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Functional Medicine vs. Primary Care

Functional medicine doctors are typically Family Medicine or General Practice physicians who have additional training in integrative, root-cause approaches to chronic illness. The provider lists below overlap with primary care because the underlying NPI taxonomy is the same. The difference is the clinical approach — functional medicine emphasizes detailed history-taking, nutritional assessment, and longer appointments rather than the brief acute-care visits typical of conventional primary care. If you are looking for everyday preventive checkups or simple acute care, primary care is the right starting point.