“A diagnosis is only a starting point for asking deeper questions”
Dr. Luigi Vilchis
MD, IFMCP, DipIBLM
Dr. Luigi Vilchis is a Medical Doctor graduated from the Autonomous University of Baja California. He is Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFMCP). He is also a Diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (DipIBLM), certified Functional Health Coach and Level 1 CHEK Practitioner.
"More importantly, I am a human-being with the intention of sharing and teaching each patient by prescription and example a lifestyle that optimizes our biological and spiritual health, and at the same time promotes healing of our community and the planet through conscious daily choices. "
About
Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP).
He has completed all Advanced Practice Modules (APM) for certification by the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM):
+ Cardiometabolics APM
+ Immune APM
+ Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
+ Hormone APM
+ Environmental Health APM
+ Bioenergetics APM
+ GastroIntestinal APM
+ Presented a clinical case demonstrating Functional Medicine expertise.
+ Passed a 200 clinical cases written examination.
He is currently leader speaker in Functional Medicine as well as a medical advisor in Functional Medicine por health professionals. He had a 2 year experience as lead Physician at Sanoviv Medical Institute, the 1st hospital and institute certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine, where he practiced Functional Medicine along with state-of-the-art medicine in the following areas: Bioenergetic Medicine, Mind-Body Medicine, Regenerative, IV Nutritional Therapy, Ozone Therapy, Biodentical Hormone Replacement Therapies. There he also collaborated with a team of physicians, psychologists, nutritionists, chiropractors, biological dentists, fitness instructors, and mind-body therapists to sucessfuly treat patients from all over the world with multiple chronic-complex conditions.
+ Diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (DipIBLM)
+ Member of Education Committee at Asociación Mexicana de Medicina del Estilo de Vida (AMMEV).
Alumni from CHEK Institute, where he was trained in Holistic Lifestyle Coaching, an approach to Health Coaching focused not only on individual health, but health in hand with the environment and lifestyle in which each person unfolds. He also studied and practiced Integrated Movement Science, the art and science of assessing imbalances in posture, movement and dynamics of the human body, with which he identifies relationships between the structural, biological and bioenergetic systems: Scientific Back Training, Program Design, Scientific Core Conditiong, Primal Pattern Movements, culminating in a certificate in Integrated Movement Science and Holistic Lifestyle Coaching to be recognized as a Level 1 CHEK Practitioner: Functional Health Coach . With these tools he employs a methodology based on science, psychology, spirituality and lifestyle with the purpose of guiding people to discover their dreams and create the best version of themselves.
Other certifications and courses:
+ Therapeutic Food Plans: A component of Personalized Nutrition
@ IFM and American Nutrition Association,
+ Certificate in Functional Cardiometabolic Health \ 2021
+ Certificate in Functional Gastrointestinal Health | 2022
+ Certificate in Bioidentical Hormones and Sexual Health | 2024
@ Instituto de Especialización en Medicina Funcional (IEMF)
+ Certificate in Perineural Injection Therapy (Lyftogt) | 2024
+ Course in "Complex, Critical, Multidisciplinary and Systemic Thinking in Health" by economist, philosopher, and thought leader Victor Saadia.
“If we see signal and opportunity rather than symptoms, we are closer to creating health and wellness, not just stopping disease.”
My Values in our Gatherings
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A Sacred Experience
One of my intentions is that in every contact with every patient, from arrival to departure, the gift of a sacred experience may be present.
Sacredness has 2 qualities, according to Charles Eisenstein: uniqueness in every human and a sense of connection in every interaction.
To me a health service must revive these qualities in each person and relationship. Only then can we collaborate to create health, well-being and vitality in relationship to the personal creative dreams of each of us.
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Health in Community
That humans are social beings is no longer just a knowledge of anthropology and ancestry, it is now a fact evidenced in numerous clinical studies.
The prognosis for recovery, duration and intensity of symptoms is highly correlated with the community support we have.
There are endless other gifts that community support offers: reduced anxiety, depression, dementia, gastrointestinal problems, cardiovascular problems, post-surgical recovery and healthy longevity, and many more.
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Sustainable Health
Every act we perform with our body affects Earth, and every act we perform on Earth affects our body.
Consider the nutrigenomic properties of plant foods (phytonutrients), or the enormous benefits of animal foods from grass-fed livestock or regenerative farms.
We are not only what we eat, but also what our food ate, and it is not only us who receive the maximum benefits of mindful eating... Earth also receives this back.
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Holistic Health, Systems Biology
Somos parte de una enorme red, macro- y microscópica:
Sistemas biológicos del cuerpo, sistema de salud, sistema de alimentación, sistema de creencias, sistema social, sistema familiar, ecosistema… todos tienen un rol intrínseco y esencial en el desenlace de nuestra salud. Es vital contemplar esto para una comprensión integral de nuestra salud.
Creer que la medicina sólo trata de lo que hablamos médico y paciente es una visión reduccionista, y esta creencia nos dará resultados reducidos.
