At best, they looked at the more recent bloodwork. I had perhaps 15 years worth arranged chronologically which I would bring to my first appointment with a new doctor. Because I had not felt well for so long, I kept all of my blood work religiously. Hyman and his approach, and made an appointment. Ah, I thought, she has done all the research for me. She wrote books and devoted her life to her health. Hyman’s name mentioned in a NYT Magazine article as the doctor of a woman who had a benign tumor all over her body which could turn malignant on a dime. This was complicated by an undiagnosed piriformis syndrome so that, with further general deterioration, I also could hardly walk half a block. But I felt like I was eighty years old, dragged myself to work and to fulfill obligations and had energy for little else. I was sophisticated in the world of doctors (my ex belonged to the tribe) and ran from one to the other every one of them told me I was fine. I had been deteriorating ever since surgery for thyroid cancer in 2000. I came to The UltraWellness Clinic in August of 2011 in desperation. Hyman and for the staff, all of whom have changed my life dramatically, given me back my health, my body, my natural level of contentment, and my ability to engage vibrantly with everything and everyone in my life. Hyman’s personal journey to Functional Medicine here. Please join him in helping us all take back our health at, follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.

Hyman plays a substantial role in a major film produced by Laurie David and Katie Couric, released in 2014, called Fed Up, which addresses childhood obesity. And with Tim Ryan in 2015, helped introduce the ENRICH Act into Congress to fund nutrition in medical education. Hyman crafted and helped introduce the Take Back Your Health Act of 2009 to the United States Senate to provide for reimbursement of lifestyle treatment of chronic disease. Oz’s HealthCorps, which tackles the obesity epidemic by educating American students about nutrition. He is an advisor and guest co-host on The Dr. Daniel Amen, he created The Daniel Plan, a faith-based initiative that helped The Saddleback Church collectively lose 250,000 pounds. Hyman also works with fellow leaders in his field to help people and communities thrive-with Rick Warren, Dr. He is the winner of the Linus Pauling Award, The Nantucket Project Award, and was inducted in the Books for Better Life Hall of Fame, and the Christian Book of the Year Award for The Daniel Plan.ĭr. Hyman has worked with President Clinton, presenting at the Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters, Achieving Wellness in Every Generation conference and the Clinton Global Initiative, as well as with the World Economic Forum on global health issues. Hyman for the President’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. He has consulted with the Surgeon General on diabetes prevention, and participated in the 2009 White House Forum on Prevention and Wellness. He has testified before both the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Senate Working Group on Health Care Reform on Functional Medicine. Hyman works with individuals and organizations, as well as policy makers and influencers. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor of The Huffington Post, and was a regular medical contributor on many television shows including CBS This Morning, Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The View, Katie and The Dr. He is the Head of Strategy and Innovation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. Hyman is a practicing family physician, a fourteen-time New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. Hyman and his team work every day to empower people, organizations, and communities to heal their bodies and minds, and improve our social and economic resilience.ĭr.

That’s why he is dedicated to tackling the root causes of chronic disease by harnessing the power of Functional Medicine to transform healthcare. Mark Hyman, MD, believes that we all deserve a life of vitality-and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves.

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