Terry Wahls, MD
Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and conducts clinical research using functional medicine principles in the setting of multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of Iowa. In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. Dr. Wahls has secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles (paperback), and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions. Learn more about the current study Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis at terrywahls.com/msstudy. Pick up a one-page handout for the Wahls™ Diet. Follow her on Instagram @drterrywahls, and on Facebook/Twitter at @TerryWahls. Sign up to receive her weekly research updates.
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Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Terry Wahls maintains a private practice and is a stockholder with Levels Health, Inc. and FBB Biomed, Inc. She has employment relationships with Tor Dahl and Associates, the University of Iowa College of Medicine, the College of Public Health, and the Carver College of Medicine Iowa City and receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Wahls has previous employment relationships with Standard Processes Inc. and Vibrant America LLC. She receives grants from the Carter Chapman Shreve Foundation, Ophir Gottlieb Alicia Newman, Levels Health, Inc., Susan Clelland Fund, and the Thorne Health Tech Fund. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Terry Wahls is a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine Energy Advanced Practice Module, Faculty and Planning Committee and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, She is a reviewer for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
