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Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, IFMCP
Educator Profile

Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, IFMCP

Affiliated with IFM since
2014
Affiliation(s)
Primary physician, Saudade Wellness Center
Educator for IFM Courses: APM – Hormone

Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, is a teacher, author, and internationally sought-after lecturer in functional medicine. She is an educator at The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and in the fellowship program in metabolic medicine at Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI). After obtaining her BA degree in biology, she went on to finish a master’s in public health in the area of environmental health and epidemiology before starting medical school. She graduated first in her class in family practice from the University of California Davis School of Medicine and did her residency training in family practice at the UC San Francisco/Santa Rosa Program.

She has been in clinical practice for over 24 years. Before starting her own private practice in 2004 in functional medicine, she was the medical director of a nonprofit organization that catered to the underserved. She recently authored a chapter on “Nutritional influences on hormonal health” in the Integrative and Functional Medicine Nutrition Therapy textbook and another chapter on “Diabetes” in the Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine textbook and has contributed to several other publications.

She is currently very active in her Saudade Certification Program, in mentoring other health providers, and in her health retreats in Azores, her homeland.

Education
Doctor of Medicine, 1993
University of California Davis | Davis, CA

Master of Public Health, 1988
University of California San Diego | San Diego, CA
Licenses and Certification
IFMCP | The Institute for Functional Medicine | 2019
Certification | American Board of Integrative Medicine