Since 1981, Dr. Abellera has served as the medical director of several medical practices that focus on functional medicine, aesthetics, and general pediatrics. She is one of the most sought out functional and integrative medical doctors in the United States, having treated over 18,000 patients in her career. These patients range anywhere from newborns to stage IV cancer to geriatric patients with advanced neurological diseases.

Originally trained and holding a private practice in conventional medicine, Dr. Abellera noticed that our existing health care system was broken. Doctors were taught to treat only the symptoms and worry about the side effects later, write prescriptions unnecessarily, and noticed a trend in the pediatric population. When Dr. Abellera began her practice in 1981, there were only 16 required vaccinations. That number more than quadrupled over the next 30 years and concurrently, so did the rise of developmental problems amongst children. What’s more is the number of pediatric diabetes, obesity, and cardiac problems amongst all ages grew too. This gave rise to Dr. Abellera seeking a better way to manage health.