Dr. Samar Shadly is an IFM-certified functional medicine doctor based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, providing online functional and integrative medicine consultations. Her approach focuses on identifying the underlying factors contributing to chronic health concerns through a comprehensive assessment of nutrition, gut health, metabolic health, lifestyle, and other relevant factors.

Dr. Samar is a board-certified internal medicine and pulmonary consultant. She holds subspecialty fellowships in pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, and lung transplantation from the University of Toronto, Canada. She worked as a lung transplant physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research center (KFSH-RC) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

She discovered the Institute of Functional Medicine and became a certified practitioner in 2022, then she transformed her practice to be an integrative and functional medicine-based approach.

Dr. Samar can help you find the root causes of your health issues by applying functional medicine principles. Her approach to wellness is holistic, which means establishing a course of treatment for individuals which takes into account mind, body and spirit.

Dr. Samar’s main focus is evaluating and optimizing your diet and your lifestyle practices. Functional testing may be required to guide the best protocol and personalized health plan for you.