WHOLE-PERSON CARE
Functional Health Journeys
With CHEFCoachMD®, you get more than lab results — you get a clear path forward. Every Journey combines advanced lab testing with a provider-reviewed wellness plan personalized to your results, giving you real direction on reaching your goals.
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The process
Step 01
Choose a panel and complete a brief health intake form. We'll help coordinate your lab appointment at a nearby partner clinic.
Step 02
We'll analyze your results using functional optimal ranges instead of conventional reference ranges that catch problems but miss the early warning signs.
Step 03
Receive a personalized wellness plan with actionable steps across nutrition, movement, supplements, and stress management, built around your goals.
All Journeys (8)
Whether you're trying to understand your baseline or dive deep into a specific health area, we have the right lab panel for you.
Start with a clear view of your hormone health, including key markers that influence your cycle, fertility, and overall balance. This panel provides insight into potential hormonal imbalances.
Start with a clear view of your hormone status, including key markers that signify testicular and prostate health.
Explore nutrient profiles to identify deficiencies in vitamins and minerals that may be impacting your energy, immunity, and overall health.
Screen for autoimmune markers including antibodies and inflammation indicators to identify underlying autoimmune activity and guide treatment.
Evaluate cardiovascular risk, cholesterol metabolism, blood sugar control, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, thyroid function, and key nutrient markers to support disease prevention and optimize metabolic health.
Extensively evaluate cardiovascular, metabolic, hormonal, thyroid, nutritional, inflammatory, autoimmune, gastrointestinal, and toxic exposure markers to identify root causes of symptoms and optimize long-term health and disease prevention.
Your practitioner
“Dr. Katerina Parmele earned her BA in Biochemistry, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, her MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a board-certified emergency physician at CalvertHealth in Maryland, a certified Functional Medicine practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine, and founder of CHEFCoachMD®. An avid endurance athlete, Dr. Parmele has completed dozens of marathons and Ironman triathlons, including the 2023 Ironman World Championship in Kona. A passionate home cook and Greek immigrant, she enjoys teaching the principles of the Mediterranean lifestyle, nutrition, meditation, and yoga to support optimal health and longevity. As a certified Wellcoaches Health and Wellness Coach with a Certificate of Culinary Coaching from the Harvard Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Parmele combines evidence-based medicine, lifestyle interventions, and personalized coaching to help clients create lasting, meaningful change. She believes that wellness should be both effective and enjoyable, bringing energy, confidence, and joy to the journey toward better health. ”
Licensed Medical Doctor, Maryland
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About
Conventional lab panels are designed to detect disease. Our panels are designed to optimize health. There's a meaningful difference — and it starts with testing the right things, in the right context, and interpreting them through a functional lens.
Every journey is provider-reviewed, clinically grounded, and delivered in plain language. You get more than data, you get a clear plan of action built around your biology.
Every biomarker is tied to clinical relevance
Catch what conventional labs miss
Human interpretation across every result
A plan that gives you what to do next
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