clinic and a Men's Health Clinic. Hormone and longevity work includes Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, Sermorelin Injections, Age Management and Peptide Treatment. Pain work includes a Regenerative Pain Clinic, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Prolotherapy. Also listed: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Japanese Acupuncture, IV Nutritional Therapy, Genetic Testing, Psychology and Psychiatry, and programs for SIBO, fertility, maternity and menstrual irregularity.
## Is this a GLP-1 weight loss clinic?
No, not as the site describes itself. The Medical Weight Loss Program page names no medication at all. No semaglutide, no tirzepatide, no GLP-1 of any kind. What it describes is nutritional guidance, health coaching, mind-body practices, acupuncture, fitness recommendations and ongoing support. If you want a prescription weight loss drug, this page will not tell you whether you can get one.
## What does it cost, and how does insurance work?
The telehealth figure above is the only treatment price published. A second figure covers paperwork: a $25 billing fee, after you pay up-front for a visit, for the billing department to submit your insurance for reimbursement. The site says telehealth "may allow you to bill your insurance" and asks you to check whether your plan covers out-of-network telemedicine. No consultation fee is stated. The VIP Concierge Wellness Program is listed with no membership price, and no commitment or cancellation terms exist.
## Who works there, and when is it open?
Eighteen practitioners are named, including Edison de Mello, MD, PhD; Bren Boston, MD; Sahar Lashin, MD, PhD; Kudzai R. Dombo, MD; Justin Laube, MD; Leland Dao, DO; Maggie Ney, ND; Gina Galvez, M.S., PA-C; Deanne Newton, MSPAS, PA-C, FNLP; and Melanie Abeyta, NP, PA. The rest are acupuncturists, health coaches, a psychologist and a massage therapist. The site never says which of them prescribe.
Santa Monica hours run 8:30 am to 2:30 pm for all integrative medical visits only, and 8:30 am to 5:00 pm for non-medical visits. Tuesdays through Thursdays are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm for all services. Saturdays are open for acupuncture appointments only. Sundays are closed. A second address is published for Dr. Lashin at 22972 El Toro Rd, Lake Forest, CA 92630, in Orange County.
## What could we not confirm?
No telehealth state list is published. The only geographic rule is a telehealth condition: a face-to-face exam must occur at least once a year for patients residing in the greater Los Angeles area, and out-of-town patients must have a local practitioner for emergencies. That is an eligibility rule, not a service area. No practice-wide insurance policy statement exists, and no eligibility criteria are published for the weight loss program. All of this was checked on 22 September 2026.
**Sources:** https://akashacenter.com/akasha-services/ · https://akashacenter.com/akasha-services/telehealth-services/ · https://akashacenter.com/akasha-services/medical-weight-loss-program/ · https://akashacenter.com/our-team/ · https://akashacenter.com/why-akasha/contact/