Institute for Functional Medicine

"In 1990 Jeffrey Bland created the concept of Functional Medicine as a discipline that married progress in basic medical sciences with clinical medicine to address the growing problems associated with chronic disease. In 1991 Jeffrey and Susan Bland founded and funded The Institute for Functional Medicine with the mission to both educate and provide clinical support for the implementation of functional medicine across disciplines within the healthcare sector. The charter of The Institute for Functional Medicine was conceived by its founders as a systems-biology approach to the prevention and management of chronic disease utilizing appropriate tools including nutrition, lifestyle, exercise, environment, structural, cognitive, emotional, and pharmaceutical therapies to meet the individual needs of the patient.

"From 1991 to 2001 all financial and staffing support was provided to the Institute by Jeffrey and Susan Bland and their company, HealthComm International, Inc."


 * President and Director of Medical Education - David S. Jones, MD
 * Executive Director - Laurie Hofmann, MPH
 * Director of Operations and Finance - Fran Biddle, CPA

==LINUS PAULING FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AWARD WINNERS ==
 * Mimi Guarneri 2012
 * Bruce Ames, PhD	2011
 * Dean Ornish, MD	2010
 * Mark Hyman, MD	2009
 * Bethany Hays, MD	2008
 * Michael Holick, PhD, MD 	2007
 * Eleanor Rogan, PhD	2006
 * Catherine Willner, MD	2005
 * Joseph E. Pizzorno, ND	2004
 * Walter Willett, MD, DPH	2003
 * Abram Hoffer, MD	2002
 * David Perlmutter, MD	2002
 * Gerald Reaven, MD	2001
 * Leo Galland, MD	2000
 * Kilmer McCully, MD	1999
 * Sidney Baker, MD	1998
 * David S. Jones, MD	1997
 * Glenn Doman, 	1996

Board
Accessed February 2013:


 * Bethany Hays, MD, Secretary, IFM Board of Directors
 * Mark Hyman, MD, Chairman, IFM Board of Directors
 * Jennifer Allen Newton, Member, IFM Board of Directors,
 * Joseph E. Pizzorno, ND, Vice-Chairman, IFM Board of Directors,

Contact
Web: http://www.functionalmedicine.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Myrto Ashe