Sarah Campbell, PA-C
Learn more about Sarah’s vision and approach to Functional Medicine.
Sarah Campbell, MPAS, PA-C
Clinic Co-Founder & Functional Medicine Provider
Sarah has had the privilege to practice as a board certified Physician Assistant for eight years. She has worked in many different settings: inpatient hospital setting, family medicine clinic, skilled nursing facilities and surgery.
Over the years, she began to notice people were getting sicker {ranging from random illnesses to very severe illnesses} at a higher frequency and at a much younger age. This bothered Sarah because as she was treating younger patients who should be healthy, they were far from it. Yet, when she ran all of the tests that she knew to run at the time, they all came back normal. This left both her and the patient feeling frustrated because she had no explanations for what they were experiencing even though she believed them 100% about the things that were ailing them {joint pain, chronic fatigue, bloating, abdominal pain, weight gain despite dieting, brain fog, random/recurring fevers, poor focus, etc}. She continued to see these patients and only had prescriptions {band-aids that covered the real root issue} to offer them.
It wasn’t until her own family started on a difficult journey with her children that she began to find answers. She has three children and right before her youngest was born, she and her husband noticed that their middle child was beginning to have tantrums and meltdowns all the time. He would tantrum every 3-5 minutes, and wake up 4 - 5 times per night, he was chronically constipated with very pale skin and dark circles under his eyes. He battled recurrent ear infections and was not able to communicate his needs effectively which resulted in even more tantrums. They finally got a diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder for their son and things started to make sense. But, they found themselves in survival mode. Sarah then heard about Functional Medicine from a friend. She was skeptical at first, but she knew they needed to do something. So she sought out help from a Functional Medicine provider. They began their journey with testing, diet changes and supplementation. Within 3 weeks of his diet changes, his teacher at school said “he is a completely different kid in class… he is actually talking to other kids and participating. He is starting to smile now in class!” At home, they were also seeing improvements. His tantrums were significantly less frequent, he only woke up 1-2 times a night and when he did wake up, he went right back to sleep.
It was a miracle!! Thus began Sarah’s obsession with Functional Medicine and how it applies to behavioral health for children and teens as well as chronic ailments for adults.
Sarah has had the privilege to treat numerous families, children and adult find the root causes to their complex ailments and behavioral/developmental delays. Sarah considers herself honored that God chose her to be the vessel for healing for so many people and it is her passion to advocate and educate for true health and well-being for all.
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