Joseph Carchedi, MD, ABIHM, ACN, is a board-certified physician and the founder of the Lower Gwynedd Functional Medicine Institute.
Dr. Carchedi earned his medical degree at Università degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza-Facoltà di Medicina in Rome and completed his residency at Finch University of Health Sciences/ Chicago Medical School in Chicago, IL. He is board certified and has 25 + years of experience in Internal and Emergency medicine and speaks fluent English, Italian, and Spanish. Additionally, Dr. Carchedi is a medical marijuana certifying physician.
Dr. Carchedi provides an integrative, functional approach to identifying the underlying causes of disease, rather than the traditional method of diagnosing and prescribing. He addresses and treats issues with immunity, disease prevention, and energy problems such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hormonal imbalance, women’s health, cancer issues, and weight management. Dr. Carchedi also addresses and treats issues with anxiety, chronic pain, and depression with non-drug based treatments. His focus is patient-centered utilizing holistic healing by treating the mind, body, and spirit. This approach includes Gene analysis (Genomics), sophisticated nutritional strategies, herbal remedies and supplements, IV therapies and the recent state of the art Platelet Rich Plasma injections, and if required, traditional pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Carchedi recognizes the limitations of conventional medicine and seeks to continually expand to create new solutions in the integrative medicine approach. His focus is to help his patients live a happier, productive life with minimal disruption to the body systems. He believes in natural remedies to allow the body to heal itself.
Dr. Carchedi tailors individualized programs for all of his patients, combining aspects of traditional and functional medicine to maximize performance, health, and overall wellness.
Dr. Carchedi states:
“Patients today are well informed, and I encourage them to ask me questions so that together we may find therapies that will optimize their health and wellbeing.”
Practicing what he preaches, Dr. Carchedi is an avid athlete and cyclist who was also the team medical physician for various professional cycling teams from 1990’s to the present.
He also is a volunteer medical expert to the community regarding healthy holistic living focusing on the power of foods to heal the body, supplements to support the metabolism, and organic foods as well as the Mediterranean diet which is proven to be crucial for Healthy Aging. He is also a lover of Italian wine and formally trained in Italy to become an Italian Sommelier. Complementing his love of wine is his joy of cooking Italian meals using fresh ingredients.
Dr. Carchedi’s passion is to create and educate a broad sense of awareness so people can live a long, productive, healthy life and be self-reliant.