Look deeper.
Pediatric functional medicine for children who are still struggling, and the parents who know there’s more to the story.
Direct-pay practice. Out of network with all insurance plans. HSA & FSA welcome.
You’ve done everything right, but it keeps coming back.
Families usually find me after a few stops. If one of these sounds like your child, you’re in the right place.
There’s a diagnosis, but the treatment isn’t helping
The eczema keeps flaring. The tummy never settles. You’ve followed every instruction and your child is still uncomfortable.
The symptoms don’t add up to one answer
Skin, gut, sleep, mood. Each one gets its own explanation, or gets called anxiety, a phase, or something they’ll grow out of.
You’ve been told everything looks fine
The exam was normal and they’re growing well. And you know your child isn’t.
More than an answer. A way forward.
Clarity
Understand what may be driving your child’s symptoms and how they connect, instead of carrying a list of separate problems.
A path forward
One plan that brings the pieces together, so you’re no longer guessing between specialists, supplements and late-night searching.
Relief
Care aimed at helping your child feel better in their body, day to day.
Partnership
You’re not doing this alone. We adjust the plan together as your child grows and changes.
Out-of-the-box care for symptoms that don’t fit in a box.
Mainstream medicine is built around diagnosis. A symptom is matched to a condition, the condition has a guideline, and the guideline points to a treatment. It’s efficient, safe, and evidence-based for the common case. Where it struggles is the child who doesn’t fit the box: several symptoms across different body systems, each specialist handling their piece, and nobody holding the whole picture.
Functional medicine looks at the body as connected systems: gut, immune, nervous system, hormones, detox and energy. It spends a long time on the story: what happened before symptoms started, what triggered them, and what keeps them going. It considers nutrition, environment, sleep and stress, and often uses expanded lab testing. Treatments may include dietary recommendations, supplements, herbal remedies, mind-body work and pharmaceuticals.
Root cause rarely means one single cause. More often it means bringing many symptoms, supplements and specialist visits back to the one or two things that have actually gone wrong.
The symptoms look separate. The patterns are connected.
Skin
Eczema, stubborn rashes, and flares that keep returning no matter what you try.
Explore →Gut
Reflux, constipation, belly pain, picky eating, and the food reactions and sensitivities behind them.
Explore →Brain & Nervous System
Autism, ADHD, POTS and dysautonomia, and changes in sleep, mood or behavior, often tied to the gut-brain connection.
Explore →Airway
Wheezing, asthma patterns, the lingering cough, and repeat breathing flares.
Explore →Immune
The child who catches everything, recovers slowly, and seems “always sick.”
Explore →Allergies
Runny nose, itchy eyes, environmental triggers, and the wider allergic march.
Explore →I went looking for answers as a mother first.
My own child’s journey through eczema and cow’s milk protein allergy is what sent me back to the deeper questions. I had the training, years in pediatric hospital medicine reasoning through the most complex cases, but I found myself applying it differently: looking at the whole child instead of one symptom at a time.
That’s the medicine I practice now. Curious, thorough, and rooted in physiology, for families who sense there’s more to the story.
I’m a double board-certified pediatrician and a member of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS).
Lumira is out of network with all insurance plans. Working outside of insurance is a deliberate choice, because it’s what makes unhurried, deeply personalized visits possible.
Superbills can be provided for families who’d like to submit for possible reimbursement, and HSA and FSA cards are welcome.
There’s still somewhere to look.
Tell me a little about your child through the contact form, and I’ll reach out within two business days.
I work alongside your child’s pediatrician, not in place of them.