Featuring
Dr. Aaron Hartman
LIVE WEBINAR // Tuesday, April 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM CT
The Rise of DTC Testing: A Clinical Perspective
How is direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing changing what happens in the exam room and influencing patient outcomes?
oin FMCA for an Ask the Expert webinar featuring Dr. Aaron Hartman, a functional medicine physician, clinical researcher, and author of UnCurable: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds. After years in family medicine and more than 70 clinical studies, Dr. Hartman is known for helping patients with complex, chronic conditions uncover root causes and improve their health.
His path into functional medicine began with his daughter’s health challenges, which pushed him to look beyond conventional care and rethink how healing happens. Today, he focuses on identifying key lifestyle and health factors that help patients restore balance and thrive.
In this session, hosted by Dr. Sandi, Dr. Hartman will share what he is seeing as more patients come in with their own test results. We will explore how this shift is affecting patient engagement, the practitioner relationship, and outcomes, along with what it means for health coaches.
This conversation offers a practical look at how data-informed patients are changing healthcare and where health coaches can play a meaningful role.
What You’ll Learn:
- What types of DTC testing patients are using today
- How access to personal data is shaping motivation and engagement
- The challenges and opportunities when patients bring their own results
- How DTC testing can support or complicate outcomes
- How practitioners are adapting to more informed patients
- Where health coaches can support clients using test results
- Key trends in functional medicine and chronic care
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FMCA hosts virtual events every month which include public webinars, our Ask The Expert series, and “Lunch and Learns” for prospective students. Every event is completely free to register for and attend.
Even if you can’t make an event time, we encourage you to register because we always send full webinar replays out. Attendees can even receive copies of presenter slides, and other exclusive offers.
Replays Of Past Events
While we don’t make public replays of every FMCA virtual event, we try to share as many as possible. Here’s a list of available webinars we’ve hosted in the past:
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The Future of Weight Health: A Client-Centered Approach to Better Nutrition
Learn how small, strategic nutrition shifts can drive meaningful improvements in weight and metabolic health with Ashley Koff, RD and Dr. Sandi.
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DTC Lab Testing Summit: From Results to Lifestyle Change
Watch the FMCA DTC Lab Testing Summit replay to discover how pioneers in functional medicine and health coaching are transforming direct-to-consumer lab data into actionable lifestyle change. Access 5 expert-led sessions on women’s health, the microbiome, epigenetic aging, and more.
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Enabling Predictive Health through Multi-Omic Analysis
Explore next-gen blood testing with Rob Fraser of Molecular You. Discover how key biomarkers can uncover hidden health risks before symptoms appear.
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The Clinical Impacts of DTC Lab Testing
Dr. Donese Worden shares the physician's perspective on DTC lab testing. Learn how clinical outcomes and patient compliance improve with direct access to lab data.
