Health Care Post-Pandemic: From the ICU to Functional Medicine
Dec 20, 2023
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Dr. Mollie James, a former critical care physician in an ICU, shares her experiences during and after the pandemic. She discusses post-vaccine syndrome, treating chronic health conditions, and her ethical responsibility to keep functional medicine affordable. Learn about her career-defining choices and the importance of consumer-focused medicine in a post-pandemic world.
Dr. Molly James transitioned from being an ICU physician to providing functional and integrative medicine primary care services.
Dr. Molly James believes in the effectiveness of early treatment for COVID-19, having lost only 20 out of approximately 3,500 patients she treated with a focus on early intervention.
Deep dives
Dr. Molly James' Experience in the ICU
Dr. Molly James shares her experience as an ICU physician during the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals that out of approximately 2,000 unique COVID patients she cared for, around 1,500 died. This led her to question her abilities as a doctor and sparked her interest in exploring alternative approaches to healthcare.
Transitioning to Early Treatment
Dr. Molly James explains her shift towards early treatment and its positive impact on COVID patients. She shares that out of 3,000 to 3,500 COVID patients she treated with a focus on early intervention, only 20 were lost. This experience reinforced her belief in the effectiveness of early treatment and its potential to save lives.
Creating an Integrative Medicine Practice
Dr. Molly James describes her journey of transitioning from a surgical background to establishing her own practice rooted in functional and integrative medicine. She gradually incorporated different modules, such as GI, hormones, and cardio-metabolic, to provide comprehensive and personalized care for her patients.
Challenges and Vision for the Future
Dr. Molly James shares the challenges she faced, including being investigated by the medical board and professional entities due to her alternative approaches and opinions. However, she remains committed to her vision of restoring integrity in healthcare, educating patients about insurance limitations, and providing individualized care along with a range of integrative treatment options.
In this episode, Dr. Mollie James shares her experiences during and after the pandemic. She transitioned from being a critical care physician in an ICU to providing functional and integrative medicine primary care services.
Dr. James previously had a career in surgical and critical care, which ended because she spoke publicly about providing early COVID treatments and did not receive a vaccine because she has natural immunity. She was put under investigation by a medical board for 18 months, even though the board made no accusation of wrongdoing. This led to her dropping her fellowship credentials. She was also censured by The American College of Surgeons and is now unable to work in another ICU.
You’ll hear her discuss post-vaccine syndrome and how she helps patients clear and recover from excessive spike protein. She is now dedicated to providing personalized care rooted in functional and integrative medicine principles, and she treats a broad spectrum of chronic health conditions beyond COVID and post-vaccine syndromes.
Tune in and download this episode to learn more about:
How Dr. James’ first attempt at building a practice failed because she was using an insurance model
The ethical responsibility of physicians to keep functional medicine affordable
Her experience working in ICUs during four waves of the pandemic, which included having her ivermectin prescriptions canceled
Foundational tools to treat post-vaccine syndrome
And much, much more
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