From Zero Patients to a Thriving Practice:

How Suzanne Transformed Her Career With Our Unique Functional Training & Mentorship

The Healthcare Reality: Patients Are Struggling—And Providers Need Better Tools

Many patients are taking prescription medications, yet still struggle with chronic symptoms like fatigue, pain, gut issues, hormonal disruptions, and metabolic concerns.

They’re frustrated and confused about why they’re not improving or developing new complications over time.

Providers want to help these patients feel better and improve their long-term health—but often lack the time, tools, and training to address the underlying issues.

What is Functional Medicine & How It Works

Functional Medicine is a clinical framework that evaluates the physiologic mechanisms contributing to disease and chronic symptoms. Rather than focusing solely on diagnosis, it considers how epigenetic and environmental factors influence gene expression and alter normal physiologic function.

A functional medicine–trained practitioner can:

  • Identify underlying mechanisms that contribute to chronic symptoms instead of relying only on the disease label
  • Interpret specialty laboratory tests to assess the function, integrity, and performance of key systems and organs
  • Evaluate diet, lifestyle, psychological stress, sleep patterns, gut health (microbiome, integrity, and function), cellular function, and environmental exposures to understand how they influence gene expression and physiology
  • Apply targeted nutrition, botanical medicine, and lifestyle interventions to help restore healthier function
  • Personalize care plans using patient history, physiologic patterns, symptoms, and objective lab data
The Problem With Most Functional Medicine Programs

Most functional medicine programs are long, theory-heavy, very expensive, and difficult to implement in real practice.

Providers often finish feeling overwhelmed, unsure how to apply what they learned, and without the practical tools or support from an experienced mentor needed to help patients right away and be successful.

That's exactly why we created the Functional Medicine Accelerator Program.

Introducing:

A fast-track program for clinicians who want to help their chronic patients right away.

We include clinical evaluation tools, fast access to all the protocols, and support from an experienced mentor — so you never have to figure 'things' out by yourself.

"When I went through your program, I started in a tiny room inside another business, and within six months, we had 200 patients.

I’ve never seen outcomes like this in my 24 years of practice. Patients are truly getting better, and I finally feel confident answering the deeper questions I never could in the hospital. I wouldn’t be here without your program." 

Gina Pearson, NP-BC, CFNMP

A 16-Week Certification Program That Includes...

IDENTIFY UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF DISEASE

Go beyond symptom management and uncover the triggers of chronic illness by evaluating how diet, lifestyle, stress, environmental exposures, gut health, immune balance, and cellular function influence physiology and gene expression.

SPECIALTY LAB ANALYSIS

Get a deeper understanding of specialty labs that assess gut function, environmental exposures, detoxification, cellular and mitochondrial health, inflammation, and nutritional status.

PROTOCOLS FOR CHRONIC DISEASES & SYMPTOMS

Evidence-Based Nutritional and Botanical Compounds that are simple and affordable for patients with chronic diseases

FOOD AS MEDICINE

How to Use Dietary and Lifestyle Medicine as Clinical Interventions to help your patients improve their health and function using dietary patterns, physical activity, sleep optimization, and stress resilience techniques.

MASTER PRECISION MEDICINE

Creating a Personalized Treatment Plan based on the patient's 'root causes' or imbalances 

âś” Weekly Live + On-demand Classes to Advance Your Skills

✔ Apply What You Learn Immediately

✔ Get Certified in 4 Months 

âś” Bonus Package Included (see below)

BONUS #1 EASY & FAST ACCESS TO ALL YOUR PROTOCOLS

Access to a Unique Phone App with Treatment Protocols for Hundreds of Chronic Adult & Pediatric Conditions

(3-Year Access Included as a gift)

BONUS #2 YOU ARE NEVER ALONE WITH OUR CLINICAL MENTORS

Mentorship, support, and one-on-one coaching for 12 months to quickly apply everything you learn with confidence.

