Joel Evans, MD

Educator for IFM Courses: AFMCP, APM - Hormone

Joel M. Evans, M.D., a board-certified OB/GYN and international lecturer, is the Director of The Center for Functional Medicine in Ridgefield, CT. He is also the Chief of Medical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine. He has continued to serve as the external lead of IFM’s Advanced Practice Module - Hormone since its inception in 2011 and was a Co-Creator of the IFM course Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery: Patient Care in a Pandemic (retired). He lead IFM’s Post-COVID Initiative and has co-authored three published papers on the pandemic.

Dr. Evans has been a student and practitioner of mind/body medicine since his initial training with Jim Gordon, MD, and the Center for Mind/Body Medicine in 1997. He has since worked in Macedonia after the Kosovo bombings in 1999, with the FDNY after 9/11, with mental health practitioners in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and has taught health practitioners worldwide, most recently remotely in Ukraine, as a member of the Senior Faculty of the Center for Mind/Body Medicine. Dr. Evans joined the CMBM Board of Directors in July 2023.

He has a special interest in genetic risk assessment for chronic diseases and is Chief Medical Officer for geneType Inc, an international laboratory. He also is Medical Director of the Keep A Breast Foundation, bringing the latest information on cancer risk assessment and prevention to his patients. Having pursued his interests in mind/body medicine, spirituality, metaphysics, and personal transformation for many years, Dr. Evans is dedicated to sharing this wisdom with others to help bring health and happiness into their lives.