Jessica Santos

Jessica was born in a small town near Tucson, Arizona. She completed her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 2004 and continued on to obtain her Master’s of Science, also in Nursing, in 2006, both from the University of Arizona. Jessica certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Her early career was in Family Practice, but she has since then accumulated years of experience in urgent care, pediatric and internal medicine settings. But by 2014 she could no longer escape the feeling that the conventional paradigm was limiting her potential to help her patients achieve better outcomes.

Certifications:
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certified Family Nurse Practitioner since 2006
Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFM-CP) since 2018

Affiliations/Memberships:
Institute for Functional Medicine
International Society for Environmentally-Acquired Illness
The Forum for Integrative Medicine (attended annual conferences since 2017)
Xymogen First Line Therapy Pracitioner
Attended Reversing Cognitive Decline training with Dr Dale Bredesen through the Institute for Functional Medicine

Licenses:
RN/Advanced Practice Nurse with prescribing privileges in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon

In pursuit of deeper understanding of health and disease, she went on to complete certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2018. This was ultimately another stepping stone on the road to an eventual specialization in environmental disease, chronic infection, gut health, autoimmune disruption and hormone balancing.

Jessica’s experience treating patients of all ages complements her passion for working with families as a whole to improve their health as a unit. She also has experience with the Bredesen protocol for prevention and reversal of cognitive decline. After years of taking tough cases head on with little support, Jessica was excited to join a bigger team whose divergent experiences led to similar conclusions.

Outside of medicine, Jessica has two teenage sons and they live together in a small rural town in northern California. They share her lifelong passion for athletics and together they enjoy mountain biking and other outdoor physical activities. Jessica is a certified level 1 CrossFit instructor at her local strength and conditioning gym.