Dr Igor Tabrizian
INTEGRATED GP
Dr Tabrizian was born in London and is a fully qualified and registered medical practitioner (GP) who graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Western Australia (UWA).
Dr Tabrizian’s professional work and undergraduate studies have provided him with a variety of experiences prior to specialising in integrative medical care. These include working in hospitals in Australia and abroad for 14 years before venturing into private practice, focussing on general medicine and anaesthetics. His training includes Hospital General Physician Training, Hospital based Anaesthetics and Intensive Care. Dr Tabrizian specialises in complex medical problems that standard general practice would usually refer to a General Physician.
In 1999, he began to specialise in nutritional medicine and has written many articles, books and e-books on the topic, most notable being, “A Visual Textbook of Nutritional Medicine” and “How to Read a 21st Century Hair Analysis” for medical practitioners. He lectures regularly and is involved with mentoring for local and overseas practitioners in the specialty of Nutritional Medicine.
Some of Dr Tabrizian’s specialties include:
Diagnostics
Immune Disorders
Learning and Developmental Delays
Nutrition and Dietary Interventions
Biochemistry
Combined Conventional and Holistic Medicine (Integrative Medicine)
Understands Root Cause of Illness
Preventative Care
Longevity Medicine
Empowers patients through encouraging active participation in their healthcare decisions
Chronic Disease
Mental Health
Functional Medicine testing and the interpretation of (including genetic testing)
Gut health, inflammation, chronic fatigue (for example)
Integrative doctors such as Dr Tabrizian use functional medicine testing to uncover the root causes of chronic conditions and design targeted interventions.
The goal is to promote optimal functioning of the body and prevent future health issues by addressing imbalances identified through targeted testing. These tests also include regular pathology.
Integrative doctors such as Dr Tabrizian do not dismiss conventional medicine or conventional pharmaceuticals. It is the combination of conventional and holistic medicine to produce better patient outcomes.
Education continues to be a central element of Dr Tabrizian’s medical practice, both on an academic level and during consultations with his patients. In fact Dr Tabrizian empowers his patients through education, allowing them to fully understand the causation of their illness and the process to be undertaken on their healing journey. He uses visual aids to assist in this explanation and also has resources on this website under the tab – ‘Education’ where his books, articles and podcasts are available to purchase.