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Transform Your Patients' Thyroid Health
Functional Thyroid Summit
Go beyond TSH and discover a comprehensive Functional & Integrative approach to thyroid physiology, comprehensive testing, Hashimoto's disease, the gut-thyroid connection, clinical nutrition, and evidence-informed protocols.
Three Clinical Sessions. One Focused Day.
Sunday, September 27 • Live Online
$400 Early-Bird Discount Ends In:
Why Do Some Thyroid Patients Continue to Struggle—Even When Their TSH Is Normal?
Watch this short clinical presentation to discover why thyroid symptoms may involve more than a single laboratory value—and what a Functional & Integrative approach can add to your clinical assessment.
The Clinical Challenge
When You Prescribe a Drug or the Lab Looks “Normal” — But the Patient Still Doesn't Feel Well
Thyroid disease affects millions of Americans. And for some patients, achieving a TSH within the reference range doesn't necessarily mean that every symptom has resolved.
20 Million+
Americans are estimated to have some form of thyroid disease.
American Thyroid Association
Up to 60%
of people with thyroid disease may be unaware they have it.
American Thyroid Association
~1 in 4
In one real-world study, treated hypothyroid patients experienced persistent or new symptoms despite normal TSH values.
Mayo Clinic Study
What else should we be considering?
- Fatigue
- Weight Changes
- Brain Fog
- Cold Intolerance
- Constipation
- Hair Changes
- Mood Changes
- Sleep Problems
Persistent symptoms do not automatically mean persistent thyroid dysfunction.
But they do require thoughtful clinical assessment.
The Functional Thyroid Summit gives you a broader framework for understanding thyroid physiology within the patient's complete clinical picture.
A Complete Functional and Epigenetic System to Evaluate & Treat Thyroid Conditions
$497
Regular Tuition
$400 Early-Bird Discount
Only$97
- Access to the live clinical summit with Q&A
- Access to the recordings and handouts (for a whole year)
- Functional Thyroid Clinical Guide with all the protocols
Live TrainingReplays IncludedClinical GuidePresentation HandoutsLive Q&A
The Curriculum
Three sessions, from physiology to clinical application.
Built for the patient who has already been told her thyroid is fine.
Each session ends in clinical application, not theory.
Part 01
Thyroid Physiology, and Why Patients Keep Struggling
A working model of the thyroid axis that helps explain symptoms a TSH measurement alone may not fully characterize.
We rebuild the physiology from the hypothalamus to the receptor, then use it to understand why some treated patients continue to feel unwell.
You'll Cover
- The full thyroid axis: production, transport, conversion, and cellular uptake
- What TSH actually measures: what it tells you—and where additional clinical assessment may be needed
- Why patients continue to struggle with thyroid symptoms despite normalized TSH and thyroid hormone replacement
- Reading the symptomatic patient: what to consider when laboratory values and the clinical presentation don't appear to agree
Clinical Application
How do you approach the patient who says, “My doctor says my thyroid is fine—but I still don't feel like myself”?
Part 02
Functional Thyroid Disorders and Comprehensive Testing
Explore clinical patterns that can exist within the broad spectrum between overt thyroid disease and an apparently normal thyroid assessment.
Learn what additional markers may reveal and how gastrointestinal, nutritional, immune and endocrine factors may interact with thyroid physiology.
You'll Cover
- Dysregulation in hormone production or conversion: T4-to-T3 conversion, reverse T3, thyroid-binding proteins, and nutrient cofactors involved in thyroid physiology
- Hormonal signaling: factors that can influence thyroid hormone transport, cellular uptake and signaling
- The gut-thyroid connection: how microbiome disruption, gastrointestinal function and intestinal integrity may interact with thyroid and immune physiology
- The Invisible Damage: immune dysregulation and Hashimoto's disease, including antibody patterns and autoimmune thyroid disease before overt hypothyroidism develops
- Building a comprehensive thyroid panel: what to consider ordering, when additional markers may be appropriate, and how to interpret results within the larger clinical picture
Clinical Application
Move from isolated laboratory numbers to a more complete thyroid assessment.
Part 03
Functional & Integrative Protocols
What do you do Monday morning?
Move from assessment into clinical application with evidence-informed nutrition, botanical interventions, lifestyle strategies and individualized clinical protocols.
Then see the process applied to real patient cases—from intake through reassessment.
You'll Cover
- Evidence-based clinical nutrition: iodine, selenium, zinc, iron, and nutritional considerations relevant to thyroid physiology
- Botanical extracts: evidence, potential applications, dosing considerations, sequencing, contraindications and safety
- The HPA axis and thyroid function: understanding how stress physiology can interact with thyroid regulation and the patient's overall presentation
- Case studies for clinical application: complete workups, laboratory findings, clinical decision points, protocol development and reassessment
Clinical Application
Symptoms → History → Testing → Clinical Patterns → Priorities → Individualized Plan
$400 Early-Bird Discount
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
The Invisible Damage
Understanding Immune Dysregulation in Hashimoto's Disease
Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system targets thyroid tissue, contributing to inflammation, tissue damage and eventually impaired thyroid function.
