Dr. Elena Genik’s focus areas are thyroid disorders, autoimmune disorders, PCOS, adult acne, nutritional deficiencies, and anxiety. Her passion for functional medicine came about from her own struggles with thyroid disorders and PCOS and feeling unseen by conventional doctors, so she took her health into her own hands, using that knowledge and compassion to help more people using a root cause approach. Explore the use of different modalities to find what works for each unique person, to transform your health and become the best version of yourself. Options can range from lifestyle modifications such as nutrition and movement or exercise, introducing new vitamins, supplements, herbs into a medication regimen, as well incorporating other healing modalities such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and reiki.
Dr. Genik is pharmacist with a passion for functional medicine, herbal medicine, yoga, and reiki. She firmly believes that finding the root cause and treating the underlying causes of disease can transform your life. She graduated from Long Island University in 2011. Currently she works as a Supervising Pharmacist in a small, private, woman-owned pharmacy in a low income neighborhood in Queens. Her functional medicine education comes from a variety of different educational programs. She became certified in yoga and reiki in 2021.
Elena is a pharmacist and a yogi. She loves to travel and chase the sun, yet also closely follows and lives life by the cycles of the moon. Her functional medicine journey started when she had extreme adult acne, and was consequently diagnosed with PCOS after several rounds of doctors visits and testing. The doctors told her that her only option was to take hormonal birth control and/or topical creams, but she did not accept that this was the only way to treat this condition. After conducting her own extensive research, she used a functional medicine approach to treat the root cause of her PCOS that was causing many unwelcome symptoms, and was able to reverse them. Now, she wants to spread that knowledge and help more women who want to take control of their health and wellness. Fun fact: She collects pebbles from her travels all over the world and uses them to create wire jewelry pendants.
