About
Dr. Karla Birkholz is a board-eligible Family Medicine physician with decades of experience in Family Medicine and Wellness. She founded Your Wellness MD to make precision medicine more accessible and affordable. Her practice operates entirely via telehealth, serving patients in Arizona, California, Florida, and Colorado.
Dr. Birkholz specializes in cardio-metabolic and cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances, autoimmunity, and chronic inflammatory conditions. She also treats gastrointestinal diseases, chronic fatigue, neurological dysfunction, and mold, mercury, and environmental toxicity. Her clinical approach blends traditional allopathic medicine with functional medicine, integrative wellness, and longevity science. She builds long-term, close relationships with each patient and works with health coach and psychotherapist collaborators to support whole-person healing. Patients consistently describe her as both a skilled clinician and a genuine healer.
Education & Training
Family Medicine and Wellness
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. Birkholz right for?
Dr. Birkholz is a strong fit for adults seeking root-cause answers to complex or chronic health issues. Patients dealing with fatigue, hormonal imbalances, autoimmunity, or cardiovascular risk benefit from her diagnostic depth. She works well with people who want a close, ongoing relationship with their physician. Her telehealth model suits patients across Arizona, California, Florida, and Colorado who want expert care from home. Those ready to engage actively in their healing find her Functional Medicine program especially valuable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Birkholz specializes in cardio-metabolic and cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances, autoimmunity, and chronic inflammatory conditions. She also treats gastrointestinal diseases, chronic fatigue, neurological dysfunction, and mold, mercury, and environmental toxicity. Her clinical approach focuses on finding root causes rather than managing symptoms alone.
Dr. Birkholz combines traditional allopathic medicine, functional medicine, integrative wellness, and longevity science. She builds individualized, precision protocols for each patient based on comprehensive assessments and advanced testing. She takes a proactive, root-cause approach and maintains a close, ongoing relationship with every patient she serves.
D. and brings decades of experience in Family Medicine and Wellness. She founded Your Wellness MD to deliver individualized, science-based care outside the traditional insurance model.
Dr. Birkholz holds active medical licenses in Arizona, California, Florida, and Colorado. She sees all patients via telehealth, so location within those four states is no barrier to care.
Dr. Birkholz uses advanced specialty labs and diagnostics that most insurance plans do not cover. Her assessments can include immune and inflammatory profiling, genetic and epigenetic risk factors, advanced cardiovascular and insulin resistance markers, hormone panels, gut health and microbiome analysis, toxin load evaluation, and functional nutritional status. Functional Medicine members receive access to these tests at significant discounts.
Yes. Dr. Birkholz collaborates with a health coach and a psychotherapist to support whole-person healing. Functional Medicine members receive six dedicated health coaching sessions as part of their membership. Both collaborators are available to DPC members at discounted rates.
Dr. Birkholz sees patients of all ages across her four licensed states. She particularly serves people with complex or chronic conditions who want a physician to investigate root causes and build a personalized treatment plan. Highly motivated patients seeking deep engagement with their health often choose her Functional Medicine program.
Yes. Dr. Birkholz offers a free 20-minute introductory call so prospective patients can learn about the practice and ask questions before committing to a membership.
Doctor profile last updated April 10, 2026