Suzanne Keyes PharmD, IFMCP, FACA graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy in 1996 and returned to academia in 1999 enrolling in the non-traditional Doctor of Pharmacy pathway offered through the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. In 2004, she graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy, the highest degree offered to pharmacists.
She has had 20 years’ experience in varied pharmacy settings; retail management for a chain drugstore, nursing home consultant, hospital pharmacist and her current position as the lead functional medicine pharmacist in her compounding pharmacy in Western Oklahoma. Suzanne’s passion to get to the underlying cause of disease is what drove her to pursue advanced education and become the seventh pharmacist in the world to become a certified practitioner through the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Dr. Keyes is trained to view chronic disease in a ‘systems biology’ approach rather than a ‘symptoms-based algorithm’. Her mantra is simply put, “…we are the culmination of seven biological SYSTEMS and NOT hundreds of SYMPTOMS”. It is this philosophy that has helped grow her in-store consultation practice and has led to countless improved outcomes of patients far and wide.
Aligning herself with the root cause model, Dr. Keyes’ philosophy remains steadfast; “with the proper support, the body has an innate ability to heal itself.” The combination of Dr. Keyes’ pharmacy knowledge of nutrient depletion and her functional medicine education of the biological pathways allows for a thorough assessment of a patient’s nutrient status and the manifestation of symptoms thereof. Dr. Keyes then designs supportive therapies that include supplements, nutrition and lifestyle modifications, to provide patients with desired outcomes, arresting and even reversing chronic disease.
As a Fellow of the American College of Apothecaries, Dr. Keyes spends her time outside of the lab designing, speaking for and teaching several courses at the home office in Bartlett, Tennessee as well as traveling to individual pharmacies for ACPE-accredited onsite training.
Dr. Keyes has been honored with invitations to speak about functional medicine for nationally recognized organizations such as the International Association of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) and the National Association of Community Pharmacists (NCPA) on several occasions across the country. In the last 2 years, Dr. Keyes has been interviewed and her practice highlighted online by both Dr. Blair Thielemier (Pharmapreneur Academy; Elevate Pharmacy Summit) and Dr. Alex Barker (The Happy PharmD).
One of Dr. Keyes’ most memorable moments was being selected by Ortho Molecular Products as the 2016 “Spotlight Pharmacist of the Year”. Again, she was interviewed and her practice highlighted in their nationally publicized newsletter, reaching over 9,000 providers and colleagues alike.
Aside from her many speaking engagements and running a successful compounding/hybrid pharmacy, Dr. Keyes enjoys spending time with her husband of 20 years traveling abroad, riding motorcycles, and playing with their 8 year old boxer, Magi. Above all, Suzanne admits her greatest joys will always be her three adult children, Taylor, Tyler and Alyx.
Matthew 19:26
“With man these things are impossible; but with God, ALL things are possible”
