Inside AFNLM

Datis Kharrazian,

PhD, DHSc, DC, MS, MMSc, FACN

President of the Academy of Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine

Functional Nutrition Education That Creates Clinical Competence

The Academy of Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (AFNLM) was founded to address a critical gap in evidence-based nutrition for healthcare professionals and health enthusiasts.

Healthcare professionals: Despite demand for qualified nutritional guidance, most healthcare practitioners receive inadequate nutrition training—conventional medical schools provide limited nutrition education, while alternative practitioners often lack comprehensive, systematic nutrition foundations. This leaves practitioners feeling unprepared to develop individualized nutritional strategies for their patients' specific health needs.

AFNLM's skill-building curriculum equips professionals with the skills to integrate evidence-based functional nutrition into their practices for improved clinical outcomes.

Health enthusiasts: We recognize that patients need reliable nutritional education for themselves and their families. Instead of navigating an overwhelming maze of magic-bullet supplements, one-size-fits-all diets, and generic advice that ignores chronic illness and individual needs, people deserve systematic, evidence-based guidance.

AFNLM is also designed for health enthusiasts seeking to optimize their health and that of the their families

Meet the AFNLM Faculty

This team brings together real-life clinical experience in nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Whether you are expanding your skill set, pursuing advanced certifications, or navigating a career transition, our faculty will help guide you along the way.

Leslie Fuller, ND, CFN-S

With over two decades of experience, Dr. Fuller has specialized in working with neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. Her approach combines evidence-based naturopathic medicine with natural therapies to support the body's innate healing ability and optimize neurological function.

Julie Rhodes, ND, CFN-S

Dr. Rhodes is a licensed naturopathic physician and LENS provider with a Master of Science in Integrative Mental Health. Her care philosophy emphasizes a collaborative alliance between patient and practitioner, fostering healing through education, empowerment, and a foundation of structure, safety, curiosity, compassion, and service.

Jillian Moehle
ND, IFMCP, CNF-S

Dr. Jillian Moehle is a licensed Naturopathic Physician and Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) certified practitioner based in Portland, Oregon. Holding a doctoral degree from the National University of Natural Medicine, Dr. Moehle combines her clinical experience with a passion for education and advancing integrative care.

Kimber Savage, DC, CFN-S

Dr. Savage founded Savage Wellness in 2010 with a focus on in-home care specializing in quadriplegic care and life support, as well as in-home personal yoga for individuals, couples and families. Her desire to provide care to more people led her to chiropractic practice, where she discovered a love of clinical neuroscience and brain-based rehabilitation.

Khivan Oberoi, ND, CFN-S

With over a decade of experience in practice and in educating other Naturopathic physicians, Dr. Oberoi brings a combination of compassion, patience and expertise to all her patient interactions. She has extensive experience working with hormonal imbalances, chronic digestive concerns and complex autoimmune conditions.

Khaleed Alston, ND, CFN-S

Dr. Khaleed Alston is a naturopathic doctor, educator, and speaker. Dr. Alston blends evidence-based natural therapies with modern diagnostics to support patients dealing with metabolic disorders, autoimmune conditions, men’s health, and performance optimization. His clinical approach emphasizes root-cause healing through nutrition, fasting, biomarker testing, and personalized care.

Arianna Litrenta
Chef and Recipe Creator

As the founder of Sunflower Creative Co., a food photography and recipe creation company established in 2020, Arianna Litrenta has built a thriving business specializing in gluten-free cooking. Through her blog, she develops, tests, styles, photographs, and edits each recipe herself, maintaining complete creative control over her gluten-free creations.

Stacy Marie Ronquillo, MSN, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, IFMCP, CFN-S

Stacy Marie Ronquillo is a dynamic and compassionate double-board certified Family and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with over 17 years of experience in healthcare. She specializes in metabolic health, hormone optimization, and functional medicine, combining her expertise to deliver impactful, patient-centered care.

Alex Manos, BSc MSc NASM IFMCP, CFN-S

Alex Manos is one of the few Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioners in the UK. He has a master’s degree in Personalized Nutrition, completing his dissertation on cortisol resistance in chronic fatigue syndrome. He has a first-class degree in Nutritional Therapy and completed Dr. Siebecker’s certification in SIBO treatment.

Darla Booth,
DC, CFMC, CFN-S

Dr. Booth is committed to delivering comprehensive care and holds advanced certifications in functional lab analysis, Applied Kinesiology, cranial therapy, nutritional coaching, and pediatric care. She has postdoctoral training in functional medicine with focus in cognitive decline hormone imbalances, autoimmunity, gastrointestinal health, and maternal wellness.

Robin Puglia, FdSc, DipION, IFMCP, F.ION, mBANT, mIFM, CFN-S

Robin is a Clinical Nutritional Therapist with a specialised interest in the Functional Medicine approach to health. Her passion for the healing power of food, has led her to work with complex cases, involving multiple diagnoses, and chronic health issues such as ME, auto-immune diseases and fibromyalgia and help her patients nutritionally support their bodies.

Photographed by Emma Croman

Tanya Borowski, NTP, CFMP, Dip CNM,  IFMCP, CFN-S

Tanya Borowski is a leading Functional Medicine practitioner and Registered Nutritional Therapist with a clinical focus on autoimmune conditions, thyroid health, hormonal transitions, and complex digestive disorders. With over a decade of postgraduate training she combines deep scientific insight with a highly personalized approach to health.

Rylie Dean, ND, CFN-S

Rylie Dean is a Naturopathic Doctor with specialized knowledge in the various types of anemia.

Stephanie Culver, ND, CFN-S

Dr. Stephanie Culver is a naturopathic physician with a diverse background. Her clinical focus, both in the public health sphere and private practice arena, has focused on primary care management of chronic pain and mental health concerns. Her experience has  made Dr. Culver a well-known resource in the functional medicine and naturopathic clinical realm.