Cory Rice, DO; Internal Medicine Physician; Owner, Modern Medicine (Dallas, Forney) Dr. Rice says, “You can’t have an entity determining your financial worth and value that doesn’t understand what you are doing.” In this talk Dr. Rice explains how he was previously fully dependent on insurance reimbursement to sustain his medical practice and his businesses. He then shares his journey transitioning his two full-time and one satellite practices into a cash model. Dr. Rice provides clear steps to start increasing…

Daniel Kalish, DC; Founder, Kalish Institute It’s a central question that clinicians face with almost every Functional Medicine case involving the digestive tract: If a pathogen is present along with gut dysbiosis, do we try to eliminate the pathogen or work to reestablish healthy gut microbes? Daniel Kalish, DC provides clarity by first dividing normal, commensal bacteria into three simple groupings and then demonstrating how to rebuild a healthy gut microbiota environment, with a targeted nutritional approach over a 60-day period,…

Karima Hirani, MD, MPH; Family Physician Hirani Wellness Medical Center There is no medical model for treating the growing epidemic of chronic Lyme disease in the US. Rather than relying on antibiotics, which are not effective for all patients with Lyme disease, Karima Hirani, MD, MPH treats patients with a more comprehensive, personalized approach by looking at diet, hormones, viral and bacterial infections, and environmental toxins, among other factors. In “Lyme Disease: The Biomedical Approach,” Dr. Hirani shares her holistic…

Mark Hyman, MD; Family Physician; Author; Founder, The UltraWellness Center; Director, Cleveland Clinic Institute for Functional Medicine Dr. Hyman discusses his experience with a patient 20 years ago that completely changed the way he treats patients with dementia. In this talk Dr. Hyman explains how to approach this cognitive condition in a more holistic and systematic way utilizing the Functional Medicine paradigm and principles. Watch the full MAPS Talk: View Now

Erik Lundquist, MD; Family Physician; Medical Director/Owner, Temecula Center for Integrative Medicine Dr. Lundquist explores a Functional Medicine approach to thyroid dysfunction and disorders. His goal is to explain the diverse thyroid hormone functions and feedback loops in the body. This knowledge is needed to glean context and effective approaches to treat your thyroid patients, instead of treating the thyroid lab itself. Watch the full MAPS Talk: View Now

Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH; Family Physician, Saudade Wellness Center Hormones must be balanced and work together, and there is a stepwise approach to treating hormone imbalances. In this talk, Dr. Trindade shows practitioners specific hormones to consider when developing a stepwise patient management plan. Dr. Trindade covers insulin resistance, adrenals, thyroid, sex hormones, and metabolism and shares how to manage patients cohesively. Watch the full MAPS Talk: View Now Click here for a full list of upcoming MAPS events.    

Joel M. Evans, MD; OB/GYN Physician; Founder/Director, The Center for Functional Medicine Dr. Evans explores the Functional Medicine operating system as a framework to approach hormone replacement therapy during menopause. This framework utilizes a red light, yellow light, green light approach to the patient decision-making process. Dr. Evans reviews each patient category and covers insights to provide support through nutrition or with hormone treatment modalities. Watch the full MAPS Talk: View Now

Myles Spar, MD, MPH; Director of Integrative Medicine, Venice Family Clinic's Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center Dr. Spar feels that medicine is missing the mark when it comes to the chronic disease burden in US men. Testosterone is a biomarker that should be a standard test for all adult men. In this talk Dr. Spar explores testosterone and how to leverage hormone replacement therapy in chronic disease management for male patients. The full video for the preview above is available for practitioners…

Myles Spar, MD, MPH; Director of Integrative Medicine, Venice Family Clinic's Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center When men come to your clinical practice, few are following proper nutrition, and often it is the women in their life have persuaded them to see a clinician. While those initial challenges exist, Dr. Spar explains that most men desire the same things: more energy, vitality, and libido, along with weight loss. Dr. Spar discusses the top conditions he sees with his male patients, paired…

Deanna Minich, PhD, CNS, FACN, IFMCP; Nutrition Educator and Author In “Eating the Rainbow,” Dr. Deanna Minich explores the diverse, important roles that phytonutrients play in the body. Dr. Minich discusses different categories of phytonutrients and the foods they originate from, as well as how inflammation, insulin resistance, and stress responses are three primary areas where phytonutrients take center stage to impact health outcomes. The full video for the preview above is available for practitioners only. REGISTER AND WATCH THE FULL…