Functional Cardiology for Primary Care

A Six-Month Online Mini-Residency

A practical training program for MDs and NPs who want to bring advanced cardiovascular prevention, functional medicine, and longevity-focused care into primary care practice, taught by Dr. Giovanni Campanile, MD, FACC, a Harvard-trained functional cardiologist with board certifications spanning cardiology, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. Dr. Campanile has contributed to research at the National Institutes of Health and the Framingham Heart Study, and served as a personal cardiologist to President George H.W. Bush.

Course Highlights

• Taught by Dr. Giovanni Campanile, MD, FACC
• Designed for primary care, functional medicine, integrative medicine, and preventive medicine clinicians
• Focuses on identifying cardiovascular risk earlier — before advanced disease develops
• Moves beyond standard lipid panels, blood pressure checks, and conventional risk scoring
• Covers advanced biomarkers, cardiac imaging, metabolic risk, inflammation, hypertension, insulin resistance, environmental cardiology, women’s heart health, novel therapies, and AI-assisted tools
• Includes 20 core lectures
• Includes 94 clinical handouts and reference guides
• Clinical protocols, implementation tools, and patient education materials
• Weekly live Q&A sessions with Dr. Cheng Her, a primary care physician with an integrative background.
• Monthly live Q&A sessions with Dr. Giovanni Campanile

What You’ll Learn

• How to assess cardiovascular risk earlier and more comprehensively
• How to interpret advanced markers such as ApoB, Lp(a), ApoA1, LDL particle number, hs-CRP, HOMA-IR, TMAO, ceramides, oxidative stress markers, and endothelial function indicators
• How to use imaging tools such as CAC, CCTA, CIMT, echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac PET, stress testing, and AI-assisted plaque analysis
• How to evaluate cardiometabolic patterns including atherogenic dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, obesity, insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia, and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic risk
• How to address root-cause drivers including inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, microbiome imbalance, periodontal disease, gut and oral health, toxins, microplastics, air pollution, endocrine disruptors, psychosocial stress, trauma, depression, sleep disruption, and hormonal changes
• How to connect lab and imaging findings to lifestyle, nutrition, supplement, medication, and referral strategies
• How novel therapies, cardiovascular longevity strategies, regenerative approaches, emerging lipid-lowering therapies, gene-based therapies, and AI may shape the future of cardiovascular care
• How to bring functional cardiology into everyday primary care practice

By the end of the program, participants will have a practical framework for assessing cardiovascular risk earlier, interpreting complex biomarker and imaging patterns, identifying overlooked root-cause drivers, and designing more personalized prevention and treatment strategies for their patients.