Host: John P. Troup, PhD Guest: Shilpa P. Saxena, MD, IFMCP There is clinical science and clinical insight that supports the traditionally trained practitioner to practice functional medicine to impact patients’ quality of life. Host John Troup, PhD welcomes Dr. Shipa P. Saxena, who shares with us the difference between integrative, functional, complementary, and alternative medicine. Dr. Saxena also shares her journey in combining both her traditional practice and functional medicine training. Dr. Saxena is Board Certified family practitioner, a Fellow of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, and with the SevaMed Institute in Tampa, Florida. Click here to view additional integrative and functional medicine programs within this special series. This program is sponsored by the Metagenics Healthcare Institute for Clinical Nutrition, designed for all healthcare providers with roots in integrative, traditional, and functional medicine, seeking to optimize patient outcomes with support from clinical nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Please visit www.mhicn.com for more information.