BONUS #3 FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE EVALUATION TOOL & CLINICAL GUIDE

A clinician's guide to applying Functional medicine (with protocols and strategies) and an evaluation tool to help you discover the root causes.

 

"I reached a point where I was seeing 40+ patients a shift, writing the same prescriptions, and realizing this couldn’t be my future.

As soon as I started the program, everything changed. This training gave me pieces of a puzzle I didn’t even realize were missing. I used the information immediately, and once I saw patients responding and actually improving, it motivated me to jump out and start building my own practice". 
Dr. Christian Jacobo, MD

Program Cost: $6,900

Healthcare provider scholarship includes a discount of $1,000!

Bringing the price to just $5,900

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The Functional Medicine Accelerator 

Certification Program 

Starting January 5th, 2026

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Clinical Tools, Treatment Frameworks, and Real-world Strategies

16-Week Curriculum Overview

Learn and apply with our practical and clinical training, access all the treatment protocols in an app, and work with an experienced mentor.

 

Week 1: Foundations of Functional Medicine & Epigenetics

Build a strong clinical foundation in Functional Medicine through a clear understanding of epigenetics and how internal and external factors influence physiology, gene expression, and disease.
Review diet, lifestyle, stress, environmental exposures, and social factors that drive dysfunction.
Work through a clinical case study and receive an introduction to functional immunology, including how innate, adaptive, and mucosal immune mechanisms contribute to chronic inflammation and how to begin mapping immune imbalances in practice.

Week 2: Functional Immunology — Immune Imbalances & Clinical Patterns

Deepen your understanding of immune dysregulation, including Th1/Th2/Th17 patterns, immune deficiencies, food allergies vs. sensitivities, autoimmunity, and chronic inflammation.
Learn how infections, nutrient status, diet, environmental triggers, and lifestyle stressors alter immune pathways—and how to translate these patterns into practical treatment strategies using real patient cases.

Week 3: Environmental Medicine — Chemicals, Toxins & Chronic Disease

Explore how environmental chemicals, heavy metals, mold, endocrine disruptors, and lifestyle exposures contribute to chronic illness.
Learn how to evaluate exposure history, assess detox burden, and identify symptoms linked to environmental toxicity.
Use a functional environmental model to guide root-cause clinical reasoning.

Week 4: Detoxification & Elimination Pathways

Learn how hepatic detoxification, methylation, bile flow, and Phase I–III elimination pathways influence inflammation and chronic symptoms.
Explore targeted nutritional, herbal, and lifestyle strategies to support detoxification safely and effectively, guided by clinical case examples.
Review specialty laboratory tests used to assess detox capacity, toxin burden, and impaired elimination.

Week 5: Functional GI Part I — Microbiome in Health & Disease

Understand the microbiome’s role in digestion, immunity, metabolism, and neuroendocrine balance.
Review clinical patterns of dysbiosis and evidence-based interventions for restoring microbial balance.
Discuss therapeutic diets, probiotics, antimicrobials, and microbiome-centered interventions.

Week 6: Functional GI Part II — Gut Integrity & Clinical Disorders

Explore the root causes of impaired gut barrier function, including inflammation, infections, malabsorption, and enzyme insufficiencies.
Learn structured protocols for GERD, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, SIBO, and digestive dysfunction.
Strengthen clinical reasoning by analyzing gut-related case studies and symptom clusters.

Week 7: Nutritional Medicine — Clinical Nutrition & Micronutrient Therapy

Develop a systems-based approach to identifying nutritional deficiencies, malabsorption patterns, and mitochondrial nutrient needs.
Review evidence-based nutrition, anti-inflammatory diet frameworks, and targeted micronutrient protocols for patients with chronic symptoms and multi-system conditions.

