Functional medicine Dr

[babydoll11]

Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone has experience with shopping around for a functional medicine Dr. Tips specific to Canada would be appreciated, too.

[banannable]

Hi babydoll11, I'm in Australia so can't help with specifics for Canada, but might have some general tips to help you.

I found my current functional GP on the website for the 'Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM)'. There might be similar colleges/groups in Canada that provide lists of functional medicine practitioners. I did a quick Google, and found the following for Canada: www.functionalmedicine.org/practitioner_search.aspx?id=117#results. I have no idea about the quality of doctors listed here of course, but this type of search could point you in the right direction.

Also, I have to let you know that not all doctors listed on these types of websites are going to automatically be awesome, nor are they necessarily going to be 100% followers of functional medicine! I had a terrible experience with the first doctor I found on the ACNEM site. I should have seen the signs - when I called to make my first appointment I asked the receptionist if the doctor was supportive of alternative health, and she said something along the lines of, "We have heaps of vitamins and stuff here"... so their idea of functional medicine and mine were two entirely different things ; )

Really the best way to find a good doctor is through word of mouth. So I recommend reposting this in the Canada section of the forum if you haven't already.

Best of luck!!

[rheagan]

I second banannable's suggestion to check functionalmedicine.org for some suggestions

You can also try the Canadian Center for Functional Medicine, but their website is currently under construction. Hopefully it will be back up soon! I'm not sure where in Canada you are, but I've heard a lot of good things about the Hoffman Center in Calgary. Dr. Hoffman is a great functional medicine doctor, but he can be expensive. You might also find some leads if you Google "functional medicine your city".