Demonstrate Your Clinical Excellence with Kharrazian Institute Certification

Kharrazian Institute certification allows the public and healthcare professionals to identify those who have completed advanced evidence-based functional medicine training.*

Your certification by the Kharrazian Institute includes the following:

  • Demonstration of your commitment to practicing based on the most advanced functional medicine education available.
  • Joining a community of elite practitioners with whom you can share cases and troubleshoot challenging clinical scenarios.
  • Listing on the Kharrazian Institute referral page, which is regularly promoted through advertising and email marketing.
  • Access to ongoing educational seminars by established and emerging leaders in the field.

Choose from two types of certification

Kharrazian Institute offers two types of certification for licensed and unlicensed practitioners.

For licensed healthcare practitioners:

  • Certified Functional Medicine Clinician (CFMC)™ (68 hours)
  • Advanced Functional Medicine Clinician (AFMC)™ (300 hours)

Eligibility requirements: A licensed healthcare professional (MD, DC, DO, PT, ND, LAc, NP, RD, RN, PA, etc.) who is permitted to conduct physical examinations, diagnose, and provide treatment relative to individual scope of practice.

Each applicant must hold a license issued by (a) one of the states of the United States of America or (b) its equivalent in the applicant’s country, state, province, parish, county, or other governmental unit within the applicant’s country.

For healthcare consultants and coaches who are not licensed:

  • Certified Functional Medicine Health Consultant (CFMHC)™ (68 hours)
  • Advanced Functional Medicine Health Consultant (AFMHC)™ (300 hours)

Eligibility requirements: You must be, at a minimum, a certified nutritionist for certification.

What is the difference between the certification coursework for licensed and unlicensed attendees?

The Kharrazian Institute coursework for CFMC™ and CFMHC™ certification is identical. The designation is based on the individual’s permitted scope of practice. Certification from the Kharrazian Institute does not grant additional legal or scope of practice status.

Certification Requirements

The 68-hour Certified Functional Medicine Clinician (CFMC) or Certified Functional Medicine Health Consultant (CFMHC)

Six courses totaling 68 hours of education:

  • Essentials of Functional Medicine (8 hours)
  • Gastrointestinal Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications (12 hours)
  • Autoimmunity Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications (12 hours)
  • Diabetes and Dysglycemia Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications (12 hours)
  • Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications (12 hours)
  • Chronic Fatigue and Pain Syndromes Clinical Strategies and Treatment Applications (12 hours)

The 300-hour Advanced Functional Medicine Clinician (AFMC) or Advanced Functional Medicine Health Consultant (AFMHC)

This is the highest level of education in the field of functional medicine.

The 300 hours of graduate clinical education are comprised of:

  • 200 hours of post-graduate Kharrazian Institute courses (19 courses, including those in the 68-hour track)
  • 100 hours in the Kharrazian Institute Clinical Mastership Training Program.

Members may be simultaneously enrolled in both programs, which require separate registrations.

Please note: Hours from the Clinical Master Class guest speaker courses (starting in late 2024) are not a part of the certification programs.

* Kharrazian Institute Certification is designed to recognize an individual’s knowledge, education, and skill in this field. However, certification cannot and is not intended to guarantee competence.