DUTCH FEST Speaker

Joel Evans, MD

Joel Evans, MD

Joel Evans, MD is a board-certified OB/GYN and international lecturer, is the Director of The Center for Functional Medicine in Stamford, CT. He is also the Director of Curriculum Development for the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Medical Director of KBMO Diagnostics, which specializes in food sensitivity testing, and is Chief Medical Officer of HealthPointe Solutions, which focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. Dr. Evans was honored to speak at the United Nations on the topic of Prenatal Origins of Violence, and he serves as UN Representative and Chief Medical Advisor for OMAEP – World Organization of Prenatal Education Associations. His book on the holistic approach to pregnancy, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook, has received widespread critical acclaim and media attention.

He is currently the Medical Director of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Dr. Evans is a Founding Diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and is recognized as the first physician in Connecticut to be Board Certified in both Integrative Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has a special interest in Breast Cancer, and, as the Medical Director of the Keep A Breast Foundation, brings the latest information on cancer risk assessment and prevention to his patients.

Dr. Evans serves as a peer reviewer for the journals Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and Global Advances in Health and Medicine and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Holistic Primary Care. He is a member of the senior faculty of two of the most recognized and prestigious teaching institutions in integrative medicine: the Institute for Functional Medicine and the Center for Mind/Body Medicine He has continued to serve as the “external lead” of the IFM Advanced Practice Module in Hormone Health since its inception in 2011. He is a former Director of two nationally known organizations focused on pregnancy, Childbirth Connection and the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health.

Dr. Evans also helped create a clinical study at Columbia University Medical Center on the use of the herb black cohosh in breast cancer, which was presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists and later published in their journal. He recently authored a chapter on Nutrition and Sociogenomics.