Our physician collaborator network.
The Holistic Heart Centers peer network connects Dr. Regina Druz with a carefully selected group of specialists across functional medicine, regenerative medicine, and nutrition science. This collaborative model ensures your integrative cardiology care is informed by multiple expert perspectives — and that complex cases get the multi-specialty attention they deserve.
Our collaborating specialists.
Each physician in this network was selected based on clinical excellence, a shared evidence-based framework, and an active referral relationship with Dr. Druz. These are not affiliations — they are working relationships that directly inform patient care.
Dr. Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD
Medical Director, UltraWellness Center — Lenox, MA
Dr. Boham is a physician and registered dietitian specializing in functional medicine and nutrition-based approaches to chronic disease. She consults on complex functional medicine cases and nutrition-driven metabolic conditions for HHC patients — bringing particular depth to the intersection of diet, microbiome health, and cardiovascular risk.
Dr. George Papanicolaou, DO, IFMCP
Functional Medicine Physician
Dr. Papanicolaou is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner with deep expertise in complex hormonal and metabolic conditions. He provides functional medicine co-management for HHC patients with multi-system presentations — particularly cases where hormonal dysregulation, adrenal function, or complex metabolic patterns intersect with cardiovascular risk.
Dr. Polly Watson, MD
Integrative Gynecologist & Certified Menopause Specialist
Dr. Watson is a board-certified gynecologist and certified menopause specialist who bridges conventional gynecology with integrative and functional medicine approaches to women’s midlife health. She consults on the critical intersection of hormonal transitions and cardiovascular risk for HHC patients — with particular depth in estrogen’s role in lipid metabolism, vascular function, and the cardiometabolic changes that begin years before menopause is complete.
▶ Podcast · Episode 29 The Hormone Whisperer — unlocking midlife wellness for heart health optimization →Dr. Guy L. Mintz, MD, FACC
Director of Cardiovascular Health & Lipidology, Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at Northwell Health — Manhasset, NY
Dr. Mintz is one of the leading lipidologists in the New York metropolitan area, with over 40 years of cardiovascular experience and deep expertise in Lp(a), advanced lipid management, and preventive cardiology. As Director of Cardiovascular Health & Lipidology at Northwell Health and Co-Director of the Lipid Center at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, he brings exceptional depth to the complex lipid cases — particularly Lp(a) elevation — that sit at the core of HHC’s integrative cardiovascular approach.
▶ Podcast · Episode 24 Lp(a), advanced lipids, and the future of preventive cardiology →
How the collaborative model works.
When your case calls for specialist input, Dr. Druz coordinates directly — so you receive integrated guidance rather than disconnected opinions from multiple separate providers.
Active consultation
These are working clinical relationships — not directory listings. When a patient’s case warrants specialist input, Dr. Druz consults directly with the appropriate network member and integrates their perspective into the care plan.
Integrated into your care plan
Specialist input doesn’t arrive as a separate report you have to reconcile with conflicting advice. Dr. Druz synthesizes the perspective into a unified care plan — so functional medicine, regenerative considerations, and cardiovascular management speak to each other.
Not every patient, not every visit
The collaborative model is activated when your case genuinely warrants it — complex multi-system presentations, treatment-refractory conditions, or cases where root causes span multiple specialties. Not a default referral practice.
Interested in a collaborative consultation?
Complex cardiovascular cases often benefit from multi-specialty input. If your situation calls for more than a single-specialty approach — functional medicine co-management, regenerative considerations alongside conventional care, or multi-system complexity — contact us to discuss whether the collaborative model is right for you.
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