Dr. Carisse Diana Drilon-Dalman, better known as Doc Candy by colleagues and patients, is a Functional and Integrative Medicine physician, as well as a licensed medical acupuncturist. She is an AB Psychology graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University, and completed her Medical degree and Masters in Business Administration from the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health in 2012. She then took up training in Acupuncture from La Consolacion College while working as part of the medical team in The Farm at San Benito.
After completing her Acupuncture training in 2014, she co-founded Centro Holistico, where she is currently the Medical Director. She completed her training in Functional Medicine from the Institute of Functional Medicine in the US, and is currently working on her certification.
The main focus of her practice is reversing chronic diseases by bringing back the proper function of the body through holistic programs, with proper diet, nutrition, and lifestyle choices as the main backbone. Aside from being a full-time physician, she is also an entrepreneur, a wife, and a mom to 2 kids.