Week 8: Functional Endocrinology Part I — Hormonal Imbalances & HPA Axis

Examine how stress, environmental exposures, diet, and lifestyle affect endocrine signaling.
Learn approaches for assessing HPA-axis dysfunction, subclinical adrenal insufficiency patterns, circadian rhythm disruption, and stress-related hormonal imbalances through case-based learning.

Week 9: Functional Endocrinology Part II — Hormone, Thyroid & HPA Treatment Strategies

Dive into practical, step-by-step treatment frameworks for women’s and men’s hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, and HPA-axis dysfunction.
Review functional testing options, clinical decision-making, and evidence-based integrative protocols for restoring endocrine balance.

Week 10: Cellular & Mitochondrial Imbalances — Evaluation & Specialty Tests

Explore mitochondrial physiology, cellular energy production, oxidative stress, and the impact of toxins, nutrient deficiencies, and inflammation on mitochondrial pathways.
Identify clinical signs and symptoms of mitochondrial dysfunction and review specialty laboratory markers used to evaluate cellular metabolism and mitochondrial health.

Week 11: Cellular & Mitochondrial Imbalances — Treatment Strategies & Case Applications

Review mitochondrial-focused dietary, lifestyle, and targeted nutrient strategies for restoring optimal cellular function.
Work through clinical case studies using Organic Acids Testing, Metabolomix profiles, and mitochondrial biomarker patterns to guide personalized treatment planning.

Week 12: Functional, Nutritional & Lifestyle Medicine in Practice

Learn how to integrate Functional Medicine into everyday clinical visits using fast, practical, and repeatable treatment frameworks.
Combine dietary, lifestyle, and supplement recommendations into simple, patient-centered plans that improve adherence and outcomes.
Review real-world clinical applications and workflow strategies.

Week 13: Clinical Case Analysis I — Chronic Pain, Hypothyroidism & Dysbiosis

Work through advanced case studies involving chronic pain, environmental triggers, dysbiosis, metabolic dysfunction, and thyroid-related fatigue.
Learn how to map contributing factors, interpret functional lab findings, and build multi-layered treatment plans that incorporate a team-based approach, therapeutic nutrition, targeted nutraceuticals, and lifestyle interventions.

Week 14: Clinical Case Analysis II — GI Disorders, Nutritional Deficiencies & Detoxification

Apply Functional Medicine principles to complex cases involving IBS, gut microbiome imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and detoxification challenges.
Strengthen pattern recognition and clinical decision-making by mapping contributing factors, interpreting functional labs, and identifying root-cause drivers.
Develop multi-layered treatment plans using a team-based approach, therapeutic nutrition, targeted nutraceuticals, and lifestyle strategies.

Week 15: Clinical Application of Nutritional & Herbal Supplements

Understand quality assurance, safety, contamination risks, and testing standards in the supplement industry.
Review evidence-based use of multivitamins, botanicals, and targeted nutraceuticals and how to choose high-quality, clinically effective products.
Learn practical dosing, duration, and monitoring strategies for safe application in clinical practice.

Week 16: Building & Growing Your Functional Medicine Practice + Final Exam

Learn a practical model for integrating Functional Medicine into a cash-pay or hybrid practice, including workflow, protocol delivery, pricing, and patient communication.
Receive structured guidance on coaching, marketing, and sustainable practice growth.
Complete the Final Exam (Parts 3 & 4) and receive your Functional Medicine Accelerator certificate of completion.

"After completing the Functional Medicine program, I started introducing my conventional medicine patients to another approach. The program gave me a solid foundation for understanding root causes and managing chronic conditions differently.
It is the way of the future. It’s preventative, but it also treats the underlying condition and doing it naturally empowers patients to build sustainable healthy habits instead of relying on medications that could make them sicker." " 

Zerla Stoller, PA, CFNMP
Thriving With Zerla (Virtual Practice)

  • Scholarships are currently being offered and will remain available until enrollment closes or all seats have been filled.

  • The Functional Medicine Accelerator is an advanced and clinically focused program and is not open to the general public.

