Brandy Protz is a nationally certified physician assistant. She earned her Master of Physician Assistant Practice degree at the University of Dayton, where she completed clinical training in family medicine, mental health, internal medicine, orthopedics, women’s health, surgery, pediatrics, and emergency medicine.
Brandy is also a graduate of Indiana State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training degree with a concentration in applied medicine and rehabilitation. Her interest in functional medicine and discovering the root cause of diseases began when her grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. This interest carried forward to her undergraduate degree where she was focused on maximizing patient health through injury prevention and rehabilitation, nutrition and athletic performance. Her appreciation for functional and integrative medicine resulted in completing two research theses’ on preventing, reversing or improving chronic disease and chronic pain with physical activity and lifestyle modifications.
Throughout her clinical training, she found herself becoming even more passionate about functional medicine, as many of the conditions she was evaluating were preventable, or could be treated more effectively with a unique, alternative approach. She valued getting to know patients as a “whole” person and working alongside them to get them feeling their best, not just simply managing their care or masking symptoms with prescription drugs.
She is thankful for the opportunity to practice in a patient-centered atmosphere, focusing on addressing the root cause of symptoms and optimizing each unique patient’s health, naturally.