Dr Georgina Hale

Specialist Doctor, PhD & Author

“I have been a hospital-based internal medicine specialist for almost 30 years. In recent years, I have moved much of my clinical work to the private practice setting, where I do more comprehensive medical assessments. It is through these detailed assessments that I have had success in helping patients with complex, chronic or unexplained symptoms despite multiple assessments by their family doctors or other specialists. Even if my assessments don’t lead to a specific diagnosis or diagnoses, my body-mind functional medicine training has allowed me to understand what could be causing unexplained symptoms or health issues.  In this way, I can teach patients about the factors that are unique to them which could be triggering or perpetuating their problem. Examples of these triggers include poor diet, an adverse lifestyle, excess stressors, mental health issues, infections, or even excess environmental exposures. Clarification of these triggers and perpetuators then allows me to devise personalised recovery programs aimed at tailoring medications, diet, nutritional’s, lifestyle and specific mental/emotional healing strategies.”