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I'm Dr. Susan Blum, a medical doctor and a true pioneer in

functional medicine and a nationally recognized speaker, author, and teacher.

As founder and director of Blum Center for Health, and through her patient care, writing,

research and mentoring.

She's a passionate advocate for those with chronic illness.

In 2017, she launched a new digital platform,

BlumHealth MD.com, featuring Heel My Gut, her comprehensive online medical program that includes

individual and group coaching.

Always gifted at bringing healing to her patients in person and through her books. ThroughumHealth MD.com she created an effective online

program that now provides support and ensures success to even more people.

Susan is assistant clinical professor in preventative medicine at the Ican School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, senior faculty with the Center for Mind Body Medicine, and she's certified in functional medicine.

She's the author of the immune system recovery program and

medical advisor for the Dr. Ahs show and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Dr Blum's next book, Healing Arthritis, which we're going to talk about today, is due to be released in November 2017.

And, you know, on a personal note, I met Susan when we were teaching together at Food as Medicine, the Center for Mind Body

Medicine, Food is Medicine Conference and immediately I was like, okay, this is

my sister MD. This woman has not only knowledge and credentials, but incredible amounts of experience and tremendous

integrity.

So she's someone I can really talk with about around navigating a lot of the challenges that doctors face

now in maintaining integrity and having that more online and book author presence.

So it's with great pleasure that I introduce my

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