If your idea of healthcare starts before things break, Melbourne Functional Medicine is already speaking your language.
Based in South Melbourne and working with clients Australia wide, this multi award winning clinic has spent more than a decade helping people optimise vitality, performance, and long term health using a deeply personalised functional medicine model backed by serious data.
Here, health optimisation is not about guessing or generic protocols. It is about understanding your biology in detail, interpreting it with clinical depth, and turning that insight into strategies you can actually sustain. Advanced diagnostics meet dedicated health coaching, and science is paired with human accountability. That combination is the difference.
Location
186 Buckhurst Street
South Melbourne, Victoria 3205
In clinic consultations available
Telehealth available Australia wide
Booking Details futher below.
Clinic Type
Functional Medicine • Health Optimisation • Preventative Health • Advanced Functional Testing • Health Coaching
The Vibe
Measured. Intelligent. Data driven with a human touch. Melbourne Functional Medicine feels more like a performance lab for long term wellbeing than a traditional clinic. This is where curiosity meets structure, and where health is treated as something you actively build, not passively wait to lose.
What’s On Offer
• Functional medicine consultations focused on prevention, optimisation, and chronic health support
• Advanced biomarker testing across blood, metabolic, inflammatory, hormonal, and nutrient markers
• Biological age and epigenetic testing with in depth analysis
• Gut, hormone, thyroid, cardiovascular, and metabolic optimisation
• Cardiometabolic risk prevention strategies
• Cognitive and performance optimisation for clarity, resilience, and recovery
• Personalised nutrition, lifestyle, and supplement based plans
• Health coaching with habit change support and accountability
• Annual health optimisation reviews to track progress and trends
Who It’s For
• People focused on long term healthspan and disease prevention
• High performers seeking cognitive, metabolic, and physical optimisation
• Those navigating fatigue, immune, digestive, sleep, or autoimmune challenges
• Individuals wanting clarity from complex test results
• Anyone who wants expert guidance plus accountability, not just data
Key Treatments
• Functional medicine consultations
• Advanced functional pathology interpretation
• Health coaching and behaviour change frameworks
• Personalised optimisation plans across nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements
• Ongoing progress tracking and annual reviews
The Diagnostics Edge
This clinic does not test for curiosity’s sake. Every diagnostic is selected to answer a specific question about how your body is functioning right now and where intervention will make the biggest difference.
By combining extensive biomarker panels with functional interpretation and coaching support, Melbourne Functional Medicine turns complex data into clear direction. The goal is not information overload. It is precision.
The Clinical Team
Jabe Brown – Founder
MSc (Nut & Fx Med), BHSc (Nat), BComm, AFMCP
Founder and functional medicine practitioner specialising in health optimisation, longevity science, and performance. Jabe has supported thousands of patients and brings extensive experience interpreting large scale functional testing and genetic data to create strategic, personalised health plans.
Mark Payne – Functional Medicine Practitioner
BHSc (Nat), MEd (CPEP), GCert (Wellness), AFMCP
With 30 years of clinical experience, Mark specialises in epigenetics, cognitive function, resilience, and health optimisation. An Adjunct Fellow at Southern Cross University, he is known for combining scientific depth with patient centred care.
Vicki van der Meer – Functional Medicine Practitioner
BHSc (Nat), GCEBCM, AFMCP
With more than ten years of experience, Vicki supports digestive, hormonal, autoimmune, thyroid, fatigue related, and women’s health concerns using evidence based nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and advanced diagnostics.
Full Diagnostics Breakdown
Healthspan Assessment
In clinic physical assessment measuring over 20 key metrics impacting quality of life and long term healthspan, plus advanced cognition testing completed at home.
Comprehensive Blood Testing
A 240 biomarker blood and metabolite analysis exclusive to Melbourne Functional Medicine, designed to detect early imbalances before illness develops.
Biological Age Testing
Assessment of cellular age, pace of ageing, telomere length, and multi layer epigenetic age profiling.
Genetic Testing
Nutrigenomic analysis of 92 genes and 113 SNPs to understand nutrient metabolism, hormone balance, detoxification, inflammation, and mental performance.
Methylation Testing
Evaluation of methylation pathways influencing detoxification, mood, hormone balance, and biological ageing.
Advanced Hormone Testing
Analysis of 35 hormone markers including oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA S, cortisol, metabolites, and organic acids to assess oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.
Advanced Gut Microbiome Analysis
DNA based stool testing mapping bacteria, parasites, fungi, digestion markers, inflammation, and intestinal permeability.
Food Sensitivity And Allergy Testing
Dual pathway testing measuring IgG 1–4, C3d, IgE, and IgG4 responses to identify delayed and immediate immune reactions.
Oral Microbiome Testing
Assessment of oral bacteria linked to gum health, inflammation, nitric oxide pathways, and systemic health.
