Neuroinflammation and other root causes of psychiatric symptoms

Mon Oct 06 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

Training/Conference Room @ Bay Colony | Wayne

Functional Forum Meetup
Publisher/HostFunctional Forum Meetup
Neuroinflammation and other root causes of psychiatric symptoms
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About this Event




TOPIC: Neuroinflammation and other root causes of psychiatric symptoms

This meeting will present a case-based, clinically relatable discussion of psychiatric and emotional symptoms arising from infections, post-infectious brain changes, and autoimmune or inflammatory diseases in both children and adults. The lecture will provide a brief overview of biological mechanisms underlying neuroinflammation to deepen understanding of how medical conditions may manifest as behavioral or emotional dysregulation. Practical diagnostic pearls will be shared to aid in raising the index of suspicion of these conditions, along with evidence-informed strategies for initiating timely treatment.

Speaker:Dr. Marina Makous, MD

Dr. Marina Makous, MD is a Bpard-Certified Family Physician who completed a 2 year post-doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University Lyme Research Center focusing on Neuro-Psychiatric complications of chronic diseases and Lyme disease, and stayed on as an Assistant Professor at the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at Columbia University, NY.

Since 2015, Dr. Makous has been treating patients with Lyme and other tick-borne infections, as well as patients with a variety of Mental Health concerns.

Her office is in Exton, PA.

www.HealingCareMedicine.com


Our sponsors:

Space provided by Aether Medicine

Dr. Asare Christian

565 E Swedesford Rd, #315

Wayne, PA 19087

484-806-1101

https://www.aethermedicine.com


Food provided by Integrative Therapeutics

MARK SCHULZ, medical sales manager

825 Challenger Drive

Green Bay, WI 54311

267-663-4744

[email protected]

https://www.integrativepro.com


About The Functional Forum

The Functional Forum is the world’s largest integrative medicine conference. On the first Monday of every month, this new concept in practitioner education, “medutainment”, brings together the latest health news, functional medicine research, practice development and health technology in an upbeat, entertaining way.

We curate the industry’s leading innovators in a mixed-media format that combines interviews, TED-style talks, videos, audience interaction, and music. You can learn more about Functional Forum Meetup and its previous conferences here.

Each monthly episode will focus on a different medical specialty and connect the value of a functional medicine approach to its evolution. This comes at a time where use of specialists is becoming an ever more costly drag on medical systems worldwide.

Each Forum will provide practitioners from all walks of medicine, not only Primary Care and Family Medicine, but all the integrative professions, with the clinical keys and practical emerging models to deliver truly effective predictive, preventive, and participatory medicine.

With our unprecedented global Meetup infrastructure, we will also seek to create new relationships locally between current specialists and with integrative providers in order to stimulate the creation of the specialty centers of the future.

Who Should Attend?

  • Any practitioner who is curious about addressing the root cause of chronic disease
  • Any health professional who practices:
  • Functional Medicine
  • Preventative Medicine
  • Integrative Medicine
  • Holistic Medicine
  • Digital Health Innovators
  • Medical Stakeholders
  • Health Professionals: MD, DO, ND, PA, DC, RN, RD, NP, LAc., CHT, CCN, DDS, Midwives, PharmD, Pharmacist, Vet, Colon Hydrotherapist, Health Coaches etc.

Our events create dialogue between practitioners that are sharing best practices, asking tough questions, and helping each other to create the greatest impact with their patients and communities. It gives you the opportunity to not only network but also, keep your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in your own healthcare community.

The purpose of our Functional Forum local meetup groups is to empower physicians and providers to deliver high value, community focused, root cause resolution medicine. Our mission is to help to develop a community of practitioners in our area who “get it”, to build your referral network, add value to your practice, our local community, and the movement at large.

Please join our Facebook group Functional Forum Philly Main Line for information about upcoming Functional Forum meetings, as well as programs and events by our organizers and sponsors that may be of interest to you and/or your patients/clients.

Meetup Organizer anf Host:

Larisa Sharipova, MD, Holistic Health Practitioner, Author and Public Speaker

Contact Meetup Organizers for information @ 732-735-1527


Space is very limited and we need to plan accordingly, so please be sure to register if you are planning to come. If your plans change, please call 732-735-1527.

We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for Functional Medicine!

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Training/Conference Room @ Bay Colony, 575 Swedesford Rd, Wayne, United States

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