Joseph Carchedi, MD, is a Board Certified Practitioner of the world renown Institute of Functional Medicine and founder of the Lower Gwynedd Functional Medicine Institute.
Dr. Carchedi earned his medical degree at Università degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza-Facoltà di Medicina in Rome and completed his residency at Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School in Chicago, IL. He is board certified and has 25 + years of experience in Internal and Emergency Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Carchedi is a medical marijuana certifying physician.
Dr. Carchedi provides an integrative, functional approach to identifying the underlying causes of disease, rather than the traditional method of diagnosing and prescribing. He addresses and treats issues with immunity, disease prevention, and energy problems such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hormonal imbalance, women’s health, cancer issues, and weight management. Dr. Carchedi also addresses and treats issues with anxiety, chronic pain, and depression with non-drug based treatments. His focus is patient-centered utilizing holistic healing by treating the mind, body, and spirit. This approach includes gene analysis (Genomics), sophisticated nutritional strategies, herbal remedies and supplements, IV therapies and the recent state of the art Platelet Rich Plasma injections, and if required, traditional pharmaceuticals. Dr. Carchedi is an avid athlete and cyclist who was also the team medical physician for various professional cycling teams from 1990’s to the present.