Functional Medicine — CME Lectures for Licensed Clinicians
Functional Medicine Education From A Practicing Physician. Not A Lab Company.
Until now, learning functional medicine has been too complicated, too expensive and too time consuming. You are asked to spend thousands of dollars on courses and seminars only to be taught unnecessarily complicated matrices and protocols. You are told that the only way to help your patients is to order thousands of dollars of unvalidated lab tests, then to treat your patients with dozens of expensive supplements.
There is a better way.
I’ve dedicated my career to helping patients by learning the most effective tools in functional medicine, and I want to share that knowledge and experience with you.
Don’t learn functional medicine from lab companies, wellness influencers or health coaches. Learn from a practicing MD.
Joseph Mather MD, MPH
Board-Certified Family Medicine
- ✓ Board Certified - American Board of Family Medicine
- ✓ Over a decade of experience treating chronic fatigue and complex chronic illness
- ✓ World class medicine — works with patients across the globe
- ✓ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via CME Outfitters
✓ Board Certified & State Licensed
✓ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via CME Outfitters
✓ Practicing Physician Since 2014
Why most functional medicine training feels like a scam. (Because sometimes it is.)
You already know the pattern: doctors who stopped practicing years ago selling protocols funded by the same labs and supplement companies whose products they push. That’s not this.
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Every lecture is built from research and a decade of clinical outcomes, not a lab company’s slide deck.
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I still see patients three days a week — this isn’t theory from someone who left clinical practice.
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No $5,000+ certification track and no required bundles. Learn what you need, when you need it, one lecture at a time.
Physician-Owned · No Supplement Sales · No Lab Kickbacks
Ready to help your patients finally heal?
Lectures built from thousands of hours of research and patient care.
Start With GI.
GI complaints are the most common consult in any functional medicine practice — so that’s where the library starts. More tracks are in development, each with its own dedicated page for doctors searching that specific topic.
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GI Fundamentals for Physicians
How Dr. Mather actually works up and treats chronic GI complaints in clinic — from history-taking through treatment sequencing, with the research behind each step.
$200
Coming Soon
SIBO: Step by Step
A sequenced, evidence-based approach to SIBO — diet, probiotics, and when (and when not) to escalate to antimicrobials.
$200
Coming Soon
Mold & Environmental Illness
Recognizing and working up environmentally acquired illness without over-testing or over-treating.
$200
$200 per lecture. That's it.
$200 / lecture
No subscription, no tiered certification, no forced bundle. As the library grows I’ll offer bundles for related topics — but buying one lecture at a time will always be an option.
How LFM Compares
Every other option below asks for a multi-thousand-dollar commitment — or a business-coaching upsell you didn’t ask for — before you’ve learned anything clinical.
| Program | Learning Functional Medicine | IFM – AFMCP | Freedom Practice Coaching | Kalish Institute | Simplified Functional Medicine | IHP Institute | American Academy Functional Health |
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| Starting Price | $100 / lecture | $4,495 | $3,495 – $15,000 | $1.5K – $15K | $1,197+ | Varies | ~$5,000 |
| À La Carte Pricing | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| CME / CE Credit | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Licensed Clinicians Only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| No Business/Coaching Upsell | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Taught by an Actively Practicing MD | ✓ | Varies by faculty | N/A — coaching | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies |
Board Certified — American Board of Family Medicine
I'm Dr. Joe Mather.
When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was to grow up and become a doctor. So during medical school and in residency I enthusiastically learned all the guidelines, stayed up on the latest evidence, stayed late in clinic, used all the indicated medications and tried my hardest to help patients heal.
My patients didn’t get better.
They didn’t get better because conventional medicine doesn’t have the tools to address the fundamental reasons why patients develop chronic illness.
Undeterred, I jumped in to learn all that I could from functional and integrative medicine, and sure enough I started seeing better results, and true instances of healing.
But as my career advanced and I started seeing patients from around the world I began to realize that most functional medicine practices were not helping their patients. Instead, I saw case after case where the fundamentals of healing were being missed because the doctor was treating inaccurate labs with piles of supplements. What is happening is that doctors are attending functional medicine education conferences that were underwritten by labs and supplement companies — and then making a lot of money selling labs and supplements.
Unfortunately, this means that while most functional medicine doctors have a ton of experience ordering unnecessary labs and selling supplements, they are very inexperienced at helping uncover the reasons why patients are sick.
In contrast, I’ve dedicated my medical career to figuring out what treatments help patients to heal and which do not. I’ve been able to do this because I see patients 3 days a week, which means I have 2 days a week to research, teach and mentor other physicians.
Board Certified & Licensed To Practice Medicine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do these lectures offer CME credit?
Yes. Lectures are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, offered through CME Outfitters, an ACCME-accredited provider.
Who is this for?
Licensed clinicians who can already prescribe and order labs — MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs, and DCs. These lectures assume that clinical background.
How much does each lecture cost?
$100, à la carte. As the library grows, we'll introduce bundles for related topics, but buying a single lecture will always be an option.
What topics are coming next?
SIBO, mold and environmental illness, and thyroid over-prescription are all in development, each with its own dedicated page. [Placeholder — confirm final roadmap and timing.]
Practical functional medicine. Taught by a clinically active doctor and researcher.
Start with GI Fundamentals for Physicians — $100, watch anytime, no commitment beyond the lecture itself.