Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, is a teacher, author, and recognized international lecturer in Functional Medicine. She is a graduate of and faculty for the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, where she is involved in the anti-aging, regenerative, and functional medicine fellowship. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology, she earned her master’s in public health degree in environmental health and epidemiology prior to medical school. She graduated first in her class in family practice from the UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, CA, and completed her residency at University of California, San Francisco–affiliated Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. She has been in clinical practice for more than 18 years and is currently active in the development of teaching programs in Functional Medicine in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.