Elizabeth Boham
believes we all deserve vibrant health and happiness
and that we can get there using the power of real food.
About Elizabeth Boham
Elizabeth Boham, MD, IFMCP, MS, RD, is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical College and an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. In addition, she has her undergraduate degree in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University and her graduate degree and Registered Dietitian from Columbia University. Dr. Boham joined Dr. Mark Hyman and The UltraWellness Center team in 2007 and is currently the Medical Director at the UltraWellness Center. Prior to that she practiced integrative medicine at Canyon Ranch in Lenox (MA), and was a practicing physician and partner with Albany (NY) Clinical Nutrition Specialists. Dr. Boham learned how difficult it can be to navigate through the health-care system, after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30. Through Functional Medicine, she has realized how important it is to evaluate all of the systems in the body to discover the underlying cause for dysfunction.
Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, Nutrition Assessment, Functional Medicine / Functional Nutrition, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies. She is an educator for the Institute for Functional Medicine and has developed the functional nutrition course that is being used to educate physicians and other health professionals worldwide. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote a chapter on the Functional Medicine Approach for Obesity for the 9th edition of the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. Her book Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. Dr. Boham has been featured across various podcasts, TV shows, magazines, and other media platforms.. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness.
Some of the conditions
Dr. Boham specializes in
- Women’s Health
- Weight Loss, Optimizing Metabolism
- Insulin Resistance, Prediabetes and Diabetes
- Hormone Balancing
- Fatigue
- Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders
- Dysbiosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Toxins and Supporting Detoxification
- Heart Health
- Nutrition Intervention to Optimize Health and Wellness
- Cancer Prevention
- Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
- Chronic Infections
- Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Underweight and Malabsorption
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Food Allergies and Food Sensitivities
- Dementia / Alzheimer’s
Working with Dr. Boham
Your first appointment with Dr. Boham will be done in person at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Before your trip to the clinic, one of our nurses will work with you to gather information about your health and family history and will build an in-depth health profile to share with Dr. Boham. During your initial appointment, Dr. Boham will dig deeper and work with you to create a plan. Your first follow-up with Dr. Boham will be a 50-minute appointment that can be done by phone or in-person. Follow-up appointments after that will be either 25-minutes or 50-minutes depending on lab results and where you are at on your health journey.