Anup Kanodia, MD, MPH

Family, Functional and Integrative Medicine

Certification: Certified in Functional Medicine from the Institute of Functional Medicine
Education and Training: Masters in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School Complementary and Integrative Medicine Fellowship
Family Medicine Residency: Mayo Clinic
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Active participant in the development of Functional Medicine Standards for the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM). Instructor for the Foundation of Functional Medicine course, AFMCP. Lecturer for the IFM International Annual Conference.

Hi, my name is Anup Kanodia, MD, MPH. As a classically trained physician, it did not take me long to realize that my initial medical school training was not enough for me to fundamentally help people achieve true, long lasting health. Early in my residency, I began to notice that the symptom/drug approach worked for acute problems, such as severe bacterial infections and heart attacks, but this model was fundamentally flawed for chronic health conditions. It did not and does not work. The reason this model is inadequate is because it is entrenched in dispensing pharmaceuticals that often have severe side effects and not in how to search for the “root” cause and treat the person, not just their symptom.

This realization turned my world upside down and forced me to ask myself these two questions, “Is this what it means to be a doctor?” and “Do I just want to write prescriptions all day long to camouflage symptoms?” For me, the answer was an absolute “No.” And so began my journey and another three years of medical training that introduced me to the world of Alternative and Functional training. It was during this time that I found the answers that were missing. I learned how to help people get to the root cause of a myriad of different illnesses such as chronic fatigue, allergies, recurrent infections, depression and irritable bowel. I learned how stress could destroy a person’s health and that yeast overgrowth is the silent demon robbing thousands of people of their health. For the undiagnosed that had tried everything, I learned that there were solutions. It was in this body of work that my patients began to get well, stay well and live well. My original passion in medicine took on a whole new meaning and my mission was now clear: dig for the root cause, identify it, treat it and eliminate it. This process is the key to help people transform their health and empower them to live the joyful life they were meant to live.

In my free time, I enjoy staying up on any new research into medical diagnoses and treatment options to offer my patients. I also enjoy traveling both near and far and I am a huge fan of the Cleveland Browns, Indians, Cavaliers and a Buckeye at heart.