About Dr. Amy Myers
My story started like many of yours.
At 26, I was diagnosed with Graves' disease. Conventional medicine offered one solution: destroy my thyroid. I knew there had to be another way.
The Journey
That search changed everything. It led me through medical school at LSU, a residency in Emergency Medicine, and deep into the emerging world of functional medicine. I opened my clinic in Austin, Texas, and began doing what I wished someone had done for me — finding the root cause, not just managing the symptoms. What I discovered transformed my patients' lives. And then it reached far beyond my clinic walls.
TIMELINE
My story started like many of yours.
The Diagnosis I Wasn't Supposed to Question
During my second year of medical school I started to experience insomnia, mood swing, anxiety, weight loss and a hand tremor. I went to my doctor and was dismissed. She told me it was all in my head and that I was learning about different diseases in medical school and imaging that I had one of them or it was simply medical school stress.
The previous year, I had returned from two years as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay and my mother had died within three months of being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I never experienced any of these symptoms during those stressful times.
So, as my doctor was telling me it was all in my head and getting ready to send me home, I stopped her and insisted that she do a full work-up including blood tests.
A few weeks later my doctor called and without even apologizing she told me I had Graves’ disease (an autoimmune condition causing my thyroid to be overactive). This explained all of my symptoms but my doctor was not interested in finding the root cause or reversing them. Instead she offered me three choices: toxic medication (PTU) to shut down my thyroid hormone production, surgery to remove my thyroid gland or radioactive I-131 or thyroid ablation to kill my thyroid gland.
I chose the medication first, thinking it would be the lesser of three evils. However, within several weeks I was exhausted, my hair was falling out, my skin was dry and I was so exhausted I could barely get out of bed. I returned to my doctor and she diagnosed me with toxic hepatitis, a rare complication from the PTU where it was destroying my liver and I was headed into liver failure. I was told to immediately stop the PTU, get into bed and stay there until my liver recovered and in the meantime think about what I wanted to do next; have surgery to remove my thyroid gland or ablate my thyroid gland with radioactive I-131.
I eventually made the decision to have my thyroid ablated. It remains my biggest regret in life.
Conventional medicine failed me and it is my mission to not have it fail you too.
Building a Career Around What Failed Me
After my mother died, I returned to New Orleans and entered medical school at Louisiana State University Health Science Center, and later completed my residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. I then went on to become an attending Emergency Physician at University Medical Center Brackenridge and Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas.
I kept seeing patients whose concerns were being dismissed the same way mine had been. Who had been failed by the same system I was now part of
In 2010, I learned about functional medicine and began taking courses through The Institute for Functional Medicine and later that year opened Austin UltraHealth, my world-renowned functional medicine clinic. Patients came to see me from all over the world to help them reverse their autoimmune, thyroid, gut and hormonal issues.
The Work That Followed
In 2015, I published The Autoimmune Solution™ which became an instant New York Times bestseller and was translated into ten languages. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world were now reversing their autoimmune conditions by following The Myers Way ® four pillar protocol in the book.
The Thyroid Connection™ followed in 2016 and it also became an instant New York Times bestseller and translated into eight different languages. I was now helping people around the world avoid toxic medications and devastating procedures to treat their Graves’ disease. Their thyroid levels return to optimal levels naturally. The book also offered answers to the 27 million Americans living with thyroid dysfunction and Hashimoto’s, most of whom don’t know it and most of whom are being undertreated.
The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook™ was published with over 150 delicious and healing recipes to help make The Myers Way ® a way of life for millions around the world.
In 2017, I founded AmyMyersMD.com in order to help achieve my mission which is to Empower The World to Achieve Optimal Health. This is home to protocols, nutritional supplements, and education .
2024 Take Back Your Health® podcast was launched. This is where real conversation with other experts happen so that I can empower you to take back your health.
Launching July, 2026 will be Dr. Myers’ Inner Circle is a members-only community with live Q&As with me, a dedicated health coach who offers 1:1 support, access to lab testing, exclusive interviews and of course a community of people who get it.
The Years That Tested Everything
In 2016, I suffered a life-threatening toxic mold exposure. I recovered and then, in the span of a single month in early 2017, my father died of sepsis secondary to his immunosuppressive medications for polymyositis, and my daughter Elle was born.
I stepped back from Amy Myers MD® to grieve, to heal, and to raise her. What I thought would be a brief pause became nearly ten years. In that time, I separated from my husband, we discovered toxic mold in our new home, I lost my sister, and I faced a cancer scare of my own.
The last nine years have brought a lot of joy and have also been the hardest years of my life.
I am telling you this because I need you to know that life is a journey and our health is on a spectrum. They are not static. Once you heal it doesn’t mean you’re done. I have had to find my own way back, more than once. And I know from experience that the path back is possible. There is always hope!
Why I'm Here Now
I founded Amy Myers MD® (AMMD) because conventional medicine failed me and it is my mission to not have it fail you too.℠
Our core values are:
- SERVE — We go above and beyond to be of service.
- EFFECT — We actively look for a way to make a positive impact.
- EMPOWER — We empower people and deliver quality results.
Has your doctor told you your labs are normal yet you are still feeling tired, gaining weight, having mood swings and brain fog? I have heard that story from thousands of women just like you.
You are not alone, and you do not have to accept it.
I’m so proud of you for taking back your health.
With love and gratitude,
— Dr. Amy Myers
Credentials & Education
- Doctorate of Medicine — Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 2005
- Emergency Medicine Residency — University of Maryland Medical Center, 2005–2008
- Emergency Physician — Dell Children’s Hospital & University Medical Center Brackenridge, Austin, TX, 2008–2010
- Trained as a Functional Medicine Physician — The Institute for Functional Medicine, 2012
- Founder & Medical Director — World-renowned Austin UltraHealth Functional Medicine Clinic, 2010–2018
- Founder — Amy Myers MD®
- US/International Patent — “Inhibition of angiogenesis and destruction of angiogenic vessels with extracts of noni juice (Morinda citrifolia)” PCTIUS02127579
Published Work
- The Autoimmune Solution™ — New York Times Bestseller
- The Thyroid Connection™ — New York Times Bestseller
- The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook™ — Amazon Bestseller
Media & Speaking
Dr. Myers has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show (seven times), starred in her own PBS special, and been featured across dozens of television, radio, and magazine interviews. She is a sought-after keynote speaker on autoimmune disease, thyroid health, gut healing, and the functional medicine approach to reversing chronic illness.
For press inquiries, speaking requests, or podcast bookings, visit the Press & Media page.
Credentials
MD
LSU Health Sciences
EM
Emergency Medicine Residency
2x
NYT Bestselling Author