10-Week Practitioner Training
Root Cause Mastery
The Functional Medicine Mentorship
Master the clinical framework that identifies why your patients are sick, not just what to call it. Led by Tom Malterre, MS, CN. Former IFM faculty. 21 years clinical practice.
Enroll Now — Spring 2026The problem
"I went into medicine to help people heal. Instead, I spend my days managing symptoms and watching patients plateau."
You order the tests. You adjust the prescriptions. The patient comes back in 6 weeks with the same complaints, and you run the cycle again. Somewhere along the way, medicine became about containment instead of resolution.
You know there's more going on. The gut issues connected to mood disorders. The nutrient deficiencies hiding behind "normal" lab ranges. The environmental exposures nobody tests for. You can sense the pattern, but you were never given the framework to trace it.
Functional medicine training exists, but most of it is academic. Dense slide decks. Theory without protocols. You leave with more knowledge and no clearer idea of what to do Monday morning when a complex patient sits down across from you.
What if chronic illness was less mysterious than it appears?
After 21 years of clinical practice and thousands of patient cases, I've found that most chronic disease shares a common set of underlying drivers. The gut. Nutrient status. Toxic burden. Microbial imbalance. Mitochondrial function. These aren't separate problems. They're connected systems, and once you learn to read them, the path from suffering to resolution gets remarkably clear.
That's what this training is built to give you: the clinical framework I use every day, taught the way I wish someone had taught me 20 years ago. Not theory you need to translate. Protocols you can use the week you learn them.
Spring 2026 cohort begins April 15th. Limited seats.
Reserve Your SeatWhat you walk away with
Ten weeks from now, your clinical practice looks different.
The 10-week curriculum
Each week, we go deep on one pillar of functional medicine.
These are the frameworks I use in my own practice, with patients, every week. Each session includes protocols you can apply immediately. Not theory you'll need to figure out later.
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The Roots of DiseaseDisease is a state of discomfort within cells first and systems second. You'll learn the 10 primary contributors that push a body toward dis-ease or optimal health. This is the diagnostic lens everything else builds on.
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Master Digestion ProtocolsMost diseases track back to poor digestion, directly or indirectly. You'll learn the individual steps of digestion, the most common imbalances in the general population, and how to correct them. Includes a research review of modern therapies and why many of them are counterproductive.
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Microbiome BalancingAs past Director of Education at a diagnostic microbiota company with access to 17 PhDs in microbiology, Tom brings a view on this subject most practitioners never get. These protocols and clinical pearls will change how you see the microbial universe and challenge several things you currently believe about treating imbalances.
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Resolve SIBO NaturallyWhat if SIBO isn't what you think it is? You'll move beyond antibiotics with treatment strategies that support long-term health and produce positive side effects. Current standard treatments are often ineffective and frequently contribute to the problem.
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Elimination Diet BreakthroughsIrritating foods are a leading cause of intestinal permeability, excess inflammation, and nutrient deficiencies. As the primary author of the bestselling book The Elimination Diet, Tom draws on decades of research to show you why 97% of your clients will fail on elimination diets without your help, and what to do about it.
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Simplify Detoxification74 billion pounds of chemicals are imported or produced in the US every single day. That's roughly 250 pounds per person. If you're not considering chemical exposure in your clinical assessments, you're missing one of the most significant causes of cellular dysfunction. Practical detox protocols backed by decades of published science.
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Mood and NeurotransmittersHow neurotransmitters are metabolized and where imbalances occur. You'll leave with a clear map of the pathways and specific intervention points for patients dealing with mood disorders, anxiety, and cognitive decline.
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Mitochondrial Health and EnergyEvery cell requires energy for optimal function. When energy production declines, cellular function follows. Specific ways to nourish mitochondria so cellular function returns and downstream symptoms resolve.
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Integrate Your SkillsTom shares cases from his clinical practice and the group works through them together. This is where everything connects. You'll apply all nine weeks of frameworks to real patient scenarios and see what actually brought about healing.
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Case Study MasteryYou bring a case. The group works it. Tom facilitates the treatment plan. Hands-on clinical problem-solving with a mentor who's worked thousands of cases. You leave knowing you can handle complex patients on your own.
10 weeks. Real protocols. Clinical confidence.
Enroll in the Spring 2026 CohortYour mentor
Tom Malterre, MS, CN
I discovered nutritional biochemistry at age 10 and never looked back. Two degrees in nutritional sciences, 21 years seeing patients, and thousands of cases later, I've figured out how to make extraordinarily complex science usable in a clinical setting.
I've served as an educator for the Institute for Functional Medicine, Thorne Research, and the Autism Research Institute. I was Director of Education at both Seeking Health and Viome. I've been teaching practitioners online for over 15 years.
What that means for you: no bloated lectures. No academic rabbit holes. Story-driven teaching that makes the complex feel intuitive and immediately applicable when your next patient walks in.
- MS and BS in Nutrition
- IFM Faculty Member and Educator
- Author, The Elimination Diet
- Former Educator, Thorne Research
- Former Dir. of Education, Seeking Health
- Former Dir. of Education, Viome
- Autism Research Institute Faculty
- 21+ years clinical practice
Is this training right for you?
This is for you if:
- You're a licensed practitioner ready to move beyond symptom management
- You're frustrated that conventional tools aren't resolving your patients' conditions
- You want a repeatable, evidence-based system for identifying root causes
- You want protocols you can apply this week, not theory to file away
- You want to become the practitioner your most complex patients have been searching for
This is not for you if:
- You're collecting CEU credits without doing the clinical work
- You want a passive course you can watch on 2x speed
- You're not willing to change how you approach patient cases
- You want a single protocol to apply to every patient
From practitioners who've trained with Tom
What they're saying
Your patients are counting on someone who sees beyond the diagnosis.
Ten weeks. A proven clinical framework. A mentor who's worked thousands of cases. This is your chance to practice medicine the way you always wanted to.
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