Functional Medicine Consultation
Root-cause healing through integrative diagnostics and personalized treatment planning.
What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine is a patient-centered and systems-based approach that seeks to identify and address the root causes of disease. Rather than merely managing symptoms, it evaluates how genetics, environment, and lifestyle factors interact to influence long-term health and chronic disease. Using a comprehensive history, lifestyle evaluation, and advanced diagnostics, this model supports true healing and lasting wellness.
It emphasizes personalized care that integrates nutrition, environmental health, mental-emotional wellbeing, hormonal balance, and detoxification. This type of medicine is ideal for individuals experiencing complex, chronic, or unexplained symptoms, and for those who want to be proactive about their long-term health and vitality.
Role of Functional Medicine in Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet many of its root causes are preventable and modifiable. While conventional cardiology focuses primarily on controlling risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar, functional medicine takes a broader and more personalized view. This approach seeks to understand why these markers are abnormal by investigating underlying physiological imbalances and lifestyle triggers that precede clinical disease.
By using detailed histories, advanced diagnostics, and systems biology, functional medicine helps identify the earliest signs of dysfunction—well before structural damage or symptomatic disease sets in. This is especially important for patients with a family history of cardiovascular disease, unexplained symptoms (e.g., fatigue, palpitations, brain fog), or those who want to prevent recurrence of cardiac events.
Key contributors addressed include:
- Chronic Inflammation – A silent driver of atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction.
- Oxidative Stress – Free radical damage impairs vessels and weakens cardiac mitochondria.
- Gut Dysbiosis – Imbalances in gut bacteria affect cardiovascular risk.
- Toxic Burden – Environmental toxins and heavy metals damage the vascular system.
- Nutrient Deficiencies – Deficiencies in micronutrients affect heart rhythm and vascular health.
- Hormonal Imbalances – Cortisol, insulin, thyroid, and sex hormone imbalances impact cardiovascular health.
- Autonomic Dysfunction – Dysregulation of the nervous system causes symptoms like palpitations and dizziness.
Importance of Functional Medicine Testing
Functional medicine relies on advanced laboratory testing to uncover root causes of illness and tailor highly personalized care plans. Each test is selected based on your unique health concerns, symptoms, and goals. These insights are used to guide precise interventions that go far beyond standard labs.
While some blood work may be covered by insurance, most specialized functional testing will be an out-of-pocket expense.
- Common Functional Tests We Offer:
- Advanced Cardiometabolic Testing
- Neurotransmitter Panels
- Hormonal Assessments
- Gut Microbiome & Intestinal Permeability Testing
- Food Sensitivity Testing
- Autoimmune Panels
- Toxic Burden Evaluation
How Functional Medicine Supports Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Health
Cardiovascular and brain health are deeply connected. The same inflammatory, hormonal, metabolic, and toxic factors that affect your heart can also disrupt neurological function—leading to fatigue, anxiety, poor memory, and even cognitive decline.
This whole-body approach supports your energy, focus, mood, and cardiovascular performance—especially valuable for patients with complex, multisystem symptoms that don’t respond well to conventional care alone. Functional medicine offers a therapeutic model rooted in physiology and prevention, empowering individuals to not just manage their disease but actively reverse its underlying drivers.
For patients hoping to minimize or eventually transition away from traditional pharmacologic therapy, this personalized approach provides a safe and effective roadmap grounded in science. Rather than suppressing symptoms, it focuses on restoring optimal function to the vascular endothelium and balancing the autonomic nervous system, which govern circulation, resilience, and overall health. This method is especially suited for individuals with hypertension, arrhythmias, POTS, or stress-related cardiovascular symptoms who seek long-term solutions grounded in integrative care.
Meet Dr. Cynthia Thaik, Functional Cardiologist
Dr. Cynthia Thaik integrates functional medicine into her concierge practice with a special focus on cardiovascular and neurovascular optimization. She devotes one week per month exclusively to practicing functional medicine via telehealth. During this time, she works closely with patients seeking deep healing, transformation, and individualized care grounded in integrative science. Her method combines precision diagnostics with heart-centered listening and education.
Her cardiovascular consultation and diagnostic services are covered by insurance; however, all functional medicine services are only offered as concierge, self-pay services.
Consultation Fees
- Initial Consultation – $500
- Follow-Up Consultations – $250 (30 minutes)
- Nutritional Support Consultation – $250 (60 minutes)