Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Finding a New Medical Home | When a Mother's Love Changed EVERYTHING

1 May 2025 · 1 min

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This YouTube video (Aaron Hartman, MD; uploaded May 1, 2025) features a first-person account about searching for a functional and integrative medicine practice to establish long-term patient relationships. The speaker emphasizes how difficult it is to leave a practice because it disrupts ongoing therapeutic relationships, interrupts patients' wellness journeys, and severs rapport developed over months or years.

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I was looking for a functional and integrative medicine home where I felt like I could really plant my roots and grow. So one of the hardest things when I've had to leave a practice, whether I've been there for a year or for three years, is disrupting the relationships that I've developed with patients. So when you partner with people and you're kind of watching them progress towards better health, it's really hard to leave and just kind of, well, at some level, you kind of feel like you're not participating in the rest of their wellness journey, and you don't really hear how it ends up. And obviously, there's a rapport that's developed. You like your patients and your patients like you. I mean, it kind of boils down to that.