Responding to Functional Medicine Naysayers
There are many naysayers - both people and organizations - that criticize functional medicine as "quackery" or "pseudoscience." As a clinician who has worked exclusively in functional medicine for over…
Where I Received My Functional Medicine Education
I get asked all the time: What is the best organization for functional medicine education? As much as I'd like to say that one of the following is THE best,…
What I Learned from Starting – and Leaving – A Functional Medicine Practice
At the end of 2017, I left an established functional medicine practice and started my own. At the time, I was living in Austin, TX. I looked into positions at…
Courses and Training on Mycotoxin-Induced Illness
Mold and Mycotoxin-Induced Illness Mold is part of our world. It is inconvenient when we find it on our food. It is irritating when it causes allergies. It can be…
What is the best functional medicine training program?
I started my path in functional and integrative medicine in the 90’s. I’ve worked for others. I’ve co-owned my own practice. And today, I work with the amazing team at…
Brief Summary of the Top 3 Comprehensive Functional Medicine Programs
The following programs are the longest running, and the ones that most seasoned functional medicine clinicians are most familiar with. There are many more options, some comprehensive and others that…
Standard of Care and Functional Medicine
I once read a Facebook post in an integrative community group that asked members what natural “go-to” remedies were recommended to give her husband (who had been in an…
Link to Article on Integrated Connections Website
In 2017, I created a Facebook group specifically for PAs and NPs who were interested in functional and integrative medicine. It was created out of the need for such a…
Evidence based medicine in functional medicine
"First do no harm" We rely on evidence-based-medicine (EBM) to determine safe and effective treatments for our patients. This is ideal for pharmaceutical drugs that are potent and carry many…
Teaching vs Treating
When we go to the health care clinic, we expect to leave with a cause of our illness (aka diagnosis) and a treatment to feel better. But there should be…