
Roberta Kline
MD
Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Portland, Oregon, United States
Dr. Roberta Kline is a board-certified ObGyn physician, Functional Genomics, and Integrative Personalized Medicine specialist, consultant, researcher, author, speaker, and educator whose mission is to change how we approach health and deliver healthcare.
Board-certified ObGyn physician and Air Force veteran, Dr. Kline has decades of experience running conventional, functional, and integrative personalized medicine practices within a variety of innovative models, including hybrid, cash-based, and virtual consulting.
Dr. Kline has taught healthcare professionals through faculty positions with the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she had a lead role in creating the integrative and functional medicine program for a new family practice residency - the first such program in the country when it launched in 2013; and with The Graduate Institute, where she created and taught the Functional & Genomic Medicine module for a holistic health master's degree program. She is currently on faculty at the University of Western States, where she teaches an integrative approach to personalized nutrition through Advanced Nutritional Genomics and Epigenetics. Passionate about advancing new approaches to solve health challenges, she currently serves as Senior Editor for the Women’s Health Digest, Education Director for the Women’s Diagnostic Network and Project: Moms on a Mission, and Assistant Editor for the Integrative Pain Healer’s Alliance.
She has created advanced clinical nutritional genomic testing and online clinician training and certification programs as co-founder of several Genomic Medicine companies and has extensive experience teaching Functional Genomics and Integrative Personalized Medicine to both healthcare professionals and the public through conferences, webinars, online courses, and workshops. Dr. Kline has authored numerous articles and publications including the Orthogenomics chapter in Metabolic Orthopedics, the Blood Type Diet Cookbook, and the Dense Breast Paradigm.
Dr. Kline’s passion for scientifically validating findings and interventions extends beyond her work with her patients. Awarded for her excellence in clinical research, she also has extensive experience leading genomic testing research. More recently, Dr. Kline has been involved in creating protocols for validating and evaluating the efficacy of health technology and devices utilizing functional genomic and metabolic biochemical testing.
Her consulting work encompasses multiple aspects of health including technology validation, custom nutrigenomic supplements, personalized nutrition, and Psilocybin Facilitator Services. Dr. Kline has also guided clinicians in creating and implementing innovative Functional Genomics practice solutions, and assisted Sodexo in implementing the first personalized nutrition menu for healthcare facilities.