Microbiome Medicine: The Diagnosis Is Broken — Let’s Fix It with Piper Dobner, MD

Piper Dobner is a naturopathic doctor with a specialty in microbiome therapeutics. She works in the fecal transplant space and treats numerous patients with recurrent and resistant C.diff infection.

From this experience, the understanding that gut health depends on an ecosystem of microbes became apparent. This community of microbes, otherwise known as the microbiome, really wants for us to be healthy and strong so they have a thriving home to live. These bugs are our friends, not our foe. Dr. P views the human body through this lens. She wants to support the ecosystem within, build your microbiome up, and allow your system to thrive from the central core of you!

In a world of antibiotic resistance and superbugs being created from our overuse of pharmaceutical medications, an ecosystem approach is essential to the patient outcomes she sees in practice.

Dr. Dobner loves what she gets to do! She feels privileged to sit with patients and hear the story that led them to her door. Her job is to teach you how to trust your body and its innate ability to heal.

In addition to microbial therapies,  she works extensively with herbs, homeopathic remedies,  flower essences, bodywork techniques (cranial sacral therapy and myofascial release – both gentle, yet powerful therapies), and lifestyle assessment that includes nutrition, counseling and self-care.