Dr. Lena Suhaila, ND, FABNO
If you are reading this, you may have just received a diagnosis that changed everything. Or you are watching someone you love navigate that path. Or you are one of the growing number of people who understand that prevention is not passive.
You are in the right place.
Cancer is not simply a genetic misfortune. It is a metabolic process, shaped by the internal conditions of the body. Blood sugar dysregulation, chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, immune suppression, toxic burden, and unresolved emotional patterns all contribute to a terrain in which cancer can arise, grow, and recur.
The most important question is not just how to destroy the tumor. It is how to change the conditions that allowed it to develop.
This is where everything changes.
Dr. Lena Suhaila, ND, FABNO
Dr. Suhaila is a board-certified naturopathic oncologist and one of a small number of physicians holding the FABNO credential, Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology. Following her naturopathic oncology residency, she served on the medical staff of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, now part of City of Hope, where she went on clinical rounds with the hospital teams and sat on tumor boards alongside conventional medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists. Earlier in her career, she conducted pre-clinical pharmacokinetics research at Amgen. She also worked in molecular biology research on drugs being developed for prostate cancer. That background gives her a working knowledge of pharmacokinetics and drug-supplement interactions that few naturopathic physicians bring to the conversation.
She has completed advanced training through the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health and the Institute of Functional Medicine, and has trained directly with Dr. Gabor Maté in Compassionate Inquiry and in Internal Family Systems therapy.
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The Deeper Healing
Healing rarely stops at the physical level
The body is a portal. Every symptom, every pattern, every place of pain is an invitation to go deeper. Healing is more than symptom relief. It is the courage to look at every part of yourself, including the parts you have hidden or forgotten, and say: you belong here too. It is the work of reintegration. Of making peace with your full self. Of returning to a wholeness that was never truly lost, only buried.
"Thank you for bringing me to higher state of health. Because of all the changes that you've helped me to make, I feel so much better now than I did before I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I never thought that could be possible."
JA Berkley, California
"Dr Lena helped save my life. I don't want to sound melodramatic, but it's how I feel. I really wanted a blend of holistic and Western medicine to support me through treatment for triple negative breast cancer- and Dr Lena was the perfect choice. She worked seamlessly with my team at UCSF, even exchanging emails with my oncologist. She is incredibly knowledgable, going over my blood tests and suggesting supplements to support my immune system and keep side-effects at bay."
DL Santa Cruz, California
"Dr. Suhaila is a light that was brought into my life in a great time of darkness. I appreciate her knowledge, patience, and optimism. She helped keep me safe and calm as I went through treatment for stage IV ovarian cancer."
BM Oakland, California
