Preventive Medicine Health Physical

WholeHealth Chicago's preventive medicine physical is a comprehensive annual or biannual health assessment combining conventional internal medicine examination with functional medicine diagnostic testing. The evaluation includes a detailed health history, physical examination, standard blood panels, and extended functional testing options such as advanced cardiovascular risk markers, metabolic profiling, hormone assessment, and targeted micronutrient evaluation. The clinic's integrative approach frames preventive care through a root-cause lens, identifying early imbalances before clinical disease develops.

The Preventive Medicine Health Physical at WholeHealth Chicago is an integrative annual or biannual health assessment that extends the scope of a conventional primary care physical to encompass the functional medicine diagnostic framework championed by the clinic since its founding in 1993 by Dr. David Edelberg MD. A standard physical examination — cardiovascular auscultation, abdominal palpation, musculoskeletal assessment, and neurological screening — is combined with a thorough health history review covering diet, sleep, stress, exercise, environmental exposures, family history, and current symptoms. Standard blood panels including complete blood count (CBC), comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), lipid panel, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) form the baseline biochemical picture. WholeHealth Chicago's preventive medicine approach then layers functional and advanced diagnostic testing to build a more complete health profile: advanced lipid panels including apolipoprotein B, Lp(a), and oxidised LDL for cardiovascular risk stratification beyond standard cholesterol; inflammatory markers including hs-CRP and homocysteine; comprehensive thyroid function with T3, T4, and thyroid antibodies; sex hormone profiling for age-related hormone decline; metabolic biomarkers including insulin, HbA1c, and glucose; and optional advanced assessments including SpectraCell Micronutrient Panel ($420), SpectraCell Telomere Testing ($200), heavy metal screening, cardiovascular risk imaging, and DNA health panels. The clinic's practitioners — including Dr. Kristen Halland DC CCN DABCA as Regional Medical Director, and nurse practitioners Brett Eaton APRN and Andrea Deleon FNP-C — integrate findings across systems rather than evaluating each organ system in isolation, seeking to identify interconnections between hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, gut health, and chronic stress that conventional siloed specialty medicine may miss. Results are reviewed in a follow-up consultation with a personalised treatment plan. The Lincoln Park clinic serves Chicago's North Side, Lakeview, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and Logan Square communities.