When Your Child's Health Is Finally Understood, Everything Changes.

We provide functional pediatric psychiatry care that combines functional medicine and testing with nutritional counseling, gut health support, and lifestyle guidance, so your child gets a personalized plan rooted in science and built for real life. Whether your child is dealing with chronic symptoms or you simply want a seasoned pediatrician who takes the time to listen, we're here to help your family move forward with clarity and confidence.

We don't just manage symptoms, we investigate why your child is struggling in the first place. By looking at gut health, immune function, nutrition, sleep, and environment, we uncover the connections that other providers miss. Our approach is grounded in evidence-based testing and aligned with AAP pediatric safety guidelines, so you can feel confident that your child's care is both thorough and safe.

No two children are alike, and neither are our care plans. Every recommendation is tailored to your child's unique biology, history, and daily life, from the labs to the dietary and supplement guidance we provide. We take the time to listen to your child's full story and build realistic plans that fit your family's routines, culture, and comfort level. No extreme protocols or overwhelm. Just thoughtful steps that make a real difference.

We look at the full picture, body, brain, gut, emotions, and environment, because in a child's body, everything is connected. Whether it's tummy troubles linked to mood, or sleep issues affecting focus, we connect the dots. We also know that supporting a child means supporting the family. Our care includes testing, nutritional coaching, lifestyle guidance, and a health coach who helps you implement changes step by step to remove the guesswork.

When a child is struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, mood swings, or behavioral challenges, parents often hear the same thing: It's psychological. It's developmental. It's just who they are. Dr. Juliana Nahas doesn't accept that.

She founded Cedars Functional Medicine for the families who sense there's more to the story, who've watched their child suffer with ADHD, PANS/PANDAS, tics, trauma-related symptoms, sleep disturbances, or "mystery" neuropsychiatric symptoms that haven't fully responded to therapy or medication alone. These parents aren't looking for a quick fix.

As a board-certified pediatrician and functional medicine certified provider, Dr. Nahas takes a brain-body, root-cause approach to emotional and behavioral health in children, teens, and young adults up to age 24. She investigates what's happening in the whole system, including gut, immune function, metabolism, hormones, nervous system regulation, and environment, because she knows the brain doesn't operate in isolation.

Her care integrates functional psychiatry principles, targeted lab testing when appropriate, nutritional and metabolic support, and nervous system regulation strategies. When medication is part of the plan, it's chosen thoughtfully and paired with approaches that support lasting healing, not just symptom control. She coordinates closely with therapists, pediatricians, schools, and specialists so your child isn't lost between providers.