Laboratory Services

Lab services at WholeHealth Chicago include an extensive array of both conventional and functional tests to assist us in assessing your state of health. Blood samples are most often used for testing but urine, saliva, and stool samples may be utilized for more specialized procedures.

Elizabeth Yamat, CMA

Our Services

At WholeHealth Chicago our patients have access to providers who use an integrative and functional medicine model. Functional medicine is a real paradigm shift in the practice of health care. Instead of the traditional disease-centered focus of conventional medicine, functional medicine practitioners apply a patient-centered approach that addresses the whole person–not simply isolated symptoms.

Our Practitioners

We have assembled an outstanding group of practitioners here at WholeHealth Chicago, men and women all seasoned practitioners in their areas of expertise. By working with each other for years, they’re dedicated to our model of integrative health care.

David Edelberg, MD Internal Medicine
Cliff Maurer, DC Chiropractic Medicine
Caley Scott, ND Naturopathic Medicine
Parisa Samsami Chiropractic Physician
Katie McManigal Family Nurse Practitioner
Wendy A. Ploegstra, APN, FNP Nurse Practitioner
Rachel Gates, MSN, FNP Nurse Practitioner
Olivia Wagner, MS,RDN, LDN, IFNCP Clinical Nutrition
Mari Stecker, BA, LAc, Acupuncture
Sandra Subotich Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sujatha Mannal, B.H.M.S Homeopathy
Katie Huff Oberlin, HTCP Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, Shamanic Healer
Jennifer Davis, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor
Christine Savas, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor
Janet Chandler, PhD, CGP Clinical Psychology

In order to maintain your continuity of care, WholeHealth Chicago now offers telemedicine appointments with most of our practitioners. During a telemedicine visit, you and your healthcare provider can review medical history, discuss symptoms, arrange for prescriptions, and more. When necessary, labs and diagnostic imaging can be ordered from a facility near your home, and our Natural Apothecary can ship supplements quickly to your door.

Please contact Patient Services for details and scheduling a telemedicine appointment, or to change a regular appointment to telemedicine by calling 773-296-6700.

We’re looking forward to meeting with you in our virtual consultation room soon.

Far and away, the commonest phone call/e mail I receive asks about COVID-19 diagnosis.
Just print this out, tape it on your refrigerator door, and stay calm.

ALLERGIES
• Runny nose
• Sneezing
• Red, swollen eyes
• Itchy eyes and nose
• Tickly throat
• No fever

COLD
• Runny nose
• Sneezing
• Sore throat
• Mild muscle aches
• Mild dry cough
• Rarely a low fever

STREP THROAT
• Painful sore throat
• Hurts to swallow
• Swollen glands in neck
• Fever

FLU (Standard seasonal flu)
• Fever
• Dry cough (no mucus)
• Sudden onset over few hours
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Fatigue, sometimes quite severe
• Muscle aches, sometimes quite severe
• Rarely, diarrhea

CORONAVIRUS-COVID 19
• Shortness of breath
• Fever (usually above 100 degrees)
• Dry cough (no mucus)
• Slow onset (2-14 days)
• Mild muscle aches
• Mild fatigue
• Mild sneezing

Six Commonly Missed Diagnoses: B12 Deficiency

You’re pretty sure you know your body and you tell your doctor you’re just not feeling right. You’re tired, maybe a little depressed, a bit achy. Maybe your digestion is “off.” The list of foods you can’t seem to enjoy is definitely longer. Your doctor’s empathic, not at all dismissive of your symptoms, but after a physical exam and some apparently appropriate tests she can’t Read More
What is Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and Can It Help Me?

Ten years ago April marks the anniversary of the first time I wrote about low-dose naltrexone (LDN). I described it as an orphan drug, meaning that its patent had long ago expired, that it was generic, and that it was not owned by any one company. For these reasons and because they’d never recoup their investment, no Big Pharma company was interested in pursuing the Read More
Can’t Get Vaccinated? Here’s Why

Once a week, the Chicago Sun-Times asks random people “How hard have you found it to get a Covid-19 vaccination?” and devotes a page to the responses. Virtually every answer is a variation of “I’ve tried to sign up on all the websites every day at all times of day and night and appointments are never available.” The situation is worse for people who aren’t Read More

© 1993-2021 WholeHealth Chicago .
Disclaimer: The content of the WholeHealth Chicago website is intended for information and education only. You should always consult with your physician before starting any new health-related activity. This website cannot substitute for professional medical advice.

Laboratory Services

Our Services

Join our Newsletter

Our Practitioners

Quick Connect

The Knowledge Base

Telemedicine – Now Available at WholeHealth Chicago

DIAGNOSE-IT-YOURSELF: COVID-19

Recent Health Tips

Six Commonly Missed Diagnoses: B12 Deficiency

What is Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and Can It Help Me?

Can’t Get Vaccinated? Here’s Why

Join our Discount Program

Join our Newsletter