Dr. Brian Lum, DC, IFMCP

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Dr. Brian Lum, DC, IFMCP Dr. Brian Lum (DC) is a board-certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP). Worldwide consultation practice. There is always something that can be done.

Recent Postdoctoral Education And Certifications


Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Cardiometabolic
The Institute For Functional Medicine - January 2020
Transforming the Assessment, Prevention, and Management of Chronic Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disorders


Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Immune
The Institute For Functional Medicine - February 2020
The Many Faces of Immune Dysregulation and Chronic Inflammation: Chronic Infections, Atopy, and Autoimmune Disorders

Coronavirus: Modern Research from Traditional Chinese Medicine - Michael McCulloch L.Ac MPH PhD - March 2020

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Modules - Hormone
The Institute For Functional Medicine - July 2020
Re-establishing Hormonal Balance in the Hypothalamic, Pituitary, Adrenal, Thyroid, and Gonadal Axis
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Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Modules - Bioenergetics
The Institute For Functional Medicine - July 2020
Clinical Solutions for Mitochondrial and Metabolic Dysfunction

Demystifying the Small Universe
Grand Master Chunyi Lin - Spring Forest Qigong - August 2020
The Small Universe Qigong Meditation from the Inside Out

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Gastrointestinal
The Institute For Functional Medicine - October 2020
Restoring Gastrointestinal Equilibrium: Practical Applications for Understanding, Assessing and Treating Gut Dysfunction

​Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Environmental Health
The Institute For Functional Medicine - October 2020
Addressing the Toxic Effects of the Exposome by Enhancing Biotransformation and Elimination

​Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module - Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
The Institute For Functional Medicine - November 2020
New Tools For Treating Common Conditions

​Intensive Healing Qigong Retreat with Grand Master Chunyi Lin
Spring Forest Qigong - November 2020

​Spring Forest Qigong Level 2 - Qigong for Healing Training with Master Gadu Doushin
Spring Forest Qigong - April 2021

​Vaccine Intensive Clinical Research Review - Vaccines & Covid
National University of Natural Medicine - May 2021

​Master of Qi Spring Forest Qigong Annual Conference
Grand Master Chunyi Lin, Spring Forest Qigong - May 2021

​Spring Forest Qigong Level 3 - Qigong for Healing Training with Master Gadu Doushin
Spring Forest Qigong - May 2021

​Intensive Healing Conference - Dr. Anthony Cahill
Human Engineering - August 2021

Background

From a young age, I was aware of how people with chronic illness can suffer. My mother was diagnosed with Crohn's disease before I was born and endured excruciating symptoms for 15 years. The standard conventional medicine approach to Crohn's then was much the same as it is now - prescribe steroids to lessen symptoms and wait until the colon needs to be removed surgically. Scientifically valid, effective supplemental and nutritional therapies were scoffed at by her doctors as not worth pursuing. The number of patients with chronic illness under my care who have successfully gone into symptom-free remission is a constant reminder of how inadequate a one-dimensional approach to patient care can be. I graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College at the age of 23 and have been active in continuing education to ensure that I have the latest tools and resources available. I specialize in treating those who are told by other doctors that there is no treatment, who are told that they will helplessly watch their chronic condition progress and there is nothing they can do. Philosophy

Headlines abound that promise 'Gut-health,' 'The One Supplement To Heal Your Joint Pain' and 'The Diet To Heal Your Autoimmune Disease' - giving the impression that you just have to do or buy one thing to heal. My new patient appointments are an hour-long because it's all important. Your diet, environment, emotional health, supplements, family history, and patient history since birth - it's all relevant when we are unraveling an illness that, most likely, took decades to create. The testing and nutritional medicines you receive will be completely unique to you as a patient. I do not have a 'one size fits all' treatment plan, as you heal we will adjust your treatment based on your renewed health goals.

10/22/2026

Data gives us information. The value comes from understanding what it means for you and using it strategically to guide your care.

