Holistic Approach to Optimize Brain Health & Mental Wellbeing

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Personalized Genetic, Metabolic, Nutritional & Lifestyle Insights

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Do you care about your brain health and mental wellbeing?

Do you feel that conventional medical approaches have limitations?

My rigorous medical school and graduate training left many questions unanswered regarding my clinical interests in the mind and brain.

After more than a decade of medical practice helping thousands of patients in need of neurologic rehabilitation and recovery, I decided to look further.

I completed the two-year Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Fellowship and became Board Certified in Integrative Medicine. I also became a certified diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. I completed post-graduate certificate training in mindfulness-based stress reduction, breathwork, metabolic health, nutritional psychiatry, and functional genomics. I have gained profound insights that I hope to share with others.

Meet Dr. Rachel

I completed my medical training at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. During my residency, I served as Chief Resident of the nation's leading rehabilitation hospital, the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and won an Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.

I have served in various leadership roles including Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services at a large hospital system and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago.

Prior to completing my medical degree, I published research in the field of mind-body medicine that attracted international media attention. As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, I studied animal cognition, with a focus on dolphin and whale intelligence, sensory abilities, and communication.

Rachel Kermen MD

My Personal Story

Treatment Expertise

You didn’t come this far to stop...

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  • Individualized exercise, nutrition and supplement guidance

  • Natural approaches to support mood

  • Functional medicine strategies for mental and behavioral health

  • Integrative approaches for ADHD & related conditions, complementing traditional care when appropriate

  • Cognitive health and decline prevention strategies with a focus on proactive, brain-healthy approaches

  • Stroke prevention strategies

  • Mind-body strategies to promote resilience, stress management, and emotional wellbeing

Prioritize best self

Boost healthspan

Genetic Testing Interpretation with Actionable Results
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1:1 In-depth intake and routine follow-up care that focuses on the following:

  • Preventative, root-cause medicine

  • Prioritized personal attention over time

  • Lifestyle, nutrition, and exercise health

  • Sleep history with referral to a specialist if needed

  • Environmental health

  • Socioemotional support

  • Genetic, metabolic and mind-body aspects of health

  • Breathwork

  • Sympathovagal tone

  • Gain insight into your unique genetic blueprint

  • Testing via simple cheek swab

  • Address aspects of your memory & cognition, mood & behavior pathways with targeted approaches

  • Optional focus on additional pathway results including cellular, metabolic, cardiovascular, exercise, over time

  • Consider diet, exercise, lifestyle and supplement strategies that support your genetic profile

  • Advanced lipid testing

  • Insulin sensitivity testing

  • Omega fatty acid panels

  • Toxin screening

  • Vitamin and mineral testing including magnesium, copper, zinc and nutritional lithium biomarkers

  • AM nitric oxide screen

  • Gut health includes OAT assessment

  • Drinking water testing (optional)

  • Wearable data review to include key metrics (e.g. heart rate variability, sleep score)

  • Testing is tailored to the individual patient and may be adjusted over time

Routine Exams & Laboratory Review

Assessment of routine specialized labs, testing may include

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Membership Program

Membership services are designed to qualify as eligible medical expenses*

Do not dig a well when you are thirsty, or forge your weapons after the war has begun.

Ancient Chinese Proverb

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"She was terrific. She was better than very good. Very competent, very thorough. Knows how to listen. Warm. Friendly. Exceptional."

"Dr. Kermen is the best. She was thoughtful and complete. She took the time to ask questions and listen to me. She is my idea of what a great doctor ought to be."

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