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staff at Center for Functional Medicine:
Laurel Colpitts, M.Ac.; Carl Hanson, LE; Dr. Lisa
Marie Chambers, ND; Dr. Robert
Fortier-Bensen, MD, ND, CCN, Doctor of Integrative
Medicine; Joshua Morgan, LE
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Colpitts, M. Ac. has a Bachelor of
Arts degree in mathematics from the University
of California at Santa Barbara, and a Masters
Degree in Acupuncture from the New England
School of Acupuncture. Laurel is trained in
several different styles of acupuncture. These
include the work of Kiiko Matsumoto, Stephen
Birch, as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She is certified as a Diplomate in Acupuncture
by the National Commission for the Certification
of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and is
licensed in both Louisiana and Montana. She
has 15 years experience in treating a wide
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Carl Hanson
has extensive experience
in designing nutritional plans that support
each individual on their unique path to
wellness. He has over eleven years experience
in the health care industry serving clients
in both direct personal care and in educational
areas of wellness. He holds many certificates
for nutritional or constitutional assessment.
He has studied under well known experts
as Dr. Klinghardt, and Dr. Bland. He has
worked for yearsas Dr. Fortier-Bensen’s
nutritional and lifestyle educator and they
work very closely in providing a resource
for dietary and personalized choices.
Carl’s initial experience in the Health
and Wellness field began after he became
totally disabled and conventional medicine
was not able to help him fully regain his
health. His personal health experiences
have helped Carl to gain unique insights
that one only learns through difficult experiences.
He has chosen to supplement his knowledge
and personal experience by pursuing a naturopathic
degree. In addition, he is very interested
in how God is involved in healing people
in mind, body and spirit. He has had seminary
training and currently serves as religious
education instructor at his church. The
story of his own struggles with afflictions
and pain, and his faith is very inspiring.
Carl is a motivational and educational speaker
of various health concerns in the greater
New Orleans-Gulf Coast area. He has spoken
on topics ranging from fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue to general health and wellness.
He received a letter of gratitude from the
National Dystonia Society for his efforts
in educating their group.
He is currently part of an integrative health
team that supports the individual health,
but particularly to those in need of spirit
and health. The focus must be to assess
the patient as a whole. Despite advertising
and marketing making claims of the effectiveness
of one particular diet, common sense and
statistics tell us that most diets fail.
A personalized plan must take in account
multiple variables such as metabolic type,
exercise, emotional issues, and food intolerances
and inflammation.
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Dr.
Lisa Marie Chambers, ND Dr. Chambers
is a licensed Naturopathic Physician practicing
in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
She received her medical degree from Bastyr
University, the nation's leading naturopathic
medical school and completed most of her clinical
internship from Bastyr Center For Natural
Health in Seattle, Washington. Bastyr is one
of four accredited naturopathic medical schools
in the United States offering a four-year,
graduate level naturopathic medical training
program with educational standards recognized
and approved by the US Department of Education.
An addition, Dr. Chambers is a certified personal
trainer with the American Council on Exercise
(ACE). Her specialties include autoimmune
disease, weight management, thyroid function,
anti-aging medicine, functional medicine,
nutritional counseling, women's health, pediatrics,
and detoxification. She has spent over 100
hours investigating and documenting research
on weight-loss resistance and the hormonal
connection to obesity.
Dr. Chambers is a member of the following
associations:
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
American Council on Exercise (ACE) |
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Dr.
Robert Fortier-Bensen MD, ND, CCN,
and Doctor of Integrative Medicine practices
the medicine of tomorrow, which is called
Integrative Medicine by visionaries. To
help people get better Integrative Medicine
uses all safe and effective methods available
without any prejudice to the origin. To
provide this type of medicine, Dr. Fortier-Bensen
continues to reassess the biochemistry that
makes us the individuals that we are, as
well as the genomic, proteomic and orthomolecular
processes which are involved. He has also
obtained training and certifications in
naturopathic endocrinology and hormonal
medicine, functional medicine, regenerative
medicine, orthopedic, and sports medicine,
as well as homeopathy, acupuncture and Chinese
medicine. He was also awarded board certifications
in anesthesiology, nutrition, pain, naturopathy
and Anti-Aging medicine. He has been trained
by, or lectured by, nearly all the natural
experts, in every field noted in his practice.
