Evolution of Medicine Podcast

Today, we are talking with Dr. Sunjya Schweig, you may know him as a leader in the Lyme and biotoxin illness space. However, over the last few years he has been working on an interesting project to bring functional medicine principles, and clinical nutrition to a very special population; firefighters and policemen.

Direct download: 20211222_Podcast_2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 1:30pm CST

On this episode, we have Dr. Elroy Vojdani returning to the podcast. A few months ago, he came onto the podcast and did our most popular show of the year, talking about the role of food and autoimmunity and how it relates to COVID-19.

Direct download: 20211215_Podcast_2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 4:00am CST

This week, we are talking about enzymes. Enzymes are used and recommended by practitioners across our ecosystem. There are many different supplement companies that are recommending enzymes, so we wanted to get to the guy behind the guy, like where are these enzymes coming from?

Direct download: 20211117_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 11:30am CST

On this week’s episode, we’re going to go right to the heart of the Evolution of Medicine, looking to solve the biggest issues and the biggest gaps that exist not only in conventional care, but also in functional medicine.

Direct download: 20211110_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 9:00am CST

In this episode, we feature Dr. Jessica Drummond, as a part of our New Models series. You’ll learn what a big deal endometriosis is, and to what degree it acts like many other chronic illnesses that you're probably treating in your practices.

Direct download: 20211027_Podcast_2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

This week on the podcast we have an exciting episode announcing our launch of Functional Forum Communities! I'm joined by Toni Wolley and Kristen Brokaw, who are both leaders of their local communities in St. Louis and Indianapolis but are also sales reps.

Direct download: 20211013_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

This week we have guest host, Kristen Brokaw on to interview Dr. Miles Bodzin about the business of functional medicine. Dr. Bodzin discusses what to do for your practice overwhelm. He shares what he struggled with as well as tips and tricks he has learned to improve patient retention.

Direct download: 20210929_Podcast_1.mp3
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This week on the podcast, we are going deep into immune health with Dr. Elroy Vojdani. The Vojdani family, Elroy and his father Aristo have been very helpful for James in sense-making over the last year and a half in the most important topic on the planet, immunology.

Direct download: 20210922_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

This week on the podcast, we feature Dr. Aimie Apigian. This episode is an incredibly inspiring story about her journey from general surgery residency to addiction medicine, and now to teaching other practitioners and doctors about the nervous system and how it affects addiction.

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This week on the podcast, we have another episode in our New Models Series focused on concierge care for the poor. Dr. Angela Bymaster and her husband Brett are on to talk to us about a really unique community-focused model of business that they created. They're able to take concierge medicine patients at full price and use that money to pay for other people in the community who don't have access to care.

Direct download: 20210825_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:30am CST

This week, we are talking pharmacies, pharmacists, and the reinvention of medicine. Melody Hartzler, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM is a pharmacist on the frontlines, organizing a new model of functional medicine-trained pharmacists integrated with primary care and specialty care.

Direct download: 20210818_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 12:00pm CST

This week on the podcast, we have another episode in our New Models Series focused on the terrain theory with Dr. Maya Shetreat. Maya was on the Functional Forum back in 2017 in Guernsey. She talked all about plant medicine. In this episode, she talks about her journey with terrain medicine and how that concept aligned all her clinical interests and passions. We also talk about how terrain and community connections go hand in hand, and how functional medicine practices can use her insight to treat patients with the terrain theory mindset.

Direct download: 20210728_Podcast_v2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

This week, we are going clinical with Dr. Tom Guilliams. This is a new podcast segment that we're doing called Controversies in Nutrition, and in each session we are going to take some big controversies that have been brought to us by listeners and ask Dr. Tom Guilliams about them.

Direct download: 20210721_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 4:00am CST

In this year of reinvention, we are going to need partners that can deliver incredible value to clinicians and make it easier for them to run successful practices. This week on the podcast, we spoke to Josh Crolle from Evexia Diagnostics, who are going to be one of our new partners. We talked about the genesis of Evexia, what it means.

Direct download: 20210630_Podcast_v2_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

On this episode of the podcast, we have guest host Kristen Brokaw on to interview Seth Conger, COO of Freedom Practice Coaching. Seth shares his journey to functional medicine and how he went from wanting to be a practitioner to helping practitioners scale up their practices, so they have  better business models.

Direct download: 20210623_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 9:00am CST

This week on the podcast, we feature Dr. Alex Keller. He is the medical director of Fullscript, and he’s here to talk to us about adherence. This has been a topic that we've been hot on at the Evolution of Medicine throughout our existence, and we’re excited to have a guest from our long-time sponsor on to share his insights and new resources.

Direct download: 20210616_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

This week, we are talking all about collagen. Collagen has exploded in demand with it seemingly everywhere in supplements, teas and bone broths, so we wanted to speak to someone who's on the front lines of research. Dr. Steffen Oesser works at the Collagen Research Institute.

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Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:30am CST

This week, we are talking about sprouting as part of our New Models series. We have Doug Evans, one of the world experts on sprouting, joining us on this episode He wrote a book called The Sprout Book.

Direct download: 20210512_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 4:00am CST

This week on the podcast, we have a special episode with Dr. Noel Williams, a conventionally trained MD who specializes in using supplements like bergamot, berberine and fish oil to manage his patients’ heart health. He realized along his journey that if conventional medicine wasn’t helping, he needed to learn more about nutrition to see what can help his patients.

Direct download: 20210428_Podcast_Williams_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

In our second episode of the New Models of Care Series, we feature Dr. Katherine Bisharat. Dr. Bisharat is an internal medicine physician from the Sacramento area. We have partnered with her and her clinic to launch virtual group visits and bill them to insurance.

Direct download: 20210414_Podcast_v2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CST

On this episode of the podcast, we kick off our New Models Series with guest Dr. David Tusek. Dr. Tusek built the first direct primary care clinic in Colorado and now operates a  world-class facility called Cloud Medical. In this episode, he shares his insight on creating and building a direct primary care practice.

Direct download: 20210324_Podcast_David_v2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 2:30pm CST

On this episode, guest host Kristen Brokaw interviews Chris Smith, founder of Campfire Effect™. Campfire Effect™ is a company that teaches entrepreneurs how to talk about their work in a way that is as powerful and impactful as the work itself.

Direct download: 20210324_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative healthd -- posted at: 9:00am CST

This week on the podcast, James sits down with Amanda D'Almeida and Daniel Villavecer, medical students with an interest in functional medicine who have more than 400 million followers on the social media platform TikTok.

Direct download: 20210224_Podcast_1.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

On this episode of the podcast, James sits down with Dr. Andrea McSwain, an osteopathic physician. She started her functional medicine journey with the Practice Accelerator and has now expanded her clinical influence throughout Michigan with four practices. Dr. McSwain discusses how she decided early on in medical school that she wanted to transition into functional medicine and really focus on patient needs. If you are someone who is interested in the Practice Accelerator and want to learn about how this program can be a catalyst for building the practice of your dreams, then you won’t want to miss this episode!

Direct download: 20210210_Podcast_v2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

This week on the podcast, James sits down with Nisha Chellam, MD, who discusses her journey from medical school to working in a hospital setting to transitioning into functional medicine.

Direct download: 20210127_Podcast_2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

This week on the podcast, James sits down with Dr. Vincenzo Mollace, a leading researcher for a particular compound in a citrus Mediterranean fruit called bergamot

Direct download: 20210113_Podcast_v2_2.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 6:00am CST

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