His approach encompasses the idea that food is medicine and that finding the root cause of an illness is the key to maximizing health and not just managing symptoms.

Dr. Halligan utilizes The Functional Medicine Timeline, an investigative approach to mapping out a patient’s history in relation to current symptoms and health challenges, along with a nutritional approach and healing body movements to optimize the health and wellbeing of the individual.

Dr. Halligan has advanced training in acupuncture from the Helms Institute at UCLA and focuses on treating gastrointestinal dysfunction, hormonal imbalance, cardiometabolic chronic fatigue, and other chronic health conditions.

He starts his day with meditation, warm lemon and ginger tea, and exercise.