Starting Restorative Functional Medicine was very personal for me. It is my passion to help people restore and reclaim their health from chronic, complex health issues. All of this stems from my own journey and experiences.

When I was just 13 years old, I was diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis. I remember the doctor telling me then that all I needed to do was take this little pill for the rest of my life and I’d be fine. So I took it, but I wasn’t fine. Little did I know then what my journey would entail. I experienced continued fatigue, brain fog, pain, and thyroid levels that just continued to swing all over the place – not to mention the headaches that were a side-effect of the medication. That pill was certainly not fixing all of my problems.

Over time, this led to more doctors and more test, but few results. This was the catalyst that started me on my own research journey, because I knew in my gut that there had to be more to this story. I decided to go to PA school because not only did I want to find solutions for myself, I wanted to help others, too.

After graduating from PA School, I practiced primary care and women’s health. While I loved what I did, I couldn’t help but believe there was more I was missing. I kept seeing patients who had complaints like mine – but they had normal labs and so were essentially told it was all in their heads.

One day my Pharmacy Teacher from PA school came to visit my practice. He invited me to go to a Functional Medicine conference with him. And that changed everything. I knew immediately that this was the component I was missing in my own life and medical practice. I immediately delved deeper and started applying Functional Medicine principles with my clients – and all of a sudden, people who had been seeing little change before, started seeing results. Even I started feeling better. It became abundantly clear that this was the type of practice I wanted to be a part of because it was creating real change, so I left Primary Care and moved into Functional Medicine.

I am so excited to help people who have suffered with similar things that I have and to restore hope where it may have been lost. I think it is an honor to use what I’ve been through to help other people. I tend to develop a deep bond with my patients as I understand at a very deep level what many of them are walking through. I know how draining and discouraging chronic and complex issues can be, so at Restorative Functional Medicine, we are all about treating the whole person – addressing the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of chronic illness.