Lara Zakaria, PharmD, CNS, IFMCP
Pharmacist & Clinical Nutritionist Consulting, Foodie Farmacist LLC
Dr. Lara Zakaria is a Pharmacist and Nutritionist with a focus in implementing solutions for Functional Medicine and personalized nutrition.
Pharmacist & Clinical Nutritionist Consulting, Foodie Farmacist LLC
Dr. Lara Zakaria is a Pharmacist and Nutritionist with a focus in implementing solutions for Functional Medicine and personalized nutrition.
A graduate of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, at Rutgers University (BSpharm) and the University of Colorado Skaggs College Of Pharmacy (PharmD), she spent 20 years in community pharmacy practice. After developing an interest in nutrition, she earned a MS in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and subsequently qualified as a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) as well as an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP). Dr Zakaria’s practice focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach working both one-on-one with patients as well as creating implementation tools and systems for scale.
She is also faculty at several university programs, including the Integrative Medicine program at George Washington University. Dr Zakaria is passionate about gut and metabolic health, rooted in a pragmatic, evidence-based lens to integrative care for preventing and reversing chronic disease — bridging personalized nutrition, nutraceuticals, behavior change, and real-life constraints to support lasting health outcomes. There’s power in community, progress in healthcare happens through collaboration and works closely with pharmacists, nutritionists, and clinicians to elevate nutrition as a core pillar of chronic disease prevention and whole-person care.
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