Dr. Carter has served as director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine since his appointment in 2023. His main focuses are functional medicine, social determinants of health, health justice, systems biology, and lifestyle modification for prevention, healing and recovery. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and vascular medicine, and is a fellowship-trained interventional cardiologist. He brings nearly 40 years of healthcare experience to his role. One of Dr. Carter’s major career accomplishments was opening Mountain Heart Cardiovascular Care Center & Sleep Facility in Flagstaff, Ariz. in 2009 to increase healthcare access and reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the area.
