Bryan Stepanenko

Dr. Stepanenko is a board-certified Family Physician and Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (FMCP-M) with a unique background as a former Army family physician, a firefighter/paramedic, and a cancer survivor. With over a decade of experience integrating evidence-based lifestyle and functional medicine into the Military Health System, he now serves as a lifestyle and performance clinician and consultant with a focus on translating the lessons learned and best practices to help high performers reclaim health and achieve excellence. Dr. Stepanenko has led transformative initiatives including virtual learning collaboratives, national-level process improvement projects, and a joint task force addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. He has trained alongside pioneers in the functional medicine community and serves as a clinical champion and teaching faculty for the military's only functional medicine training pathway. Dr. Stepanenko’s clinical focus spans chronic pain, metabolic dysfunction, warfighter resilience, and human performance optimization, combining public health principles with root-cause medicine. His leadership in the military Functional Medicine program and other programs such as Operation Restore Collaborative, Joint Task Force Resilience, and the Warfighter Brain Health & Suicide Prevention Virtual Learning Collaborative reflects a lifelong mission to optimize care for high-performing populations through system innovation, collaboration, and education.