Lisa Portera, DC, IFMCP

Educator for IFM Courses: APM – Bioenergetics

Lisa M. (Perry) Portera, DC, IFMCP, received her medical education from the Southern California University of Health Sciences, College of Chiropractic. With more than 30 years of experience in clinical practice combined with 15+ years of educating physicians of all disciplines in the principles and clinical application of functional medicine, both nationally and internationally, she is a passionate advocate for functional medicine and its application for patients presenting with a wide variety of neuromuscular, chronic pain, and autoimmune-related conditions.

Dr. Portera has owned and operated private clinical practices and has been the principal integrative doctor of chiropractic in several cutting-edge integrative medical center settings, including Sutter Health Hospitals and Integrative Medical Center’s Institute for Health and Healing at the Marin and Santa Rosa locations in Northern California.

She holds certification in pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) to address nociplastic chronic pain and was certified by The Institute for Functional Medicine in 2015. She has extensive post-graduate training in craniosacral therapy and lifestyle approaches to chronic inflammatory-based imbalances, as well as gastrointestinal/microbiome health, immune health, and maternal health. She has been a member of Bastyr University’s adjunct teaching faculty since 2015 and is currently teaching courses in functional medicine approaches to chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease.

Dr. Portera is a strong advocate for collaborative team care approaches to improve patient outcomes, and she uses a variety of physical medicine, functional medicine, and lifestyle/mind-body medicine tools to empower her patients to more deeply engage in the ownership and success of their healing journey.