Chicago Virtual Functional Medicine
100% Telehealth Nationwide
Root Cause Care for Hormones, Gut Health, and Metabolic Health
Where Modern Medicine Meets Systems-Based Root Cause Healing
Advanced functional testing and personalized telehealth care to uncover the root causes of hormone imbalances, digestive issues, fatigue, stubborn weight challenges, and other persistent health concerns.
AS FEATURED IN
WHO WE HELP
Third Path Health is a Chicago-based Virtual Functional Medicine Practice
Providing personalized telehealth care for individuals in Chicago and across the U.S. seeking root-cause solutions for hormone imbalances, gut disorders, thyroid conditions, metabolic health, autoimmune concerns, and other complex chronic symptoms.
Hormone Health
PMS, irregular cycles, perimenopause, low progesterone, estrogen imbalance, PCOS
Gut Health
Chronic bloating, IBS, digestive disorders, Gut microbiome imbalancem SIBO patterns
Metabolic Health
Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, weight resistance, low energy and fatigue
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions
Hashimoto’s, Crohn’s disease, immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation
Environmental Toxin & Detoxification Support
Mold exposure, toxin burden, histamine intolerance, detox pathway challenges
Complex or Persistent Symptoms
Fatigue, brain fog, unexplained symptoms despite normal lab results
THE PROCESS
How It Works
Book a Full Intake or Strategy Call
Book a comprehensive telehealth appointment where we review your health history, symptoms, and goals. We determine the most appropriate next steps and which advanced functional testing is recommended.
Advanced Functional Testing
Based on your case, we use targeted bloodwork and advanced functional labs to evaluate how your systems are functioning and where imbalances exist.
Lab Review & Strategic Plan
This is the most in-depth and empowering lab review you may ever experience. This is where years of confusion begin to make sense. Together, we'll connect the dots, explain what your testing actually means, and build a personalized strategy that prioritizes the right interventions in the right order. You leave with a clear understanding of your body, a strategic healing plan, the knowledge to take an active role in your recovery, and most importantly, you get your power back. For many clients, this is the moment the pieces finally connect.
Third Path
A Personalized Functional Medicine Approach to Root-Cause Health
Many people come to Third Path Health after years of searching for answers. They’ve seen multiple doctors, tried restrictive diets, experimented with supplements, and followed countless wellness protocols….
Yet they still don’t feel like themselves.
Hormone imbalances
Digestive dysfunction
Chronic fatigue
Autoimmune patterns
Chronic inflammation
The Path to Better Health Starts with Better Answers.
What many people eventually discover is that they have been navigating between two incomplete paths. One path is conventional medicine, where symptoms are often managed but deeper answers remain unclear. The other is the world of unregulated wellness trends, where protocols change constantly and lack clinical oversight.
Third Path Health was created to offer a different way forward – a path that combines the safety of modern healthcare with the systems-based wisdom of functional medicine.
Because lasting healing rarely comes from extremes. It comes from precision, structure, and an approach that respects how the body actually works.
Why Third Path
Why Clients Choose
Third Path Health
Precision. Structure. Accountability.
Root-Cause Functional Medicine
We take a root-cause approach to chronic symptoms by identifying the underlying factors that may be contributing to hormone imbalances, digestive dysfunction, thyroid concerns, metabolic health challenges, immune dysregulation, environmental exposures, and nutrient deficiencies.
Advanced Functional Testing
Stop guessing. Our comprehensive testing helps uncover why your symptoms are happening, providing the clarity and direction needed to make confident, personalized decisions about your health.
Depth of Care
Every appointment is designed to give you the time, answers, and clarity you deserve. So you leave with a deeper understanding of your body and a clear plan, not more unanswered questions.
Structured Clinical Framework
Instead of guessing what to do next, every recommendation follows our proven Third Path Framework developed over 13 years of supporting clients. Helping you focus on the right priorities in the right order so you can stop spinning your wheels and move forward with confidence.
Collaborative Care Model
You don't have to navigate complex health concerns alone. Our collaborative care model combines functional health expertise with medical oversight, giving you the confidence that every recommendation is thoughtful, personalized, and aligned with your long-term health.
CLINICAL METHODOLOGY
The Third Path Clinical Framework
At Third Path Health, once labs give us answers, we guide each case through a proprietary 4-phase clinical framework developed over 13 years of practice and refined through thousands of client cases. Rather than chasing symptoms or applying generic protocols, this methodology helps us move strategically, personalize care, and address root causes with greater precision.
Built on Experience
Developed through 13 years of clinical practice and thousands of real client cases.
Guided by Data
 Applied once lab findings uncover the deeper patterns driving dysfunction.
Structured in Phases
A 4-phase methodology that allows care to unfold in a more intentional and effective sequence.
Tailored to the Individual
Every plan is personalized, while still grounded in the same proven clinical framework.
Rather than chasing symptoms or layering protocols randomly, we work through a deliberate sequence designed to stabilize the body and address root causes in the correct order.
Client Results
Client Testimonials
YOUR CARE TEAM
Meet Your Care Team
Sarah Baker, FDN-P
LEAD PRACTITIONER & FOUNDER
A trusted Chicago-based functional medicine practitioner and 2x published author with over 13 years of clinical experience.
Our team of practitioners work collaboratively and support nutrition, implementation, and ongoing care. Our model allows for depth, consistency, and continuity throughout the healing process.
Dr. Ethan Carter
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Sophie Reynolds
Health Coach
Olivia Bennett
Clinical Specialist
Emma Collins
Patient Experience Coordinator
Noah Mitchell
Nutrition Specialist
Liam Parker
Care Support Specialist
For those ready to move beyond symptom management
There is a more intentional path to healing.
Your care begins here.