Dr Nirusha Kumaran is a highly regarded General Practitioner, certified lifestyle medicine physician and hormone specialist, specialising in functional and longevity medicine. Currently serving as the Chief Medical Officer at Founders Health, Dr Nirusha is passionate about empowering patients to discover optimum wellbeing through a holistic approach to health. Championing an integrative approach to health that focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of illness, Dr Nirusha is particularly interested in longevity and healthy ageing, chronic disease prevention and reversal, and root cause medicine. Dr Nirusha is a compassionate healthcare professional whose advanced medical expertise and confident professional presence make her an outstanding speaker for medical conferences, workshops, and forums.
After completing her medical education at the University of Nottingham in 2011, Nirusha undertook her foundation training at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. In 2016, she qualified as an NHS GP and began developing her interest in functional and longevity Medicine. Over the coming years, she expanded her medical expertise and held roles such as a physician at Teladoc Health and a Functional Medicine Doctor at Functional Nexs LTD. In 2022, she founded Elemental Health Clinic, one of the few CQC-regulated clinics dedicated to delivering personalised medicine. In 2025, Dr Nirusha began working as the Medical Director of HUM2N, later progressing to Head of Personalised Medicine that same year. Following this, she served as Medical Director and a Visiting Doctor at Menovivre Clinic, the UAE's First Women's health-focused clinic in Dubai.
Alongside her clinical work, Dr Nirusha is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, known for her innovative insights into gut health, the microbiome, hormone optimisation, the role of methylation testing in understanding genetics, and the use of health data, diagnostic testing, and biomarkers to enhance patient outcomes. She provides balanced and evidence-based comments and information for the media and creates practical advice using “top tips” to help people navigate complex issues such as Women’s Health, Menopause, Chronic Stress, and Gut Health. In 2026, she appeared as a panellist at the Menopause 2.0 Global Virtual Conference, where she contributed fascinating perspectives on midlife wellness and longevity.
Dr Nirusha’s indisputable professional gravitas and depth of knowledge enable her to deliver expert insights with clarity and authority. She is a trusted voice in advancing modern, personalised healthcare, delivering engaging talks across a broad range of topics, including hormones and women’s health, gut health and the microbiome, energy, fatigue and mitochondrial function, metabolic and cardiometabolic health, longevity, methylation and advanced functional medicine, as well as lifestyle, stress, and mind–body medicine. To hire Dr Nirusha Kumaran for your next event, contact Champions Speakers today!
Dr Nirusha Kumaran's official speaking topics are listed below:
Signature Keynote Talks:
- The Root Cause Revolution: Why Conventional Medicine Misses Chronic Illness
- Reframing Women’s Health in Midlife
- The Energy Crisis: Why So Many Women Are Exhausted and What to Do About It
- From Burnout to Balance: The Functional Medicine Approach to Resilience
- Longevity for Women: Beyond Biohacking to True Cellular Health
- The Invisible Load: Stress, Hormones & Modern Female Physiology
Hormones & Women’s Health (Core Expertise):
- Perimenopause - What’s Really Happening Hormonally and how to manage it
- Menopause as a Metabolic Event not Just a Hormonal One
- PMS Is Not Normal: Root Causes & Solutions
- PCOS: Beyond Ovaries. A Metabolic & Inflammatory Condition
- Oestrogen Dominance: Causes, Symptoms & Clinical Strategies
- Progesterone Deficiency & the Modern Woman
- The Hormone–Brain Connection: Mood, Anxiety & Cognition
- Hormonal Weight Gain: Why Calories Are Not the Answer
- Bioidentical Hormones: Risks, Benefits & Clinical Nuance
- Bioidentical, Body-Identical or Synthetic: Choosing the Right Hormone Therapy
- Thyroid hormones - beyond just TSH
- Beyond Standard Testing: The Role of Advanced Hormone Metabolites in Risk Assessment
- Optimising Female Health: PMS, Perimenopause, and Beyond
Gut Health & Microbiome:
- Leaky Gut: Mechanisms, Myths & Clinical Reality
- SIBO Decoded: Diagnosis, Root Causes & Functional Treatment Strategies
- Dysbiosis & Disease: How the Microbiome Drives Systemic Illness
- The Gut–Hormone Axis: Why Your Microbiome Influences Hormones
- Healing the Gut - Supplements, Diets and more
- Gut Health in Women: IBS, Bloating & Hormonal Interplay
- All Disease Begins in the Gut: How Silent Inflammation Disrupts Every System in the Body
Energy, Fatigue & Mitochondrial Health:
- Why You’re Still Tired: The Functional Medicine View of Fatigue
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction: A Root Driver of Chronic Disease
- Adrenal Dysfunction Revisited: Beyond the ‘Adrenal Fatigue’ Debate
- Burnout Biology: Cortisol, Stress & Recovery
- Sleep, Circadian Rhythm & Hormonal Repair
- The Hidden Drivers of Fatigue: How to Regain Your Energy Naturally
Metabolic & Cardiometabolic Health:
- Insulin Resistance: The Hidden Driver of Chronic Disease
- Blood Sugar Balance for Hormonal Health
- Metabolic Syndrome in Women: A Silent Epidemic
- Weight Loss Resistance: A Hormonal & Metabolic Perspective
Longevity, Methylation & Advanced Functional Medicine:
- Methylation Simplified: Why It Matters Clinically
- Longevity Medicine: A Functional Approach
- Inflammaging: The Link Between Inflammation & Aging
- Nutrigenomics: Personalised Medicine in Action
- Longevity Medicine: How to Extend Healthspan, Not Just Lifespan
Detoxification & Environmental Medicine:
- Detoxification Demystified: Understanding Liver Pathways
- Toxic Load: The Missing Link in Chronic Illness
- Endocrine Disruptors & Hormonal Health
- Why Chronic Disease and Autoimmunity Are Rising: A Root Cause Perspective
Supplements & Clinical Practice:
- Top Evidence-Based Supplements in Functional Medicine
- Personalisation in Practice: Testing vs Guessing
- Advanced testing options beyond blood testing
Lifestyle, Stress & Mind-Body Medicine:
- The Nervous System & Chronic Disease
- Stress as a Key Driver of Hormonal and Metabolic Dysfunction
- Vagus Nerve, Breathwork & Regulation
- Lifestyle Medicine in a High-Stress World
- 2026 - Panellist at Menopause 2.0 Global Virtual Conference
- 2025 - Chief Medical Officer, Functional and Longevity Physician at Founders Health
- 2025 - Medical Director, Functional and Longevity Physician, Visiting Doctor at Menovivre Clinic
- 2025 - Head of Personalised Medicine, Functional Medicine and Longevity Physician at HUM2N
- 2024 - Competed advanced Training in BHRT & Menopause Management
- 2023 - Medical Director at HUM2N
- 2022 - Functional Medicine Doctor at Functional Nexus LTD
- 2022 - Medical Director and Founder of Elemental Health Clinic
- 2021 - Physician at Teladoc Health
- 2020 - Trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), Kharrazian Institute, SIBO Doctor, Lifecode Gx Nutrigenomics
- 2019 - Completed the BSLM/ IBLM Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine
- 2016 - NHS General Practitioner
How to hire Dr Nirusha Kumaran
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