I admitted a woman to the hospital for the sixth time that year. She was taking every medication prescribed for her anxiety and high blood pressure, and she kept getting worse. That day, she was in a hospital bed instead of at her son's birthday party — and it hit me that we were not helping her heal. That same afternoon, I attended a lecture on natural treatments for menopause. I went back to her room, recommended hormone testing, and knew I had to pursue a completely different approach to medicine. I spent the next ten years completing an integrative medicine fellowship and the most respected functional medicine certification in the country. Today, I am more committed than ever to helping women find the root cause — and actually get better.