PERQUE Integrative Health (PIH) Academy educates healthcare practitioners in the philosophy and practice of Physiology First as the basis of functional medicine – focusing on the processes and functions that create, sustain, and optimize life.

PIH Academy is led by Russell Jaffe with the goal of educating healthcare practitioners on Physiology First as the basis of functional medicine in practice. The Physiology First practice philosophy focuses on the processes and functions that create, sustain, and optimize life. 

It is an approach that looks at how the things we eat, drink, think and do impact us physiologically – either supporting or detracting from optimal function. Physiology First (before pharmacology) is at the core of proactive prevention and the practice of functional medicine.

PIH Academy Course 5  is ENROLLING NOW! 

“Address Root Causes of Chronic Illness: Personalized Epigenetic Solutions for Whole Health”, led by Dr Jaffe, puts personalized, functional, and integrative solutions in a 6-module virtual course.This course will include engaging lectures, QA sessions, and case presentations. It will provide you the practitioner, with clinical and practice pearls to help your clients and practice thrive.

Chronic health issues precipitate from a myriad of origins, but the root causes can be narrowed down to one or more aspects of the following epigenetic phenomena:

  • Cumulative repair deficit (inflammation)

  • Oxidative damage (antioxidant deficit)

  • Metabolic acidosis (mineral deficit)

  • Neurohormonal dysregulation (distress and loss of homeostasis)

We can stop fighting disease and initiate restorative healing while achieving whole health. It is time to thrive today rather than just get by and survive.

Previous PIH Academy Courses

Through this course you will learn to interpret standard (and some specialty) labs with a functional approach. Using predictive goal values with common biomarkers will help you to create a more effective therapeutic personalized lifestyle system for your patients/clients.

This course will give you new insights to help you refine your approach to functional nutrition.

Instructor: Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN
14 ND and DC CEU

Through this 8-lecture series Dr. Jaffe will discuss core physiology first practices to evoke human healing while overcoming obstacles to recovery and, ultimately, achieving life changing health outcomes.

Through this 8-lecture series Dr. Jaffe will discuss core physiology first practices to evoke human healing while overcoming obstacles to recovery and, ultimately, achieving life changing health outcomes.

Instructor: Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN
8.5 hours of ND and DC CE credit

PIH Academy 2021 puts personalized, functional, integrative care together for you in a 2-day virtual course, filled with engaging lectures and discussions, practice worthy clinical pearls and guidance from colleagues. 

Instructors: Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN and 6 esteemed colleagues
Up to 8 CEUs available

PIH Academy Course 4 certification program puts personalized, functional, integrative care together for you in a 6-module virtual course, filled with engaging lectures and discussions, practice worthy clinical pearls and guidance from colleagues.

Instructor: Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN

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Dr. Russell Jaffe

Russ Jaffe is Founder and Chairman of PERQUE Integrative Health, LLC, a company that offers the world scientifically proven, integrative health solutions to speed the transition from sick care to healthful caring.

Dr. Jaffe has more than 40 years of experience contributing to molecular biology and clinical diagnostics. His focus is on functional, predictive tests and procedures designed to improve the precision of both diagnosis and of treatment outcomes and he has authored nearly 100 articles on the subject.