Functional Medicine Update – North Texas

Functional Medicine Update – North Texas 

Letter from the Executive Director:

We are well into 2017 with lots of new and exciting changes in the functional medicine world.  The growth of the functional medicine movement continues to grow at an exponential rate.  In fact, The Institute for Functional Medicine receives well over 6000 daily inquiries on the “Find a Practitioner” page. The truth is the demand for fully-trained and practicing functional medicine practitioners is outpacing the number of practicing providers.  We here at the Functional Medicine Association of North Texas are providing platform for much needed education and training in clinical science around the execution of functional medicine.

We have also revamped our format and education platform starting this year to address the “elephant in the room.” The practice implementation and business aspects of transitioning and running a thriving functional medicine practice. According to the groundbreaking survey conducted by IFM in the fall of 2015,  practice implementation was the key area holding many practitioners back from really implementing functional medicine into practice, especially in clinical practice where there may be groups, insurance models or financial constraints that makes the “ideal” cash pay model seem to hard to grasp.

We have also had some changes to our latest home for events.  THR University at Presbyterian Dallas sold 1/2 of the University building to UT Southwestern.  From this point forward, we will be unable to hold our events at this location.  My team has worked to find other accommodations for events.  Events this year will be held at several hotel and event spaces throughout the Dallas area depending on the size, duration and expected attendance of the event. We will do everything in our power to keep the cost of attending events as affordable as we always have and provide quality education and training.

Our first hosted event is underwritten by Perfect Practice, Vibrant Clinical Labs.  This event is a Practice Implementation and Business Development all day workshop on Saturday, February 25th, designed to help you determine your perfect practice vision for your future: the financial model for your practice if you are not currently happy with your financial model, your business design, the look and feel of your business and brand, your niche and much, much more.  You will also leave this event with a outline blueprint of the top items to start to address now to start moving your practice in the right direction. Please read here for more information.