Functional Medicine Evaluations

Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is a revolution in our understanding of the human body and how illness occurs. It investigates and attempts to fix the root problems compromising your health instead of simply treating the symptoms of illness as most of Western medicine does.

Rather than breaking down medicine into a series of specialties and whole people into parts, functional medicine asks: What are the common underlying links depriving your cells of the nutrients and energy they need to function properly? What are the core factors that are driving all of your health conditions? And what is the simplest, most straight forward way to treat these root problems and resolve illness instead of focusing solely on a reduction in symptoms?

Using a detailed chronological history and sophisticated new laboratory testing, functional medicine practitioners prescribe diet, lifestyle, supplements, hormones and medicines which can help you shift back to your natural healthy state.

For more information on functional medicine and to watch a short video by Dr. Rountree please click here: The Institute for Functional Medicine.

Your Functional Medicine Visit

A full functional medicine evaluation is very detailed, it takes time, and it needs to be done in person. So you should expect your first visit to take 1.5 to 2 hours. During this visit a functional medicine doctor will evaluate some of the following:

Recommended Practitioners

The practitioners below are not part of IV for Life and are only recommendations for further evaluation in the field of Functional Medicine.

I’ve enjoyed over 30 years of working in healthcare, from clinical medicine including being an Attending Physician and Assistant Professor in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at Loma Linda University, to school and hospital nursing, with specialization as a Diabetes Nurse Educator. I excel at education, mentoring, program planning, promotion, and development. In all areas of my life, I am happiest when I can nurture, inspire, and bring people joy. My Functional and Integrative Medicine practice is all about giving people extra time, 90 minute new patient visits, 60 minute follow up visits, and hours spent reviewing intake forms, old records, current lab results, and formulating treatment plans prior to your appointments. I have found that devoting this extra time leads to detecting contributing factors and determining lasting solutions that make life changing differences for health issues that have plagued my patients for years.

Since 2007, Dr. Afrouz has been helping patients with their health problems. Practicing as a licensed board-certified Naturopathic doctor specializing in integrative functional medicine for women, she finds the root cause for hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, stress, weight or digestive issues, fatigue, depression and anxiety.

As faculty of University of California Irvine, she sees patients at the Susan Samueli Centre for Integrative Medicine or in her Ladera Ranch office in California.