Meet The Founder
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Meet The Founder 〰️
Lori Schumacher, PA-C, MPAS
The provider who will sit with you long enough to see the bigger picture.
I've never been the kind of person who does anything halfway.
I worked my way as a radiology technologist to PA school, where I balanced coursework with raising an infant and at that time, relocating my family to Nebraska, simply because that's what it took. I started my career in family medicine, emergency care and urgent care, and from day one, I brought the same energy to every patient: I will outwork this problem until we figure it out together.
That drive is what led me to functional medicine. I wanted to go deeper for my patients, beyond the single symptom, into the full picture. Their diet, environment, stress, history, all of it. I wanted to be the kind of provider who takes the time to truly understand someone before making a single recommendation.
So I built a practice where I can do exactly that.
I believe healthcare can be more personal, more thorough, and more focused on the long term.
I believe in sitting with you for 90 minutes because you can't understand a whole person in a rushed 15-minute appointment. I believe in looking at the bigger picture: past medical history, daily lifestyle and your personal health goals. And I believe that when you change the short term, you change everything that comes after.
Background and Training
Lori Schumacher, PA-C, MPAS Functional Medicine Certified, brings over 25 years of clinical experience across emergency medicine, trauma, cardiology, urgent care, and family practice. She has worked at Mayo Clinic Health System, Creighton University Medical Center, Mankato Clinic, Fairview Medical Center and Sanford Medical Center — and served as the Emergency Department Lead overseeing all advanced practice providers across Southwest Minnesota.
She holds a Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Union College, and a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration from Presentation College. She holds 19 clinical certifications, including her Functional Medicine Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
In 2025, she founded Functional Medicine Associates to bring everything she's learned — across decades and disciplines — into a practice built around the kind of care she's always believed in.
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Healthcare built around the bigger picture starts with taking the time to see it. Let's start there.