Functional Medicine is broken. We’re not here to fix it — we’re here to replace it.

Clinical mastery.
Human transformation.
Scalable, sane practice growth.

Functional Medicine 2.0 trains clinicians to stop memorizing, stop spinning, and start making clear clinical and business decisions that actually work — without burning their lives down.

This isn’t more information.
It’s a new standard.

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Dr. Z is absolutely brilliant and a wealth of knowledge!

She is a natural teacher and explains things clearly. She is literally a walking encyclopedia but has the expertise of her clinical experience with patients, as well as her own personal health journey.

Dr. Catherine Wang, MD

Board-Certified Family Practice

I just wanted to drop you a note and thank you for being an amazing person. Always happy to help and sharing all the knowledge you have, not just bits of it. I wish I would have all the knowledge you have already! So grateful for you! Thank you!

Dr. Tina Bozicnik, MD, L.Ac.

Pediatrics

Why Learn from Dr. Z?

Because she’s done the thing. Multiple times. In scrubs and a muumuu.

Dr. Brandy Zachary, DC, IFMCP is a 5th-generation entrepreneur, a licensed practitioner, and the founder of The Functional Medicine Academy™, LabDX, and multiple 7- and 8-figure businesses—all built from scratch.

She scaled from $0 to $7M in under a year, led one of the fastest-growing health education companies in the country, and has taught thousands of Functional Medicine rebels how to launch, grow, and love their business again.

But here’s the thing:

She’s not just brilliant. She’s real. She’s funny. She’s you, five years ahead with a clipboard and a battle plan.

And she’s the coach who’ll tell you the truth, hand you the system, and then cheer while you win.

Ready To Get Started?

We have something for everyone. Clinical training that rivals
all others and keeps you awake. Lab & Business tools based on
real practice experience. And for those on their path to solving
their own health mystery, Dr. Z at your service.

Academy

Door #1: A puffed-up, stogy old guy calls you “sweetie” and tells you how to address menopause. Door #2: A group of supportive practitioners of all kinds learning together and comfortable to ask questions led by a dashing, funny & not-yet-graying female teacher (Ahem, moi). What do you pick?

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LabDX

With my first ever Functional Medicine patient, it took 10 hours to analyze every single lab marker & I said, “no way!”. It is impossible to run a successful practice this way and yet that is what so many practitioners do. My first lab analysis tool was ab fab & the new one is even better. Get in line!

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Network

Forget about “lone wolf” thinking, that model is dated. Even if you are a solo-practitioner, you will do better & be happier if you are in community. Spoiler alert: Only the cool people hang at The Dr. Z (no mean girls allowed). So, $$$ in savings, VIP events & a practitioner listing – who’s in?

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Clinical

You didn’t want to do it. You thought you could do it on your own. But you pick up that phone and say, “Dr. Z, I’ve tried it all & I’ve hit a wall”. No worries, I’ve got you. From The Forum educational events to The Consult & The Report patient experiences – I’m your FM health detective.

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I am grateful to be cared for by the brilliant Dr Zachary. She goes above and beyond to take care of me. She does this by meticulously reviewing my entire lifestyle and health history in order to get to the root cause of my problems. Dr Z has helped change my life by making me feel healthy and taught me the tools to continue my path of well being.

Akiko

I met with Dr. Z for 4 months and found all the areas I need to focus on.

I started with the supplements as we were meeting & some of the diet changes, and then started with the full diet changes 3 weeks ago. I am now 2.5 weeks in and I have lost 8.5 pounds and reoccurring rashes on my hands are gone. I still have a lot more to address, but thanks to Dr. Z, I know where I need to focus and why.

Julia

Deep Thoughts

by Dr. Brandy Zachary, DC, IFMCP

Skin-tight Satin Leotards & Flying Trapeze

Functional Medicine isn’t failing because the science is bad.
It’s failing because the system is.

We’re training practitioners to become biochemistry librarians — experts in pathways, cycles, markers, and theories — but not clinicians who know what to do at 9:05 on Monday morning when a real human sits down and says:

“I’m tired. I’m scared. I feel awful. Please help me.”

That’s the problem.
The old model teaches information.
Functional Medicine 2.0 teaches clinical intelligence.
And here’s the part that might sting a little:

Cracking the root-cause mystery?
That’s the easy part.

Anyone with a certification and a cup of coffee can solve the puzzle.

But getting a patient to stop self-sabotaging…
to follow through…
to actually change their life…

THAT is the real medicine.
And the industry never teaches it.
We’re drowning in data and starving for transformation.
And even IF you figure out the clinical side…
Even IF you know how to move a patient forward…

You’re still stuck.

Why?

Because you’re doing EVERYTHING yourself.

Clinician.
Health coach.
Therapist.
Admin.
Sales team.
Lab interpreter.
Emotional support human.
You are the entire damn staff.

And the field teaches NOTHING about building a team, hiring a coach, or scaling a real business.

Nothing. Not one thing that actually prevents burnout or makes this career sustainable.

So this year — we’re done pretending the old model works.

We’re done with biochemistry worship.
We’re done with lab maximalism.
We’re done with “wait five years before you’re ready.”
We’re done with lone-wolf medicine.
We’re done with gatekeeping and hierarchy and fear-based education.
All of it dies here.
Welcome to Functional Medicine 2.0.
A new category.
A new standard.
A new way of training practitioners to actually succeed.
Clinical intelligence.
Patient transformation.
Scalable care.

This is the model where YOU become the clinician who knows what to do — not someday, not eventually — but now.

This is where patients transform because you understand how humans actually work.
This is where you stop being the entire staff and start leading a team.
This is where burnout ends.
This is where real careers begin.
We built the first ecosystem in Functional Medicine that trains clinicians, coaches, and leaders.

Real-time clinical support.
Lab interpretation.
Decision-making frameworks.
Behavior change systems.

The industry’s first health-coach staffing pipeline.

And soon — for the first time ever — a way to connect ready, motivated patients directly to the practitioners trained to help them.

A full circle. A true system. The missing link no one else had the courage or capacity to build.
Not because we wanted to.

But because the field refused to.
Because practitioners needed it to win.
Because patients needed it to survive.
Because YOU needed it to finally practice the way you imagined when you first said, “I want to help people.

So if this is the year you want things to actually change…
If you’re done feeling overwhelmed, underpaid, and overworked…
If you’re ready to practice Functional Medicine the way it was meant to be practiced…

Then welcome home.
This is Functional Medicine 2.0.
And we’re just getting started.

Frustrated with Conventional Medicine? Looking for something different?

If you are a practitioner tired of serving up pills but no solution or a patient struggling to get answers…you’ve come to the right place.

In exchange for your name, email & first-born I will send you witty banter, educational factoids & practical gems to brighten your day (or week, or month – I don’t email too often!) I promise that except for the occasional phenomenal sale, this won’t be a series of creepy, salesy, fake emails written by a faceless corporation. It’ll be from me, baby!