Mary Stratos is a board-certified Physician Associate and IFM-certified functional medicine practitioner with nearly a decade of clinical practice and 12,000+ hours of patient care.

After graduating PA school in 2017, she spent 5 years as a clinician at Parsley Health - one of the country's leading functional medicine practices - caring for hundreds of women navigating hormonal, thyroid, gut, and inflammatory concerns.

She also practiced at a premier longevity and optimization clinic founded by Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis, where her patient panel included professional athletes, executives, and high-profile clients. She has trained with globally recognized functional medicine experts and continues to deepen her work in hormone optimization, metabolic health, and longevity medicine.

Mary founded Stratos Functional Wellness to build the practice she had been looking for on both sides of the table - one that takes women's concerns seriously, runs the testing most doctors skip, and does the deeper optimization work that keeps women well for the long run.

This work chose Mary: first through her own health journey, then through years of knowing her intuition deserved space in the room. It's why every visit at Stratos Functional Wellness begins with listening. She has seen what happens when women are truly heard and celebrated - and she built a practice on it.

She lives near the ocean, where mornings begin with sunlight, prayer, a walk on the beach, and ceremonial-grade matcha. Weekends, you'll find her at the farmers market, on a hiking trail, or reading in the sand. She lives the medicine she practices: grounded, unhurried, and rooted in her faith.

The year women were first required to be included in NIH-funded clinical research.

Before the NIH Revitalization Act, male physiology was the research default. Decades of guidelines were built on data that didn't include us.

NIH Office of Research on Women's Health

Of OB-GYN and primary care residents feel prepared to manage menopausal patients.

Even the specialties trained to care for women often don't get dedicated menopause training. That gap is why we exist.

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2019

Average time for new research to reach routine clinical practice.

The best research today may not reach your doctor's office for a generation. We read it, apply it, and refine as we go.

J. Royal Society of Medicine, 2011