Anita Racic, MD, FMNM, ABAARM

  Dr. Racic is a Vancouver native and UBC School of Medicine graduate with over 25 years of experience as a medical doctor. She has worked both in primary care and in mental health settings providing care to patients with complex and chronic conditions. She is very experienced in using conventional, standard of care therapies. Yet, what she has noticed is that in the existing model of chronic disease management, with an over emphasis on pharmaceutical drugs, people are still not getting well. They are surviving, but not thriving.

  Eager to discover what else can be done, in 2015, Dr. Racic embarked on an intensive educational journey in advanced preventive medicine through A4M, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. In 2017, she completed the fellowship and became board certified in functional, metabolic, and nutritional medicine.

  Through this training, Dr. Racic has become proficient in using “outside the box” tools, both for diagnosis and treatment. She spends time discussing patients’ histories in detail and uses specialized functional medicine labs which allow her to figure out the root cause of symptoms and illness. Dr. Racic will search diligently, looking “under the hood”, in order to help her patients feel their best and experience optimal health. Rather than just prescribing pharmaceuticals to mask symptoms, her expanded treatment toolbox includes use of bio-identical hormones, diet, nutritional supplements, lifestyle changes and appropriate and novel use of medications.

  Dr. Racic believes this functional medicine/anti-aging approach can benefit not only those who are currently ill and symptomatic, but also those who want to prevent and decrease risk of developing disease. Those interested in optimizing performance, both physical and mental, can also benefit from this type of personalized medicine. During her training, she discovered that with these interventions, health and vitality into the tenth decade, and beyond, are what’s possible for humankind. 

• Anti-Aging Medicine
• Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy/ BHRT
• Executive Health
• Functional Medicine
• Holistic Mental Health
• Nutraceuticals
• Personalized Medicine
• Pharmaceuticals
• Preventive Medicine
• Weight Management