<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Institute for Functional Medicine faculty member for 14 years, Dr. Christensen first became interested in functional medicine 20 years ago when trying to solve the riddle of her and her family’s complex health challenges &#8212; unbeknownst to her at the time they were consequences of severe toxic mold exposure. She became intimately familiar with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmunity, and the hormonal, neurological and psychiatric consequences of unrecognized biotoxin illness. A board-certified OB-GYN for 23 years, her initial boutique functional medicine practice has grown into The Carpathia Collaborative, a large, multidisciplinary functional medicine practice based in Dallas covering the full spectrum of complex chronic disease. The practice provides 360 degree functional, lifestyle and nutritional medicine, and includes an onsite teaching kitchen, yoga studio and education library that also serves as the site for community-learning events. Dr. Christensen is passionate about educating her clients and colleagues about root cause, whole-systems medicine most recently as the host of the highly successful Toxic Mold Summit.</span></p>
