Dr. Aaron Hartman, MD is a board-certified Family Medicine physician, an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP), and the founder of Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine (RIFM).

A Virginia native, he completed his medical training at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Medical College of Virginia, finishing his Family Medicine residency at MCV.

He later earned advanced credentials in Integrative, Holistic, and Functional Medicine through the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine, the American Board of Physician Specialties, and the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Hartman also served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force, holding leadership roles including Clinic Director and Medical Director, with assignments that included Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

In addition to founding the Virginia Research Center, he has participated in numerous clinical trials—contributing to research published in The Lancet—and has served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the VCU School of Medicine since 2011.

He is the author of UnCurable, a deeply personal account of his adopted daughter Anna, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and given a bleak prognosis.

Through her story, Dr. Hartman introduces what he describes as a "hidden revolution" in functional medicine, challenging conventional assumptions about what is possible in health and healing.

Key Points

• Healthcare's blind spots exposed

• The impact of diet on health discussed

• Personal stories of medical defiance

• The role of self-advocacy in health

• Importance of foundational health practices

Best Quotes

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• "You'll get referred to five specialists to get five different diagnoses, six different medications, three surgery recommendations, and leave, having no idea what's going on."

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• "The experts don't know and they don't know what they don't know."

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• "I call these blind spots. These are things that, that we think to be true though just aren't true."

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• "My journey with my family was I'm this typical doctor, academic minded, you know, above average intelligence, hard worker."

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• "The book, we talked about this, but my, my admonition is the people is don't accept the standard of care, don't accept status quo."