Scott Bukow is a Functional Medicine practitioner, educator, and traumatic brain injury survivor with more than 30 years of experience in clinical nutrition, neuroscience, and international healthcare education. For nearly two decades, he taught practitioners in over 20 countries, helping expand Functional Medicine education globally.
After experiencing his own neurologic injury and recovery journey firsthand, Scott became determined to understand why so many individuals continue struggling long after traditional rehabilitation ends. His research led him to focus on five interconnected biologic systems increasingly associated with persistent brain injury dysfunction: chronic neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier disruption, gut-brain axis dysfunction, microvascular impairment, and impaired neuroplasticity.
Today, Scott’s educational work focuses on helping survivors, caregivers, and clinicians better understand why recovery may stall — and why addressing the body’s internal healing environment may offer a new perspective on long-term neurologic recovery and resilience.