Today’s interview on Redefining Medicine features Joseph Cleaver, MD, ABAARM: an expert in integrative medicine, hormonal therapies, and chronic disease. Listen to Dr. Cleaver discuss his original background in the Italian and Mediterranean culture, which initially exposed him to the fundamental tenets of functional medicine and the impact of nutrition, and how he subsequently further pursued his passion for integrative health: including his introduction into A4M’s education, through a hormone symposium taught by Fellowship Director Pamela Smith, MD, MPH, MS. Operating through the framework that “the purest form of medicine is prevention and lifestyle,” Dr. Cleaver ultimately opened Paradigm Wellness Medical Group: incorporating regenerative medicine, aesthetics, and supplementary practices & protocols to optimize health and enhance patient care. Through his exploration of the benefits of integrative medicine, Dr. Cleaver additionally reviews the ways in which peptides will function as the ‘future of medicine,’ and the combination therapies & techniques that can be harnessed to provide the most successful and effective outcomes.