- Immune Dysregulation
- Thyroid Autoantibodies
- Inflammatory Damage
- Declining Thyroid Function
Learn how autoimmune thyroid disease can develop before overt hypothyroidism—and how antibodies, symptoms, laboratory findings and the patient's broader clinical picture fit together.
The Gut–Thyroid Axis
What Does the Gut Have to Do With the Thyroid?
Explore the evolving evidence connecting gastrointestinal health, the intestinal microbiome, immune regulation and thyroid disease.
- Gut Microbiome
- Intestinal Integrity
- Immune Regulation
- Thyroid Health
Learn where evidence is established, where it is still developing, and how to translate emerging research into responsible clinical decision-making.
Clinical Application
From Lab Results to Clinical Decisions
The summit doesn't stop with physiology or laboratory interpretation.
You'll work through clinical cases designed to show how patient history, symptoms, laboratory findings and potential contributing factors can be organized into an individualized clinical strategy.
- 01Symptoms
- 02History
- 03Testing
- 04Patterns
- 05Priorities
- 06Plan
Learn the process—not just the protocol.
Faculty
Taught by Clinicians Who Treat These Patients.
Tal Cohen, DAOM, DCN, MS, CFNMP
Session 1 / Thyroid Physiology
Educational Director, American Academy of Functional Health
Tal Cohen is an educator, clinician and author with advanced graduate training in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, clinical nutrition, and Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. His work focuses on translating Functional and Integrative Medicine research into practical clinical frameworks for healthcare practitioners treating complex chronic conditions.
Clinical Focus: Functional Medicine • Clinical Nutrition • Chronic Disease
Kim Yung Pfuhl, DNP, APRN, CNP, CFMNP
Session 2 / Comprehensive Testing
Functional Medicine Clinician & Educator
Dr. Kim Yung Pfuhl is an experienced nurse practitioner and Functional Medicine clinician whose work focuses on comprehensive assessment of hormonal, metabolic, gastrointestinal and inflammatory dysfunction. Her teaching emphasizes Functional Medicine laboratory interpretation and translating complex patient findings into clinically useful strategies.
Clinical Focus: Functional Medicine • Laboratory Assessment • Hormonal & Metabolic Health
Dr. Asia Muhammad, ND
Session 3 / Functional & Integrative Protocols
Board-Certified Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Asia Muhammad is a board-certified Naturopathic Doctor with advanced training in Integrative Medicine, clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, and lifestyle-based care. She earned her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Sonoran University of Health Sciences and completed a two-year Integrative Medicine residency in Arizona. Her work has been published in Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal and the Journal of Natural Medicine.
Clinical Focus: Integrative Medicine • Clinical Nutrition • Botanical Medicine • Chronic Disease
Who This Is For
Built for Providers Who Already See These Patients.
If thyroid complaints keep landing on your schedule and standard replacement is not resolving the complete clinical picture, this summit gives you a fuller assessment model and clinical strategies you can begin integrating into your practice.
- MDs, DOs, NDs, DCs, NPs, PAs, and licensed nutrition professionals
- Providers moving toward a Functional or Integrative model
- Clinicians who want to order and interpret a comprehensive thyroid panel with greater confidence
- Practitioners building a cash-based or hybrid practice around complex chronic care
- Clinicians whose Hashimoto's patients remain symptomatic despite thyroid hormone replacement
Your Registration
More Than a Day of Lectures.
Live Three-Part Clinical Summit
All three expert sessions plus live Q&A.
Complete Summit Replays
Return to the training after the event and revisit important clinical concepts.
Presentation Handouts
Download the faculty's educational presentation materials.
Functional Thyroid Clinical Treatment Guide
A downloadable clinical reference containing key assessment frameworks, nutritional strategies and protocols covered during the summit.
Clinical Case Studies & Protocol Resources
See how patient history, laboratory findings and clinical reasoning translate into practical application.
Early-Bird Discount
Attend the Complete Functional Thyroid Summit for $97
Advanced clinical education shouldn't require another multi-thousand-dollar certification.
Regular Tuition
$497
$400 Early-Bird Discount
$97
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Live Summit • Replays • Handouts • Clinical Treatment Guide • Case Studies • Live Q&A
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Before You Register
Functional Thyroid Summit
Stop Sending Symptomatic Patients Home With Only a “Normal” Result.
Three clinical sessions on thyroid physiology, comprehensive assessment, Hashimoto's disease, the gut-thyroid connection, and evidence-informed Functional & Integrative protocols.
Regular Tuition
$497
$400 Early-Bird Discount
$97
$400 Early-Bird Discount • Replays Included • Live Q&A • Clinical Treatment Guide
$400 Early-Bird Discount Ends In