Hi there! I’m Dr. Tejal Joseph.
Thank you so much for visiting Bloom Functional Medicine’s site.

I have been a family doctor for over 21 years. During this time, I have learned how to identify and manage a whole host of both acute and chronic illnesses. As I watched the toll that chronic diseases took on my patients, I grew weary and frustrated with not having adequate explanations for them despite all of my medical training. I was tired of placing a diagnosis on my patients and giving them a corresponding prescription. I was often puzzled when it came to the “whys” for their common maladies. Why were they gaining weight despite following a pretty healthy diet? Why couldn’t they sleep without a sleeping pill? Why did their labs look normal yet they had a long list of symptoms? I longed for more tools, both in my own toolbox and to place in my patients’ toolbox - tools to dig deeper into their symptoms, root causes of illness, and treatments outside of medications or surgery. I felt that my patients deserved answers for their conditions and a plan to actually heal their conditions, not just manage them.

As I searched for additional resources to help my patients, I came across Functional Medicine. I learned that Functional Medicine can help uncover the multiple underlying causes of many chronic health conditions. This discipline of medicine uses a full body, systems based approach to each patient, no matter what their medical condition manifests as. I was fascinated to learn that this was such a successful model that the Cleveland Clinic had opened a Center for Functional Medicine. I felt recharged and energized to learn and apply this evidence based, scientifically backed method of patient care. I have spent the past four years obtaining advanced training in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine, the Kalish Institute of Functional Medicine, and the Institute for Hormonal Health.

I feel that my background in traditional medicine combined with additional training in Functional Medicine helps me to approach patients and their medical conditions and symptoms with an expanded lens. With the current concern of COVID-19 on most people’s minds, and the growing number of Americans with at least one chronic medical condition, it has never been a better time to address root causes of illness. Since Functional Medicine is not a substitute for primary care, I would love to collaborate with every patient’s primary care provider to develop a comprehensive treatment strategy to enhance their medical care.Having witnessed the suffering that patients have experienced with their illnesses, I am motivated to dig deeper to help patients learn more about their conditions and partner with them on their journey to wellness and improved health.