The Intensive Program

Our Intensive Program supports adults and children with chronic illness as they work to regain their health. We identify root causes and guide patients toward lasting health so they can move forward with greater wellness. Through functional medicine, we uncover root causes by thoroughly understanding each patient’s health story. Learn more

Functional Wellness Program

We recognize that true wellness goes far beyond managing symptoms.
The Functional Wellness program is designed for people ready to invest in themselves.
Those seeking longevity, optimization, balance and restored vitality. Learn More

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Direct Primary Care

Direct Primary Care at Sanctuary Functional Medicine combines the best of natural and conventional medicine to guide and equip patients for the healthiest life they choose to pursue which conventional medicine can’t offer. All delivered by a provider you trust answering the questions you need for your family’s health. Learn more


Mold Toxicity

Uncovering mold toxicity means not only an explanation but with a Sanctuary detoxifcation protocol, this answer can also lead to feeling alive again with joy rather than suffering. Learn more

LYME & Tick-Borne Infections

Sometimes Lyme disease is the hidden cause of a patient’s chronic symptoms. As inflammation settles and the infection resolves, the body can begin functioning normally again. Learn more

Autoimmune Conditions

As triggers calm and the body is supported, inflammation drops, energy improves, and symptoms fade. Patients regain function and confidence knowing the real causes are being treated. Learn more

PANS and PANDAS

Everything changed over a short period, maybe a night, maybe over a week, but your child morphed into another personality. Your child’s health can be restored to a life of childhood joys unhindered by brain inflammation and unpredictable behaviors. Learn more

Fatigue

Many come to us with bodies that just don’t want to get up and go…. With our care… They get more done at home or at work. They have more energy to have fun. Patients often express “so this is what it feels like to feel normal” or “I didn’t know how sick I really was until I felt better”. Learn more

Autism and ADHD

As a parent, you know something changed about your child, something that you may not be able to pinpoint exactly, but you just know is there… By working to remove the triggers for brain inflammation and augmenting the body’s ability to heal, new changes emerge…. Your child can see a better future ahead interacting, learning, and playing. Learn more

Immune Dysfunction, COVID, and Inflammation

Our life depends on the proper function of our immune defenses. Besides the elsewhere described processes of autoimmune disease or mast cell activation, our immune system can either simply underperform or inadequately shut itself off. We’ll come back to the inadequate shut off after looking at how it can underperform.  Learn more

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

Mast cells are immune cells which release histamine and dozens other chemical messengers in response to some trigger. The histamine and other chemicals serve a purpose under normal conditions, but when they build up in excess, they can cause hives, allergies, food intolerances, migraines, GI symptoms, and many other surprising symptoms. Learn more

Thyroid and Hormone Imbalances

Hormones, whether from the thyroid in your neck, the reproductive hormones in men and women, or the little adrenal caps sitting on your kidneys can all individually or collectively disrupt your life.  We work to balance those out of alignment by identifying root causes driving the problems and supporting these critical body regulators.  Learn more

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Meet Dr. Eric Potter

Credentials and Training

Dr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and then went on to specialize in internal medicine (adult) and pediatric care, spending significant time and effort in growing his medical understanding while caring for patients from all walks of life.

Blog: Sanctuary Functional Medicine

Mycotoxins Exacerbating Autoimmunity

Mycotoxins Exacerbating Autoimmunity While mold toxins, or mycotoxins, affect us in a variety of ways, their effects on the immune system seem to be a primary pathway. Though controversy exists over things like ‘toxic building syndrome,’ research clearly supports the immune-modulating effects of these toxins. Researchers in a November 2021 volume of the International Journal…

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Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. [Proverbs 19:22]   Fallen man hates God. As a result, he hates everything which reminds him of God: all goodness, all beauty, all truth. But fallen man is, by His mercy and His wrath (Luke 12:48), pervasively corrupt,…

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Moldy Sinks?

Moldy Sinks Caring for individuals with environmental toxicities always requires an investigation into the source of the person’s particular toxin. Many with mold toxicity have asked whether growth in their plumbing, particularly their sink drains, could be making them sick, even if remediators are usually dubious of the possibility. This study takes a step forward…

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Mold Toxins Hurt Children

Mold Toxins Hurt Children For some reason, so many, especially in our supposedly advanced nation, can ignore what much of the world already realizes. The world’s most advanced medical system focuses so much attention on heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and others but cannot grasp the mold toxins’ impact on our health. In this study, a…

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