While the standard medical model looks at thyroid health from a symptoms treatment perspective, Dr. Gorgas explores the glands importance in almost all metabolic functions. Recognizing that every cell in the body has receptor sites for thyroid hormones, his model delves way beyond merely monitoring TSH levels, leaving out the guesswork and giving you good, comprehensive, and fast results that most of his patients rave about.
This may include evaluating hormones, food intolerances, gut and brain function. He evaluates Neurotransmitters, Vitamin D, Ferritin and Iron levels as well as Adrenal and Blood Sugar Imbalances.
We know that successfully managing thyroid disorders takes more than just managing your TSH with thyroid replacement hormones.
We focus on the immune system, the most common mechanism for thyroid disorders in the United States.
We take a whole-person approach which factors in hormone imbalance, immune imbalance, adrenal and blood sugar imbalance, and digestive imbalance when formulating our approach for a patient.
We order Comprehensive lab panels utilize functional lab interpretation to guide and direct your treatment. This means that your treatment protocol is based on the unique imbalances in YOUR body, not just what the ‘typical’ thyroid patient has.