SCIENCE TALK: The Science of Hormone Optimization

We will discuss functional medicine as a systems biology approach, looking for root causes, including the importance of lifestyle factors. We discuss how mitochondrial health influences hormone and neurotransmitter production. We will do a deep dive into these major hormones: thyroid, insulin, cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.

Speaker: Dr. Ruth Vanderkooi

About the Speaker: Dr. Vanderkooi received her Medical Doctorate from the University of Iowa and completed a 3- year residency in Family Medicine at the University of Michigan. She has practiced outpatient primary care medicine for 4 decades. She became a certified practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine. She recently retired from conventional medicine, and started a functional medicine consulting practice, which includes hormone optimization.