Dr. Bruce Hoffman: Integrative and Functional Medicine Educator

Dr. Bruce Hoffman, MSc, MBChB, FAARM, IFMCP, is a physician by training with more than three decades of experience in integrative and functional medicine. He is no longer in clinical practice and does not see patients, write prescriptions, or provide medical care. Today his work focuses on health education, research, and the 7 Stages to Health & Transformation program.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Hoffman became known for taking on complex, multi-system cases that had not responded to conventional approaches. His path to medicine began in South Africa, where he earned his medical degree at the University of Cape Town. In 1986 he immigrated to Canada, where he developed his integrative medicine approach over more than three decades.

Education, Expertise and Qualifications

With a medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Dr. Hoffman cultivated a diverse set of skills and certifications over his career. He holds:

• A master’s degree in clinical nutrition
• Certified in Functional Medicine (IFM)
• Board-certified with a fellowship in anti-aging, hormones, and regenerative medicine (A4M)
• Certified Shoemaker Mold Treatment Protocol Practitioner (CIRS)

Additionally, Dr. Hoffman completed advanced training in various disciplines, including:

• Ayurvedic medicine
• Family Constellation therapy
• The treatment of Lyme disease and co-infections (ILADS)
• Nutritional and metabolic medicine
• Prolotherapy
• Neural therapy, and
• Traditional Chinese medicine.

Educator, Researcher, Mentor

Dr. Hoffman is a prolific educator and researcher, contributing to the field through articles, podcasts, and seminars. He co-authored the paper "Diagnosis of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: a Global Consensus-2" alongside Larry Afrin and others, and has frequently spoken on topics such as mold illness and chronic inflammatory disease.

He has studied and collaborated with leading minds in mind-body and spiritual healing, including Deepak Chopra, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Paul Lowe.

Areas of Focus

Throughout his career, Dr. Hoffman’s work centred on conditions that are often multi-system, multi-symptom, and difficult to diagnose within conventional frameworks. These areas include:

• Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
• Mitochondrial Health
• Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)
• Lyme disease
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Autoimmune disease
• Quantum biology and whole-person healing

The 7 Stages to Health & Transformation

Dr. Hoffman’s Seven Stages to Health and Transformation™ model addresses health’s physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions. He synthesized decades of clinical and integrative medicine experience into this framework — now shared through education rather than clinical practice.

Learn more about the program at 7 Stages to Health & Transformation.

A Global Vision of Wellness

• MBChB – Medical Degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 1981.
• Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner – Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), 2013

• Board Certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine – American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), 2007
• Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Functional and Regenerative Medicine, 2008.
• Certified Dr. Shoemaker Mold Treatment Protocol Practitioner – Specializing in Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).
• Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Metabolic Medicine – University of South Florida, 2011.
• Prolotherapy Training – Hackett Hemwall Foundation, 2011; Madison, Wisconsin, 2006.
• Family Constellation Training and Certification – With Mark Wolynn, 2010;
• Family Constellation Training and Certification – With Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, 2005.
• Neural Therapy Training – Dr. Klinghardt, Seattle, 2004.
• Functional Medicine Foundational Training – Gig Harbor Washington, 2003
• Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner – Bastyr Naturopathic University, 2003.
• Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor and Creating Health Educator – Chopra Centre, 1998.
• Magic of Healing Educator – Chopra Center, 1995.
• Acupuncture Training – With Dr. Stephen Aung, Edmonton, 1993.
• American Board of Chelation Therapy (ACAM) – 1993.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine & Herbology Training – 1 ½ year training, 1993. Hot Springs, Montana, Roger Wicke
• Hellerwork Structural Integration Bodywork – Joseph Heller 1-year training, 1992.
• American Academy of Medical Acupuncture – Dr Joseph Helms 1-year training, 1990.

• Co-author of the Paper: Diagnosis of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: a Global “Consensus-2” – With Dr. Lawrence Afrin, 2020.
• Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Co-Infections Training – International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).
• Medical Director of the Brain Treatment Centre of Alberta – Utilizing QEEG and Neuro and Biofeedback Practices.
• Ayurvedic Medicine Studies – With Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr David Simon and Ayu Academy, Bastyr University, Seattle.
• Bert Hellinger’s Family Constellation Therapy – Germany
• German Biological Medicine – With Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt.
• Hellerwork (Deep Tissue Massage) – With Joseph Heller.
• Homotoxicology
• Intravenous Nutriceutical Therapies
• Meditation and Mind-Body Medicine Principles – With Dr. Deepak Chopra and David Simon.
• Nutritional and Orthomolecular Medicine.

Illnesses: The Seven Stages is a process that works. The Seven Stages is a process that can help with a number of diseases.

Learn more about the framework at Seven Stages to Health & Transformation.