Dr. Fortier-Bensen has studied psychoimmunoneurology
and family systemic therapeutics. He has
trained and studied as well as taught all
over the world. He understands that pain
management must be integrative and not just
about having injections. He graduated from
Capital University of Integrative Medicine
in Washington, D.C. and was on faculty in
the department of Neurobiology where he
taught prolotherapy, functional rehabilitation
and neural therapy for six years. Dr. Fortier-Bensen
has completed a year of basic science research
in cardio-pulmonary physiology. His interest
has been in repairing joints, ligaments,
and tendons with regenerative injection
therapies such as Platelet Rich Plasma,
and Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate in
which the body's own growth factors can
help repair its injured areas. He has become
more aware of the complex energetic, metabolic,
and secretory functions of the collagen
matrix component of our bodies, where the
metabolic acupuncture sites are coordinated.
The relationship of genomic detoxification,
collagen sink absorption of free radicals,
and the signs of early joint derangements
are studied in relationship of nutrients,
hormones, and neurotransmitters. The model
of hormesis manifested by homeopathy is
also integrated into a multiloci continuum.
This is why his advice is sought after by
professional athletes, and those who wish
to remain healthy.
What has all the studying brought him? "I
compare the progress of medicine to the
statement by Max Planck who noted that science
(medicine) progresses one funeral at a time,"
Dr. Fortier-Bensen says. "Medicine
will change not because physicians want
it, but because an educated public will
demand it. Science has not failed medicine;
medicine has failed science."
"What we have in medicine today is
perfection of techniques with confusion
of goals," he explains. "In the
Integrative Medicine model, the person must
also share the responsibility for the high
cost of medicine and for his health. I often
tell my patients that if most of us treated
our cars as we do our bodies, and if we
could only be issued one, most of us would
be walking or hitch-hiking. But enough about
poor attempts and glib statements. Let us
have our beignets and eat them, too."
Dr. Fortier-Bensen graduated from Loyola
University (B.S.) and received his M.D.,
degree from Louisiana State University Medical
Center.
Dr. Fortier-Bensen is a member of the following
professional societies:
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Academy of Pain Management
• American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Medicine
• American Pain Society
• Louisiana Medical Society
• Mississippi State Medical Society
• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
• International Spine Injection Society
• American Naturopathic Medical Association
• The International and American Association
of Clinical Nutritionists
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Academy of Environmental Medicine
• Association of American Physicians and
Surgeons
• American Society of Interventional Pain
Physicians
• National Center for Homeopathy
• Institute For Functional Medicine
• American Association for Health Freedom
• American College of Osteopathic Sclerotherapeutic
Pain Management
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| Joshua Morgan
has a varied athletic back ground in everything
from mixed martial arts to football, which
has given him an understanding in nutrition
from a practical way. He is very involved
in his church and his understanding of how
God is very much a part of the healing process
of health. He has completed his certification
in First Line Therapy and is one of our Lifestyle
Educators. He has extensive experience in
designing nutritional plans that support each
individual on their unique path to wellness.
He has studied under well known experts such
as Dr. Klinghardt, Dr. Bland, Dr. Rea and
Dr. Fortier-Bensen. He has worked as one of
Dr. Fortier-Bensen’s nutritional and lifestyle
educator in our clinics. He assists Dr. Fortier-Bensen
with lifestyle, dietary, and nutritional,
and personalized recommendations and choices
for patients. He works very closely with Dr.
Fortier-Bensen and Carl. |
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