Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, ABAARM, ABFM, FMNM is a physician, teacher, author, and international speaker who focuses on functional medicine and a holistic, preventive approach to health. After immigrating to the United States at age 11, Dr. Trindade became committed to the pursuit of delivering accessible clinical education from an early age. Feeling disillusioned with the education available in medical school, Dr. Trindade subsequently enrolled in a fellowship that focused on functional and anti-aging medicine before beginning her own practice. Dr. Trindade strongly emphasizes each patient’s individual health and risk factors through her consistent application of customized, personalized medicine. She remains active in developing teaching programs across the globe, and is passionate about not putting a “band-aid on patients, rather than working on how to prevent the illness in the first place.”