Functional & Integrative Medicine

At Lakewood Primary Care and Wellness, functional and integrative medicine is about looking beyond symptoms to find and address the root cause of illness. Rather than treating each complaint in isolation, we ask why the body has fallen out of balance — and we build a personalized plan to restore it. Dr. Rajan Kohli, MD, is board-certified in Family Medicine with more than 20 years of experience and holds a fellowship from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) in Functional, Integrative, and Regenerative Medicine. This allows us to combine the best of conventional primary care with an evidence-based, whole-person approach.

What Is Functional & Integrative Medicine?

Functional medicine treats the body as one connected system rather than a collection of separate parts. Everything in our environment interacts with our genes to create either health or disease — the concept of epigenetics. Our diet, nutritional status, sleep, activity level, stress, and environmental exposures all influence how we feel and how well we age. Creating a healthy internal and external environment is the first step to bringing the whole system back into balance.

Gut Health & the Microbiome

Your gut microbiome is a vast community of trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in your digestive tract, and it has a major influence on your metabolism, weight, immune system, appetite, and mood. The links between chronic illness and an imbalanced microbiome continue to grow, which is why the gut is at the very core of our health. We help you understand what disrupts gut health and how to support it through nutrition and lifestyle. We also focus on supporting your body’s own natural processes for eliminating waste, while helping you reduce everyday exposures that can place added burden on the system.

Hormone & Neurotransmitter Balance

Hormones and brain chemicals play an integral role in health, energy, mood, and longevity. They directly affect your sleep, metabolism, and how youthful you feel. When they fall out of balance, the effects ripple through every part of daily life. Hormone testing is an essential part of staying well, and where appropriate we offer bio-identical hormone therapy — hormones with the same chemical structure as those your body makes naturally — along with other functional therapies tailored to your individual needs.

Inflammation & Immune Balance

When the immune system shifts out of balance, chronic inflammation can smolder quietly inside the body, contributing to fatigue, weight gain, and long-term disease. Identifying and calming that inflammation is a key part of restoring wellness, and we address it through nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted therapies rather than masking symptoms alone.

Nutrition, Natural Supplements & Lifestyle

A well-balanced diet, regular movement, restful sleep, and stress management are the foundation of long-term vitality — a small investment in wellness that pays dividends for a lifetime. When appropriate, we use carefully selected, high-quality natural supplements from reputable sources as an adjunct to conventional care. The key is that every recommendation is personalized to you and dosed correctly, never one-size-fits-all.

Mind-Body Wellness & Emotional Health

True health is more than the absence of disease; it is harmony between physical, emotional, and mental well-being. We use mindfulness, meditation, and breathing techniques — alongside conventional care — to help you manage stress, steady your mood, and feel more like yourself. Our goal is to help you become the healthiest version of yourself, body and mind together.

A Personalized, Root-Cause Approach

Every patient is different, so every plan is different. We keep up with the latest nutritional and medical research to design an advanced, individualized plan built around your history, your goals, and your labs. If you are ready to move beyond managing symptoms and start addressing the underlying causes of how you feel, functional and integrative medicine at Lakewood Primary Care and Wellness offers a path forward.