10/19/2026

Longevity medicine asks how well we are functioning, what our bodies and minds have had to adapt to, and what deserves attention as we shape the present and future we desire. Those questions take on different meanings in different lives.

Personalization begins with that context. After more than a decade working with some of the most complex chronic illness cases across the globe, I have witnessed firsthand the body’s remarkable capacity for healing. I have also learned how differently that process can unfold from one person to another.

The future is bright. When care reflects what we truly need, we open the door to a life we can participate in fully, with renewed strength, vitality, and purpose.

What can lab testing tell us about longevity?Longevity invites us to look at our health over a longer horizon, and with ...
10/12/2026

What can lab testing tell us about longevity?

Longevity invites us to look at our health over a longer horizon, and with a more personal question in mind: what do we want our health to make possible in our lives?

Longevity-focused lab testing can help us understand what supports health and vitality today, while also considering how those factors shape the years ahead.

Importantly, the value lies in how those findings come together. Why choose a particular lab panel? What does it tell us alongside other results? And how does that understanding translate into priorities for your health?

On Thursday, October 15th at 1:00 PM Mountain, join me for “Longevity Labs: What I Measure and Why,” an inside look at my approach to testing for long-term health and vitality.

We’ll explore:
• The markers I measure and why I include them.
• What I don’t routinely test, and why.
• How I interpret results together and in the context of your health history.
• How findings can inform next steps in longevity-focused care.

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of my unique approach to longevity testing and how a comprehensive assessment can guide more precise, personalized care to support your health and resilience, now and in the years ahead.

Date:
Thursday, October 15

Time:
1:00-2:30 PM MDT

Place:
Live on Zoom | $37

REGISTER: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/JZQAKU4XLL3KG

Replay access will be included for all registrants.

Today is the final day to access the full webinar replay for the discounted price of $30. Access the replay at the link ...
10/07/2026

Today is the final day to access the full webinar replay for the discounted price of $30. Access the replay at the link below!

Please allow up to 24 hours after purchase for the replay link to arrive in your email inbox.

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10/06/2026

There is no question that symptoms can make us feel at odds with our own body.

However, understanding them as adaptations can help to shift that relationship from frustration toward curiosity. We begin to recognize the body’s efforts to sustain us and ask what support it needs to find a path forward toward healing.

What may your body be trying to adapt to?

10/02/2026

Understandably, it is easy to become absorbed in what we are measuring, managing, or trying to improve. Those efforts matter, but their significance becomes clearer when we consider the life they are intended to support.

Finding our “why” asks us to look beyond the immediate goal and consider what greater wellbeing would make possible. The presence to deepen a relationship. The capacity to pursue work we find meaningful. The freedom to participate more fully in the world.

That purpose can give our care direction without making our worth solely dependent on how well we feel. It can also evolve as our circumstances and capacities change.

What do you want to be well for?

09/24/2026

Each of us may have a “supernutrient.”

Not because the nutrient itself is universally extraordinary, but because it meets a need that is uniquely consequential for us.

For one person, it may change what becomes possible. For another, it may be entirely unremarkable. The power is not in the nutrient alone. It is in the precision of the match.

And importantly, the timing. What your body needs most in one season may be entirely different in another.

Healing is not about collecting every beneficial intervention. It is about discovering what your body, specifically, has been asking for.

What does your body need to heal?

09/22/2026

At the center of CAR-T therapy is a provocative premise: the body is not a passive recipient of treatment. It is an active participant in it.

In CAR-T therapy, a patient’s own immune cells are reengineered to recognize cancer and returned to the body with a specific assignment. The intervention does not replace the immune system; it equips its cells to respond differently.

Perhaps the most advanced medicine does not replace the body’s intelligence but learns to harness and direct it.

This same orientation sits at the heart of functional medicine.

What becomes possible when medicine works not only on the body, but with it?

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