Understanding Hormonal Imbalances in Women: Symptoms, Health Impacts, and Integrative Approaches
Overview:
When hormones are out of balance, it can feel like everything is off—mood swings, poor sleep, cravings, and even digestion issues. But understanding what’s happening inside the body is the first step to feeling better. In this engaging presentation, Felice Gersh, MD & Malisa Carullo, ND will break down the key hormones that impact women’s health, explore common conditions linked to imbalances, and discuss science-backed natural solutions—including saffron, chromium picolinate, and licorice root extract—that can help support hormonal balance.
Objectives:
- Identify the key hormones involved in women’s health and their roles in metabolism, mood, and reproductive function.
- Recognize common symptoms and health conditions associated with hormonal imbalances.
- Explore evidence-based natural therapies, including saffron, chromium picolinate, and licorice root extract, for supporting hormonal health.
- Understand how lifestyle modifications, including nutrition, exercise, and stress management, can contribute to hormonal balance and overall well-being.
- Develop protocols for patient care, incorporating integrative strategies to address hormonal imbalances effectively.
Speakers
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Jeff Bland, PhDDr. Jeffrey Bland is a personable and highly respected thought leader who has spent more than four decades focused on the improvement of human health.
He is known worldwide as the founder of the Functional Medicine movement, which represents his vision for a care model that is grounded in systems biology and informed by research that he has a unique ability to synthesize. His pioneering work has created the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI), as well as the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), the global leader in Functional Medicine education. Since 1991, hundreds of thousands of healthcare practitioners have participated in PLMI and IFM programs, and this collective knowledge has positively impacted the lives of patients all over the world. -
Malisa Carullo BSc, MSc, NDMalisa M. Carullo completed her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine at National University of Health Sciences in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her MSc. in biology at the University of Ottawa with an emphasis on genetics and molecular evolution.
Malisa puts much focus on biological medicine and its treatment of chronic diseases, as well as healthy age management. Her practice interests include endocrinology, chronic infections, and blending naturopathic medicine with sports medicine.
She is currently working as a Clinical Affairs Liaison at Metagenics.
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Felice Gersh, MDFelice Gersh, M.D. is a multi-award winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine. She is the founder and director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, a practice that provides comprehensive health care for women by combining the best evidence-based therapies from conventional, naturopathic, and holistic medicine. She received her education at Princeton University, USC School of Medicine, Kaiser Hospital, and University of Arizona School of Medicine. She received the highly coveted Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award, while teaching obstetrics and gynecology at Keck USC School of Medicine, where she served for 12 years as an Assistant Clinical Professor. She now serves as an Affiliate Faculty Member at the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, through the University of Arizona School of Medicine, where she mentors and regularly grades the case presentations written by the Fellowship students for their final exams.
Felice Gersh, M.D. is the bestselling author of PCOS SOS, PCOS SOS Fertility Fast Track, and Menopause: 50 Things You Need to Know. She has also had numerous scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Gersh is a prolific lecturer and has been featured in several films and documentary series, including The Real Skinny on Fat with Montel Williams, Fasting with Valter Longo, Ph.D., and The Business of Birth Control.