Vaginal Microbiome Testing
Detailed analysis of vaginal flora balance, pH, and protective bacteria supporting urogenital health.
Note: The above tests are a selection from the full suite of tests available to patients of our clinic. We can also test for environmental toxin exposure, mycotoxins, SIBO, MARCoNs and other factors involved in complex health cases.
Custom Action Plan
Testing is only the beginning. Results are translated into bespoke plans integrating nutrition, lifestyle strategies, supplements, and evidence based therapeutics. Plans evolve as your health improves, keeping the process dynamic rather than static.
Membership And Pricing
Pricing and packages are available on enquiry.
Programs are tailored based on individual goals, testing requirements, and level of ongoing support.
Awards And Recognition
Winner – Top Functional Medicine Practitioner, APAC 2026
Winner – Best in Healthcare Delivery (Australia), GPMG 2026
Winner – Best Functional Medicine Clinic (Australia), GHP 2025
Finalist – Health Improvement Services, Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2025
Highly Recommended – Excellence in Customer Service, Australian Achiever Awards 2025
Winner – Natural Medicine Awards Clinic of the Year, ATMS 2024
Winner – Most Innovative Functional Medicine Clinic, APAC Insider 2024
Winner – Excellence in Healthcare Delivery, APAC Insider Australian Enterprise 2023
Finalist – Innovative Product Service, Allied Health Awards 2022
Bronze Winner – Innovation in Product Design and Development, Asia Pacific Stevie Awards 2023
Winner – Innovation in Chronic Health Condition Care, Asia Pacific GHP 2023
Highly Recommended – Excellence in Customer Service, Australian Achiever Awards 2022
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Choose Melbourne Functional Medicine As A Health Optimisation Partner?
Because they’re built for people who don’t want guesswork, generic plans, or surface-level answers.
Melbourne Functional Medicine is an award-winning clinic that’s been operating since 2017, working with Australians and international clients who want to improve vitality, performance, and long-term wellbeing. What sets them apart is the combination of advanced diagnostics and ongoing health coaching, meaning results don’t stop at a test report.
With access to advanced laboratories in Australia and globally, their practitioners and accredited health coaches help translate complex data into practical strategies that support health now, and over the long haul.
Why Functional Medicine For Disease Prevention And Lifespan Extension?
Because proactive health creates better long-term outcomes.
Functional medicine focuses on identifying root causes early and addressing them through personalised interventions. By targeting diet, movement, stress, gut health, inflammation, and metabolic function, it aims to reduce chronic disease risk while supporting long-term healthspan, not just lifespan.
What Is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine looks at how systems interact, rather than treating the body as a collection of unrelated parts.
It focuses on dietary, lifestyle, and environmental factors that influence how the body actually functions day to day. At Melbourne Functional Medicine, this approach is used across the spectrum, from people managing chronic issues to those already well and looking to optimise further.
What Kind Of Supplements And Therapeutics Are Available?
Clients may access practitioner-only supplements linked to cellular ageing and longevity pathways. These include compounds such as NR, Berberine, NAC, urolithin A, and resveratrol, alongside nootropics like Ginkgo, Bacopa, and phosphatidyl nutrients such as choline.
In other words, not whatever’s on the chemist shelf.
What Value Does A Functional Medicine Practitioner Add To Health Optimisation?
Functional medicine practitioners focus on how modifiable lifestyle factors shape long-term health, and how to intervene before problems escalate.
They work alongside medical professionals to complement conventional care, while using advanced functional testing to design strategies that are tailored, preventative, and aligned with individual goals, not averages.
What Advanced Tests Are Offered?
Melbourne Functional Medicine works with leading laboratories worldwide to access advanced functional testing. These tests can explore digestive health, toxin exposure, hormone metabolism, parasites, and other biological systems that influence performance, resilience, and long-term wellbeing.
Why Choose These Tests Over Other Health Assessments?
Many health assessments focus on detecting disease once it’s already underway, often using limited biomarkers or imaging.
Melbourne Functional Medicine prioritises functional analytes and up-to-date biomarkers that help explain why changes are occurring in the body, not just that they are. This makes them particularly useful for people actively pursuing health optimisation and biohacking strategies, rather than passive monitoring.
Where Is The Clinic Located?
Melbourne Functional Medicine is based at 186 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205.
They work with clients in clinic, across Australia, and internationally via telehealth where testing access allows.
How To Book
Melbourne Functional Medicine is based in South Melbourne, offering in clinic consultations Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, with telehealth available for those outside the area.
To book an Optimisation Kickstart session or enquire about testing and programs, visit: optimise.mfm.au
For direct enquiries, call 1300 614 814.
The clinic is located at 186 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205.
You’ll also find Melbourne Functional Medicine on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube, where they share updates and educational content.
Instagram: @melbournefxmed
Facebook: @MelbourneFunctionalMedicine
Linkedin: @MelbourneFunctionalMedicine
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