A course in Functional Medicine

Discovered pantothenic acid and argued for biochemical individuality — the idea beneath functional medicine.

Ran the first double-blind trials in psychiatry and founded orthomolecular medicine with high-dose niacin.

Co-led the Adverse Childhood Experiences study linking childhood trauma to lifelong disease.

Framed clinical practice around the tack rule — take out what harms, put in what's missing.

Coined and codified functional medicine; founded the Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991.

Co-founded Bastyr University, the first accredited natural-medicine university in the United States.

Neurologist who put diet, glycemia and the microbiome at the centre of brain health.

Reversed her own progressive MS disability with a mitochondrial-nutrition protocol, then trialled it.

Took functional medicine mainstream through the Cleveland Clinic Center and a run of bestsellers.