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The Integrative Practitioner Podcast is the leading on-the-go resource for education, connections, and inspiration, bringing you closer to top industry experts through exclusive interviews with leaders in integrative medicine.

Editor’s note: The views and options expressed in these podcasts are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Integrative Practitioner.

James Greenblatt, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to use integrative and functional medicine strategies to properly wean patients off antidepressants while avoiding withdrawal symptoms.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org, "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com, and “Relaxing Light Background” by AudioCoffee.

Amy Killen, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms and beyond, how to properly prescribe HRT to patients, and what’s preventing it from being a more widespread treatment.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org, "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com, and “Relaxing Light Background” by AudioCoffee.

David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss new research on the fundamental role of brain microglial cells in the development of neurodegenerative disorders and how they could be targeted for new treatments.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org, "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com, and “Relaxing Light Background” by AudioCoffee.

David Brady, ND, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss his Integrative Healthcare Symposium panel on the relatively new term, disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), the latest research on the subject, and why it’s important.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org, "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com, and “Relaxing Light Background” by AudioCoffee.

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Woodson Merrell, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss what to expect at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium in February, giving a preview of the conference program, exhibit hall, and more.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org, "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com, and “Relaxing Light Background” by AudioCoffee.

Emily Whinkin, ND, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) rejection of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD impacts the future of psychedelic therapy in the United States.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org and "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com.

Robert Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to apply peptide therapy in clinical practice, addressing which peptides to recommend and how to dose them.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org and "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com.

Neda Gioia OD, CNS, FOWNS, CFMP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the connection between nutrient deficiencies and eye health.

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Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org and "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com.

About the Expert

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FOWNS, CFMP, is an integrative optometrist and functional medicine practitioner, but she is also a patient. She is on a mission to make integrative medicine methodologies available to other practitioners — helping them provide their patients with this knowledge. She is the founder of the cold start optometry and nutrition practice named Integrative Vision. Dr. Gioia exemplifies the need to include nutrition in a classic medical setting by blending her advanced knowledge of functional nutrition and medicine into a primary optometric practice. As President of the Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society, Dr. Gioia is at the forefront of driving functional medicine adoption in traditional practices, industry, health insurance and beyond.

Everest Goldstein, PMHNP-BC, APRN, M.Ed, MSN, IFMCP joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the importance of stabilizing glucose levels while treating mental health problems.

Find us at integrativepractitioner.com or e-mail us at [email protected].

Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org and "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com.

Edward Park, MD, MPH, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist, Avery St. Onge, to discuss mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosomes, their clinical applications, and how they differ from stem cells.

Find us at integrativepractitioner.com or e-mail us at [email protected].

Theme music: "Upbeat Party" by Scott Holmes via freemusicarchive.org and "Carefree" by Kevin Mcleod via incompetech.com.