Dr. David Bilstrom, M.D., is a renowned author, educator, and international speaker, with quadruple board certifications in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Integrative Medicine, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. As the Director of the International Autoimmune Institute, he leads the first U.S. medical center affiliated with a teaching hospital dedicated to treating all types of autoimmune diseases, with a focus on utilizing nature’s healing properties.

Dr. Bilstrom is on a mission to revolutionize the global approach to autoimmune disease treatment, emphasizing prevention and reversal through Functional Medicine rather than symptom-based medications that can cause long-term complications. A sought-after speaker, he has lectured on five continents, most recently in Paris in 2024, and is the author of The Nurse Practitioners’ Guide to Autoimmune Medicine, Preventing and Reversing All Autoimmunity. He developed the "Autoimmune Paradigm" course for clinicians, offering CEUs/CMEs, and created "Autoimmune Hope," a program to empower patients with evidence-based solutions. In 2018, he identified and named a positive ANA as Bilstrom’s Nuclearitis, publishing it in 2020 in Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine.