Free CPD Accredited
Functional Lab Tests Webinar Series
Join us for this exciting FREE Webinar series on various Functional Lab Tests in preventing and identifying the root cause of disease in your patients.







Topics
GPL Organic Acid Test - Interpreting/Implementing in Practice [2 part series]
- Clinical Usefulness of the OAT
- Diseases connected to Yeast Overgrowth
- Autism & OAT
- Q&A session
- Role of Organic Acids in Human Metabolism

GPL MycoTOX and GPL-TOX Basic interpretation [2 Part Series]
- Advantages of MycoTOX Profile
- MycoTOX Markers
- Genera Mold
- Recommendations for treatment
- Required Specimen
- Q&A Session

Urine Organic Acids Test
Insights into our Biochemistry through the Organic Acid Test:
- Toxic exposure
- Precise nutritional insights
- Microbial dysbiosis
- Neurotransmitter imbalances
- Mitochondrial function

Understanding the Microbiome with the GI Map Stool Analysis
GI-MAP Test:
- Assessing gut permeability
- Autoimmune risk profile
- Pathogen analysis (bacterial, viral, parasitic, worms)
- Understanding the impact of H. pylori
- Gastrointestinal inflammation markers
- Digestive markers

Understanding Dried Blood Spot Amino Acids Test
Dried Blood Spot Amino Acids Test:
- DBS Amino Acids & Their functions
- Discussion/Interpretation of a Dried bloodspot(DBS) amino acids analysis test
- DBS Amino acids Case studies of CFS, Autism, CVD, ALS, ADHD ADD and general imbalances with practical tips

How to Master the Primary Patterns of HTMA Testing
HTMA overview:
- The importance of minerals
- What info HTMA can give a practitioner
- How to identify a slow oxidizer pattern
- How to identify a fast oxidizer pattern
- How to identify a 4LOWS patterns
- Intro to clinical protocols

Genomic Health - GenomicInsight DNA Test
- Introduction to genetic SNP testing
- Practical applications of genetic SNP testing for general and functional practice
- Overview of GenomicHealth DNA test with the Opus23 Explorer

Your Hosts

Dr Janine Martins
Dr Martins is a Medical Doctor and Psychologist, published author and speaker with 20 years professional experience in the health sector.
Dr Martins further specialised as an Aesthetics & Integrative Doctor (Functional Medicine) focusing on nutrition, women’s health, chronic diseases and anti-ageing etc.

Edwin Kotze
Biometrix Labs are proactively involved in further training and introducing new and advanced functional tests within South Africa, in order for practitioners to provide the best consultative process for the treatment of their patients.
Biometrix Labs has collaborated with local and international laboratories to offer functional medicine practitioners with the most efficient, effective and comprehensive range of functional laboratory testing throughout South-Africa.
Presenters

Dr Robin Kohler
Dr Robin Kohler is a formally trained homoeopath with more than 15 years of experience in clinical practice in South Africa.
He received his Masters in Technology at the University of Johannesburg in 2004 and has continued his studies through the Institute of Functional Medicine, the College of Natural Medicine, CTG Education and Semmelwiess Institute throughout his career.
Over his years of practice, he has added nutrigenomics, organic acid analysis, iridology and live blood analysis to his skillset. He has been training in Functional Medicine since the movement first arrived on our shores in 2012.
Dr Kohler is a great advocate of evidence-based natural medicine and uses high-end metabolic testing extensively in his practice.

Dr Susan Lehmann
Dr S.M.C. Lehmann is a world-renowned biochemist with over 40 years’ experience in personalized supplementation and metabolic deficiencies.
Her primary focus are the amino acids which are essential for protein synthesis. From a nutritional view, proteins are the building blocks of all body tissue (development, maintenance and repair) and can act as a fuel source.
20 National & international publications.
Dr Lehmann's work has had amazing effects on many people’s lives. Patients with Epilepsy, Sport performance issues, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, all saw significant changes in their health after seeing Dr Lehmann.
Carte Blanche, the South African investigative journalism television series, showcases the testimonies of many patients, in a segment called, “Fitness in a bottle.”

Kendra Perry
Kendra Perry is a Functional Nutrition Practitioner & Online Business Coach who helps up and coming health coaches grow their practice with the utilization and implementation of Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis.
She is the creator of the HTMA Expert training course that trains health practitioners how to interpret HTMA like a pro and confidently create protocols that transform the lives of their clients.
She is the co-host of the 360 Health Biz Podcast where she teaches online business strategies for health coaches.
Kendra is a passionate outdoor enthusiast and adrenaline junkie and in her free time, you will find her scaling mountains with skis, bikes, harnesses and ropes

Dr Johann Baard
Dr Johann Baard is a functional Medicine Specialist and Scientist with more than 10 years of medical experience both in South Africa and abroad.
He finished his Medical Degree at Stellenbosch University in 2006 and received a Masters in Science and Medicine specializing in Human Genetics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2016. After a stint in academia he decided to resume his studies in clinical medicine with a Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine through A4M in the United States.
During this time he opened his Functional Medicine Practice, KronoDeus, focused on using a patients' genetics to better formulate and individualize a functional approach to their medical condition.

Dr William Shaw
William Shaw, Ph.D., is board certified in the fields of clinical chemistry and toxicology by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry.
Before he founded The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc., Dr. Shaw worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, and Smith Kline Laboratories. He is the author of Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD, originally published in 1998 and Autism: Beyond the Basics, published in 2009. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide.
Dr. Shaw is the stepfather of a child with autism and has helped thousands of patients and medical practitioners to successfully improve the lives of people with autism, AD(H)D, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, bipolar disorder, chronic fatigue, depression, fibromyalgia, immune deficiencies, multiple sclerosis, OCD, Parkinson's disease, seizure disorders, tic disorders, Tourette syndrome, and other serious conditions.