The Institute for Functional Medicine

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) is the global leader in Functional Medicine and a collaborator in the transformation of healthcare. Our goal is to promote the highest expression of individual health by ensuring the widespread adoption of Functional Medicine. We advance education and training, clinical patient care, research, and outcomes in Functional Medicine worldwide. Functional Medicine is an individualized, patient-centered, evidence-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. IFM offers a Certification Program whose graduates are recognized as the most thoroughly trained and tested Functional Medicine clinicians in their fields and the most sought-after by both patients and employers.