The Link Between Chronic Disease and the Fascia
Integrative Practitioner Podcast
Release Date: 03/27/2025
The Link Between Chronic Disease and the Fascia
Integrative Practitioner Podcast
Angeli Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM/ABOIM, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss why healing the fascia is critical to recovering from chronic disease in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Expert Dr. Angeli Maun Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM/ABOIM, IFMCP, is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative and Holistic Medicine, certified in Functional Medicine and trained in Regenerative Medicine. She has been in clinical practice for over thirty years and is the founding medical director of North Florida Integrative...
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Incorporating Senolytics into Treatment Plans for Pain Management and Aging
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Christian Asare, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the connection between chronic pain, aging, and cellular senescence in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Expert Asare B. Christian, MD, MPH, is a board-certified integrative and regenerative pain management specialist and the founder of Aether Medicine in Wayne, Mainline Philadelphia. Aether Medicine focuses on cellular health to alleviate pain, enhance performance, and extend healthspan. Dr. Christian integrates various medical disciplines, including pain...
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How Chronic Infections Contribute to Neuropsychiatric Manifestations
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Eboni Cornish, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to use SPECT imaging as a diagnostic tool to evaluate and manage chronic infections in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Expert Eboni Cornish, MD, a highly regarded physician, provides integrative medicine services to a diverse global patient community. Currently serving as the Functional Medicine Director of the Amen Clinics East Coast Division, she specializes in autoimmune diseases, hormone imbalances, Lyme disease, autism, environmental toxicity, gut...
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A Whole Person Approach to Sexual Wellness
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Everest Goldstein, M.Ed, MSN, PMHNP-BC, IFMCP, and Ashley Madsen, PA-C, HHC, join Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss sexual wellness from the biopsychosocial perspective in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Experts Everest Goldstein is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner certified in functional medicine. She was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and then obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Princeton University. Following Princeton, she worked for Teach for America as a bilingual elementary school teacher,...
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How Muscle Improves Metabolic Health and Insulin Sensitivity with JJ Virgin
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JJ Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to build and maintain quality muscle for optimal metabolic health in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Experts JJ Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C, is a Triple Board-Certified Nutrition Expert, Fitness Hall of Famer and 4 time New York Times bestselling author. She’s a keynote speaker and media personality who was the nutrition expert for Dr. Phil’s weight loss challenges, hosted 2 PBS specials and co-hosted TLC’s Freaky Eaters. She is the...
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Is the Oral Microbiome a New Determinant for Women’s Health?
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Joel Evans, MD, and Emily Stein, PhD, join Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the relationship between the oral microbiome and women’s health in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Experts Joel M. Evans, MD, a board-certified OB/GYN and international lecturer, is the Director of The Center for Functional Medicine in Ridgefield, CT. He is also the Chief of Medical Affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine. He continues to serve as the external lead of IFM Advanced Practice Module in Hormone Health since its...
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How to Reduce and Mitigate the Effects of Toxin Exposure in Children with Elisa Song
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Elisa Song, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the connection between environmental toxins and chronic disease in children in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Experts Dr. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children – and she is on a mission to revolutionize the future of children’s health. Dr. Song is the author of the national bestseller Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to...
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How to Manage Patients on GLP-1 Medications: An Integrative Approach
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Darshan Shah, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss an integrative approach to using GLP-1 injectables in clinical practice in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. About the Experts Darshan Shah, MD, graduated from the accelerated 6-year MD/BS program at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and earned his medical degree at the age of 21, becoming one of the youngest physicians in the country. He then continued his training in general surgery and trauma in Kern County, California where he performed over 10,000 operations on...
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The Benefits of Combining Integrative and Functional Medicine with Tieraona Low Dog
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Tieraona Low Dog, MD, ABOIM, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss her journey as an integrative medicine doctor after being honored as a pioneer in the field at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium’s 20th anniversary celebration. About the Expert Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.’s path in integrative medicine is unique, shaped by her deep connection to the natural world. Her academic journey is a testament to her diverse interests and commitment to whole health, spanning disciplines such as massage therapy, martial arts, midwifery, and herbal medicine before...
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The Evolution of Integrative Medicine with Kathie Swift
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Kathie Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, EBQ, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the evolution of integrative medicine after being honored as a pioneer in the field at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium’s 20th anniversary celebration. About the Expert Author, educator, and registered dietitian/nutritionist, Kathie graduated from Arizona State University with a Master of Science in Nutrition and expanded her conventional dietetics background with extensive training in functional medicine. Kathie is the co-founder of the Integrative and Functional Nutrition...
info_outlineAngeli Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM/ABOIM, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss why healing the fascia is critical to recovering from chronic disease in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.
About the Expert
Dr. Angeli Maun Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM/ABOIM, IFMCP, is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative and Holistic Medicine, certified in Functional Medicine and trained in Regenerative Medicine.
She has been in clinical practice for over thirty years and is the founding medical director of North Florida Integrative Medicine, Ageless Medical Solutions, the former Palm Beach Institute of Preventive Medicine, co-founder of FIRRIMup™ Doctors and co-founder of the American Academy of Regenology. Her interests in other healing traditions have led her to previously teach at the Florida School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She now specializes in both the detection of chronic disease at its earliest stage, and in the slowing or reversal of its progression.