Dr. Robert Calhoun, MD

Board-certified family physician with training in Functional Medicine through the IFM, and founder of a Direct Primary Care practice focused on restoring health through individualized, root-cause care. My approach integrates conventional medical training with functional and holistic strategies, allowing for a broader and more flexible treatment toolkit tailored to each patient.

I was among the first physicians in Louisiana to align with the FLCCC Alliance (now the Independent Medical Alliance), providing outpatient COVID treatment at a time when many patients were offered little beyond watchful waiting. That experience reinforced my commitment to early intervention and to using all appropriate tools—conventional, nutraceutical, and repurposed—based on clinical judgment and patient-specific context.

I continue to care for patients seeking thoughtful, proactive treatment for both acute and chronic conditions, particularly in areas where standard approaches may fall short. My clinical interests include metabolic health, musculoskeletal treatment, chronic inflammation, gut dysfunction, hormone balance, and complex conditions such as mast cell activation.

My practice emphasizes longer visits, direct physician access, and a collaborative physician–patient relationship, with the goal of moving beyond symptom management toward meaningful restoration of health and function.

Direct Primary Care with an emphasis on personalized, root-cause treatment and early intervention.

Services include:

Comprehensive primary care (acute and chronic care)
Use of conventional, nutraceutical, and repurposed therapies (including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine when appropriate)
Metabolic health and weight optimization
Hormone evaluation and support (men and women)
Integrative management of chronic conditions (inflammation, gut dysfunction, mast cell activation)
Microcurrent therapy for scar treatment and Vagus nerve dystonia
Immune support and early outpatient treatment of viral illness
Musculoskeletal medicine and dry needling
Non-opioid pain management strategies
Lifestyle and nutrition-based interventions