  • Enrollment and scholarship eligibility are limited to licensed or formally trained healthcare professionals, including physicians (MD/DO), nurse practitioners (NP), registered nurses (RN), physician assistants (PA), pharmacists (PharmD/RPh), registered dietitians and certified nutrition specialists, chiropractors (DC), licensed acupuncturists (LAc), medical students, and foreign medical graduates. Other practitioners with relevant certifications or degrees may apply for individual review.

Program Cost: $6,900

Healthcare provider scholarship includes a discount of $1,000!

Bringing the price to just $5,900

Apply For Program + Scholarship

Presenters with Years of Clinical Experience

Dr. Asia Muhammad, ND

 Dr. Asia Muhammad, ND, is a board-certified Naturopathic Doctor dedicated to bridging science and natural medicine. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biology from Middle Tennessee State University and her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Sonoran University of Health Sciences in Tempe, Arizona—an accredited medical institution that integrates both naturopathic and conventional medical approaches to healing.

After graduating in 2014, Dr. Asia completed a two-year residency in Integrative Medicine in Arizona, where she gained extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of chronic diseases. Since then, she has continued her work in private practice, providing personalized, evidence-based care to support long-term wellness.

Her work has been published in leading journals, including Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal and the Journal of Natural Medicine. She also co-hosted the Amazon Prime award-winning docuseries The Art of Natural Healing, highlighting the power of evidence-based natural therapies.

Dr. Asia integrates clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, and lifestyle interventions to create individualized treatment plans tailored to each patient’s unique needs. A passionate advocate for Integrative Health, she empowers her patients to take an active role in prevention, healing, and sustainable self-care.

Dr. Matthew Cavaiola, ND, MS

Dr. Matthew Cavaiola has been practicing as a Functional and integrative medicine physician for 17 years. He specializes in cardiometabolic conditions, environmental medicine, and men’s health. He is also an adjunct professor at the Sonoran University of Health Sciences and Bastyr University.

Dr. Cavaiola received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Delaware, a Master's Degree in Acupuncture, and a Doctorate Degree in Naturopathic Medicine. 

 Tal Cohen, DAOM, MS

Tal Cohen, DAOM, MS-HNFM is an author and presenter with over 16 years of clinical experience with integrative, nutritional, and Eastern and Western herbal medicine.

He developed multiple Functional and Nutritional medicine programs, lectured nationwide, and is the author of several books and patient guides, including “Treating Pain and Inflammation with Functional Medicine: The Complete Clinical Guide” and “The Complete Guide to Removing Toxins & Improving Your Health.”

Tal completed a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Dr. Chil Khakham, ND, MBA

Dr. Chil is a naturopathic physician with additional training in Functional Medicine, functional endocrinology, and functional blood chemistry.

His education includes a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration, and a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Sonoran University of Health Sciences.

Dr. Chil developed several Functional medicine programs and established and developed several successful brick-and-mortar and virtual practices.

Jessica Knese, MS, CNS

Jess graduated from the University of Colorado with a dual bachelor's degree in Integrative Physiology and Psychology and a Master's of Science in Clinical Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Jess is also a Certified Nutrition Specialist and has been working in several Functional and integrative medicine clinics with primary care providers who implement nutrition into their practice.

Lara Zakaria, PharmD, MS, CNS, CDN, MTM, APhA

Dr. Lara Zakaria is a Functional Medicine pharmacist, nutritionist, and public health professional with 20 years of experience in community pharmacy and 13 years of experience in Clinical Nutrition, specializing in Functional Medicine for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. She received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Master of Science in Functional Nutrition, and Doctor of Pharmacy. She also has a Post-Bachelors Certificate in Medical Herbalism, Certification in Medication Therapy Management, and is a Certified Dietitian Nutritionist (CDN) in New York & Connecticut.

