Kristie Lynn Gering, MD

Information for Patients

From the practitioner: About My Practice

After practicing in a traditional family medicine setting for over 17 years, I opened Spero Wellness Clinic in January 2017. Spero is a direct-pay, functional medicine clinic. I enjoy working with families for preventive care, and also enjoy helping those struggling with chronic illness figure out how to achieve better health. Utilizing functional medicine principles, we search for and attempt to correct the root cause(s) of illness, rather than simply treating/masking symptoms with meds. We gather a thorough history and use standard & specialty labs to help assess what your body needs more of, and what needs to be removed. We look at this process as a long-term partnership, and are committed to working with your in pursuit of wellness.

From the practitioner: What Patients Can Expect

Once interested patients fill out our health history form, they schedule a 90 minute intake visit with me (Dr. Gering). Utilizing your history, symptoms and findings on physical exam, I will make recommendations on lifestyle, diet, basic supplements +/- IV nutritional therapy. Then together we decide what further steps and/or tests make sense to do next. We will arrange a follow-up visit in 2-3 months to see how preliminary protocol has worked, and to review results of specialty labs if obtained. We will then hone your plan further based on those results and how you have done thus far. Realistically, we know that many chronic illnesses may take 1-2 years of hard work to fully turn around, but believe that long term wellness is possible!

Medical Specialties

• Family Medicine
• Functional Medicine

Medical Conditions

• Aging
• Allergies
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autoimmune Disease
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Chronic Disease
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Chronic Pain
• Depression, Anxiety or Bipolar Disorder
• Diabetes
• Digestive disorders
• Fatigue
• Female Disorders
• Fibromyalgia
• Gluten Sensitivity
• Hypertension
• Infections (acute and chronic low-grade such as Lyme, Candidiasis etc.)
• Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
• Male disorders
• Mercury and Heavy Metal Toxicity
• Metabolic Syndrome (pre-diabetes, insulin resistance)
• Migraines and Headaches
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurodegenerative disorders
• Skin Disorders
• Stress-related Conditions
• Thyroid, adrenal and other hormonal disorders
• Weight or Metabolism concerns

Languages Spoken

• English

Graduate School Education

South Dakota School of Medicine, 1992; UW Madison Eau Claire Family Medicine Residency, 1996; Applying Functional Medicine to Clinical Practice Sept 2013; all IFM Advanced Practice Modules completed by Feb 2016

Professional Associations

IFM, ACAM, ICIM, AAFP

IFM Coursework

• Advanced Clinical Training: Reversing Cognitive Decline
• Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
• Bioenergetics (formerly Energy) Advanced Practice Module
• Cardiometabolic Advanced Practice Module
• Environmental Health (formerly Detox) Advanced Practice Module
• GI Advanced Practice Module
• Hormone Advanced Practice Module
• Immune Advanced Practice Module