Dr. Shilpa Saxena is a longtime leader and educator in functional and integrative medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Forum Health. Dr. Saxena’s approach to healing involves active listening and true connection to ensure patients are heard. She’s taught many of us over the years with her light-hearted metaphors and analogies that framed our understanding of complex topics – including the gut microbiome’s role in systemic health.
In today’s episode, whether you’re a clinician or simply curious about the connection between the gut and overall health, this conversation with Dr. Shilp Saxena offers an engaging look at where integrative and functional medicine has been, where it’s going, and why the gut may be at the center of it all.
Today on The Lab Report:
- 3:30 Dr. Shilpa Saxena’s path to functional medicine and the importance of gut health 10:34 The Front Door to the House of Health – skin, immunity, brain, hormones 15:20 Explaining the microbiome to patients- gated community metaphor 21:00 When to order stool testing, therapeutic options, tying it all together 27:30 Cardiometabolic health, behavior change, active listening 31:30 Virtual care vs. on-sight office visits 34:40 Approach to BHRT 39:10 Evolving with Artificial Intelligence 42:00 The vision behind Forum Health 46:50 The Fireball
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