Eboni Cornish, MD

Dr. Eboni Cornish is the Functional Medicine Director at the Amen Clinics Eastern Division, and she was nominated and awarded Northern Virginia Top Doctor for family practice in 2021. Dr. Cornish graduated from Brown University undergraduate with honors and from Brown University Medical School. She completed her family medicine residency at Georgetown University and Functional Medicine training. In 2003, as a Howard Hughes Medical Fellow, Dr. Cornish conducted translational research at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH. She was an apprentice in the laboratory of Francis Collins, M.D, Ph.D., the current Director of NIH and leader of the Human Genome Project. Under his leadership, she analyzed genetic associations of chronic illnesses. At Amen Clinics, Dr. Cornish specializes in the treatment of Lyme Disease, environmental toxicity, methylation disorders, and Morgellons Disease among other chronic conditions. Dr. Cornish’s approach to the treatment of chronic disease is to find the root cause of a person’s health problems by performing a comprehensive evaluation of the body’s various biological systems and takes an approach based on integrative strategies of healing.

Allison Merkey, ND, MS

Dr. Allison Merkey received a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and a master’s degree in Biology from the University of Nevada and a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Merkey has been teaching for 15 years at Maricopa Community Colleges, Yavapai College, and SCNM. She is teaching biomedical science and botanicals, and phytonutrients courses.

Allison Merkey, ND, MS

Dr. Lauren Deville received her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from Sonoran University of Health Sciences. She is the author of the Books: 'The Holistic Gut Prescription' and 'How to Be Healthy: Body, Mind, and Spirit', and the host of the weekly podcast Christian Natural Health. 

Lylen Ferris, ND

Dr. Lylen Ferris serves as the Senior Staff Physician for Doctor’s Data and has interpreted over 100,000 salivary hormone and urinary neurotransmitter reports. Dr. Ferris is a Naturopathic physician and an international lecturer on female hormones and neurotransmitters. She completed a 3-year Women’s Health clinical internship, followed by a residency in general practice with a focus on Functional and Integrative strategies for women’s health and hormonal imbalance.

A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE

What's Included in the Program...

Register now and receive our comprehensive package and bonuses: 

✅ Live Weekly Classes + Recordings — Engage in live training sessions and access all recordings anytime.

✅ Community and mentorship to apply everything you learn and to provide ongoing support with building your practice.

  ✅ Treatment Protocols for Common Conditions — Covering cardiovascular, metabolic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, musculoskeletal, immune, mental health, women's, and geriatric conditions, using evidence-based nutritional, botanical, and lifestyle medicine.

✅ Downloadable PDF Handouts for every class.

✅ Clinical Guides & Patient Resources to apply what you learn in practice.

✅ Private Member Portal with 3-year access to all course materials and recordings.

✅ Printable Grocery Lists and patients' handouts aligned with recommended nutritional protocols.

✅ Healthy Cooking eBook (Branded for Your Clinic) featuring simple, evidence-based recipes for patient support.

✅ Nursing Continuing Education (50 CEs) — Pending acceptance in 46 out of 50 U.S. states.

✅ Printed Certification of Completion to showcase your new credentials.

✅ Lifetime Listing in Our Providers’ Directory to enhance your professional visibility. 

✅ Functional Medicine App (3-Year PRO Access) — Instant access to protocols for hundreds of chronic conditions and symptoms (to build a personalized protocol in 2 to 5 minutes)

 

 

Program Cost: $6,900

The Healthcare Provider Holiday Scholarship includes a $1,000 tuition reduction.

Bringing the price to just $5,900

Apply For Program + Scholarship

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The Functional Medicine Accelerator 

Certification Program 

Starting January 5th, 2026

00

DAYS

00

HOURS

00

MINS

00

SECS

Program Cost: $6,900

The Healthcare Provider Holiday Scholarship includes a $1,000 tuition reduction.

Bringing the price to just $5,900

Apply For Program + Scholarship