Dr. Arvantely is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.  She graduated from Smith College with a degree in history, and received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  She completed her Internship and Residency in Family Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside, California. 

She has practiced Preventive Medicine with the San Francisco Preventive Medical Group, where she received extensive training in Nutrition and Natural Medicine.  She has also served as a staff physician at the renowed Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, California.  She is a member of the American Holistic Medical Association, along with the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), which provides the best evidence-based continuing education in Integrative and Preventive Medicine.  She is also a longstanding member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.  

Dr. Arvantely has lectured extensively on issues in women's healthcare, including Natural Medicine support for Menopause, and on the topic of Spirituality in medicine.  She is especially interested in how our psychological outlook affects our physical health, and is a graduate of the University of Santa Monica Master of Arts program in Spiritual Psychology.