Dr. Hunziker’s focus areas are nutrition deficiencies, mental health and wellness, and metabolic conditions. She also specializes in medication therapy management and optimization for other chronic conditions using medications and lifestyle modifications. Her interest in functional medicine started with her own health and experiences with hormone imbalance and related issues. She wants to help you transform your health and wellness to their optimal levels!
Dr. Hunziker has developed an interest in functional medicine and treating the underlying causes of disease, focusing on the ""why"" and ""how"" behind these issues. She is currently a Board Certified Medication Therapy Management Specialist. She has a diverse background working as a clinical pharmacist for many years, focused primarily on medication therapy management and optimization.
She is a graduate of the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (formerly St. Louis College of Pharmacy) and completed a primary care residency training at the University of MIssissippi Medical Center Hospitals and Clinics in Jackson, Mississippi. Her functional medicine education has come from a variety of different conferences and educational programs, and she is currently enrolled in the Functional Medicine University Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner program.
She is married and has one child. As a family they love traveling and exploring new places and restaurants. She also loves music, reading, watching reality TV, cooking, and recently started experimenting with fun food presentations (charcuterie boards, healthy recipe alternatives, etc.).
Her personal functional medicine journey nutritional deficiencies and hormone imbalances. With functional medicine approaches, these have been corrected over the past 10 years. Working through these issues and learning more sparked her interest in functional medicine, and now she wants to pay it forward by helping others to optimize their health and wellness.