KRISTANN HEINZ MD - FAMILY and FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE MEDICAL ADVISOR

Board Certifications

Family Medicine & IFM Certified Functional and Integrative Medicine

Biography

Dr. Kristann Heinz is a family medicine doctor who practices functional and integrative medicine.  She believes that good health and wellness are based on a strong foundation of nutrition, physical movement, and emotional health. She partners with her patients to understand their personal health stories and devises a plan and health strategy based on in-depth testing and interpretation. Together, she and the patient create action steps that lead to effective change and measurable outcomes.

Dr. Heinz is a medical doctor (MD) board-certified with the American Academy of Family Medicine, the American Board of Integrative-Holistic Medicine and the American Board of Physician Specialties in Integrative Medicine. She is also a registered dietician (RD), a physician acupuncturist and a certified practitioner with the Institute for Functional Medicine. She received her B.S. in Nutrition Science at Simmons College. After graduating, she completed a dietetic internship and two Maternal and Child Health Fellowships. This training allowed her to work as a registered dietician with many community-based family nutrition programs. She went on to receive a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed her family medicine residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network. During this time, she began studying other forms of healing, such as acupuncture, medical group education, homeopathy, herbal medicine and functional medicine. Her research during residency focused on integrating these modalities into a primary care setting for which she was given the Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship.   Dr. Heinz currently practices integrative family care and provides medical, nutritional and educational services throughout the United States. She is based Bucks County Pennsylvania.