Integrative Practitioner Podcast

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, FACB, CNS, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how he became the father of functional medicine and what he envisions for the future of integrative healthcare.

About the Expert

Dr. Jeffrey Bland is a personable and highly respected thought leader who has spent more than five decades focused on the improvement of human health. He is known worldwide as the founder of the Functional Medicine movement, which represents his vision for a care model that is grounded in systems biology and informed by research that he has a unique ability to synthesize. His pioneering work has created the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute, as well as the Institute for Functional Medicine, the global leader in Functional Medicine education. Since 1991, hundreds of thousands of healthcare practitioners have participated in PLMI and IFM programs, and this collective knowledge has positively impacted the lives of patients all over the world.

Frank Lipman, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss his career in integrative medicine after being honored as a pioneer in the field at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium's 20th anniversary celebration.

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A world renowned pioneer and innovator in integrative and functional medicine with more than 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Lipman specializes in longevity medicine, crafting highly personalized health plans for optimal well-being, peak performance, and extended healthspans. He is a New York Times bestselling author of seven health-focused books, including The New Rules of Aging Well and How to Be Well, as well as the founder of the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC and advisor to a number of Health and Wellness Companies, including The Well and Hearty.

David Haase, MD, FABFM, DAIOM, IFM-MD, CNS, QIA, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how Habitat Optimizing Plasma Exchange (HOPE) can modify the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

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David Haase, MD is a highly curious physician, holding a medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completing his residency and practice at the esteemed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He also holds a Certification: Qualification in Apheresis (QIA). He is distinguished by double board certification in Family Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine and currently serves as Lead Faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. Haase's influence extends globally, having trained over 10,000 physicians worldwide in his innovative approach to Alzheimer's, dementia, and complex chronic illnesses.

Maya Shetreat, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how psychedelics work to heal trauma on a molecular and physiological level.

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Kara Fitzgerald, ND, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss her newest research on measuring biological age and how to slow down its progression.

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Elizabeth Yurth, MD, ABPMR, ABAARM, FAARM, FAARFM, FSSRP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the fact, fiction, and gray areas of NAD+ supplementation.

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Elizabeth Yurth, MD, ABPMR, ABAARM, FAARM, FAARFM, FSSRP is Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Boulder Longevity Institute, where she has been providing Tomorrow's Medicine Today to her clients since 2006. Dr. Yurth obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, completed her residency at the University of California – Irvine, and her Fellowship in Sports and Spine Medicine from Stanford-affiliated Sports Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (SOAR) in Palo Alto, CA. Along with her 30 years as a practicing orthopedist specializing in sports and spine medicine, Dr. Yurth has made it her mission to learn and share the latest scientific research on how to truly heal the body at the cellular level. She is Fellowship trained in Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Cellular Medicine and has completed +500 hours of CME training focused on Longevity, Nutrition, Epigenetics, Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, Regenerative Peptide Treatments, and Regenerative Orthopedic Procedures. Dr. Yurth continues to serve as a thought leader in Cellular Medicine, speaking at longevity events across the world and teaching others through her position as a founding faculty member for Seeds Scientific Research and Performance Institute (SSRP), which leads the way in connecting the latest research to clinical practice.

Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the clinical benefits of homeopathic treatment, citing specific studies from mainstream scientific journals.

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DANA ULLMAN, MPH, CCH, is one of America's leading advocates for homeopathy. He has authored 10 books, including The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy, Homeopathy A-Z, Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, Discovering Homeopathy, and (the best-selling) Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (with Stephen Cummings, MD). Dana also created an e-course How to Use a Homeopathic Medicine Kit which integrates 80 short videos (averaging 15 minutes) with his famous ebook that is a continually growing resource to 500+ clinical studies published in peer-review medical journals testing homeopathic medicines. This ebook combines the descriptions of these studies with practical clinical information on how to use homeopathic medicines for 100+ common ailments. This ebook is entitled Evidence Based Homeopathic Family Medicine, and it is an invaluable resource. Dana has been certified in classical homeopathy by the leading organization in the U.S. for professional homeopaths.

Dana Ullman has also written chapters on homeopathic medicine in four medical textbooks, two of which were published by Oxford University Press and one of which was published by the American Pain Management Association.

Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss simple, realistic ways to reduce exposure to environmental toxins and improve mental health.

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Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, is the co-author of the, bestselling, consumer guidebook, Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World, published by Oxford University Press, and part of the Dr. Weil Healthy Living Guides. Her new book to be, DETOXIFY: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them, published by Simon & Schuster, connects the dots between everyday chemicals and the epidemic rise in immune disorders and autoimmune disease...and what we CAN all do about it! DETOXIFY is available now on Amazon for preorder. Dr. Aly Cohen is triple board-certified in rheumatology, internal medicine, and integrative medicine, as well as an environmental health expert in Princeton, New Jersey. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she focused her studies on medical anthropology and human evolution - topics that have greatly influenced her work. She is on faculty of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM), Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU), and the Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship of the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) at the University of California, Irvine, where she created and manages the environmental medicine and integrative rheumatology curriculum for medical colleagues. Dr. Cohen has collaborated with the Environmental Working Group, Cancer Schmancer, and other disease- prevention organizations, and is coeditor of the textbook, Integrative Environmental Medicine, part of the Oxford University Press/Weil Integrative Medicine, Academic Series. In 2015, she created TheSmartHuman.com to share environ­mental health, disease prevention, and wellness information with the public. She lectures nationally on environmental health topics for el­ementary/ high schools, colleges/ universities, medical schools, and physician- training programs, and she is a regular expert guest for tele­vision, print, and podcasts. She is a legal medical expert for toxic tort environmental exposure cases.

Julie Greenberg, ND, RH(AHG), MBA, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the difference between mold and mycotoxins and how they may be contributing to your patients' skin problems.

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Julie Greenberg, ND, RH(AHG), MBA, is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor (ND) and Registered Herbalist RH(AHG) who specializes in functional dermatology. She is the founder of The Center for Integrative & Naturopathic Dermatology Inc, a holistic clinic that approaches skin and hair problems by finding and treating the root cause. She is also the founder of RootCauseDermatology.com, a medical education website that trains functional medicine practitioners on how to treat dermatological conditions using her cutting-edge approach. Dr. Greenberg holds degrees from Northwestern University (BA), Stanford University (MBA) and Bastyr University (ND). She is co-authoring on a book on a holistic treatment approach to psoriasis that will be published in 2025. She teaches dermatology classes at several naturopathic medical schools and is a highly sought after keynote speaker at conferences across the U.S. and internationally.

Rudrani Banik, MD, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the most common age-related eye conditions and how they can be prevented with specific nutrients that target the various structure of the eye.

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Rudrani Banik, MD, IFMCP, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained neuro-ophthalmologist with additional training in Functional Medicine.

She completed her BA/MD as part of the prestigious combined eight-year Program in Liberal Medical Education at Brown University in Rhode Island. Dr. Banik then did her internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, followed by Ophthalmology Residency at University of California, Irvine. She then completed a Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship under Dr. Neil Miller at Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins.

She maintains an academic appointment at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, where she actively teaches and supervises residents, fellows, and medical students. She also serves as Principal Investigator for the clinical trials in Neuro-Ophthalmology. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and has been a speaker at both national and international meetings. Dr. Banik is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS). She also serves on the American Board of Ophthalmology's Exam Development Committee, a role she enjoys through which she helps maintain the standards of board certification in ophthalmology.