Dr. Robert Dudley Abbott, MD

Dr. Rob Abbott, MD is an accomplished medical doctor and published author serving patients in the Charlottesville, VA area. As the medical director and integrative physician at Resilient Roots: Functional and Evolutionary Medicine, he and his team center their practice around interconnectedness, faith, education and integrity. They also provide compassionate and collaborative care for all aspects of their patients’ lives.Dr. Abbott's services include:Functional Laboratory AnalysisFunctional NutritionFocused Nutraceutical SupplementationLifestyle MedicinePerinatal NutritionDr. Abbott previously worked as a clinician and the director of research with the Ruscio Institute for Functional Medicine and continues to serve as a medical advisor for Charlottesville Hyperbarics providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the Central Virginia region. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed a family medicine internship at VCU-Shenandoah Valley. He has completed …training in functional medicine through the Kresser Institute and the Institute for Functional Medicine, From 2018-2022 he served as the medical advisor for Autoimmune Wellness where he conducted research and wrote about integrative approaches to autoimmune disease.He has authored peer-reviewed publications examining the efficacy of dietary and lifestyle therapies to treat chronic disease and currently precepts NP and PA students who desire clinical experience in functional and integrative medicine. Recently, he published a memoir chronicling his time in medical school and residency called The Breaking of Our Healers: Becoming the Doctor I Never Planned to Be.We would love to make a difference for you. Chat Now with us Today!