Autoimmune & Lyme Recovery — Virtual, Nationwide
Get your energy, clarity, and life back.
If you feel exhausted, foggy, and no longer like yourself, you are not imagining it — and you are not out of options. I'm Dr. Sal Fiorentino, and I help people with autoimmune disease and Lyme disease uncover the root cause and rebuild their health through The DERNAM Healing Method.
You've been dismissed before
You're not "just stressed." Something real is going on.
You've been told your labs look normal. That it's anxiety. That you should sleep more and try to relax. Meanwhile you're pushing through each day on fumes, losing words mid-sentence, and wondering when you stopped feeling like you.
I understand it on a personal level — I spent years being misdiagnosed before I learned what was actually driving my symptoms. That experience is exactly why I do this work differently.
Does this sound like you?
The symptoms that quietly take over your life
If you recognized yourself above, there is a structured path forward — one that looks for why this is happening, not just how to mask it.
Where I focus
Specialized support for complex, chronic conditions
Autoimmune Disease Support
Hashimoto's, Lupus, MS, RA, Crohn's, and more. We look beyond the diagnosis to the triggers driving the immune response — and build a plan to calm and rebuild from the root.
Lyme Disease & Coinfections
Known as "the great imitator," Lyme can mimic almost anything. Drawing on my own recovery, I offer thorough assessment and a natural, whole-person approach to lasting healing.
The DERNAM Healing Method™
A clear, six-step path back to yourself
Healing chronic illness shouldn't feel like guesswork. DERNAM is the structured process I developed to take you from overwhelmed and stuck to steady, clear, and functioning — one deliberate step at a time.
D — Discover
Get to the real root cause with a thorough, whole-person evaluation — not a rushed 10-minute visit.
E — Eliminate
Remove the obstacles — toxins, triggers, and burdens — that are blocking your body from healing.
R — Restore
Rebuild the foundations — gut, terrain, and balance — so the body has a stable base to recover on.
N — Nourish
Give your body exactly what it needs with targeted nutrition and support matched to you, not a generic plan.
A — Activate
Stimulate your body's own healing ability so it can move back toward balance and real energy.
M — Maintain
Protect your progress with the habits and follow-through that keep you feeling like yourself for the long run.
Meet Dr. Sal
I became the doctor I needed.
In my twenties I developed an autoimmune condition, and years later — after being told my symptoms were "in my head" — I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease and mercury toxicity. Conventional medicine had no real answers for me. Naturopathic medicine gave me my life back, and it became my calling.
Free download
The 30-Day Guide to Optimizing Your Immune Function
Simple, doable daily steps to start calming inflammation and rebuilding energy — sent straight to your inbox.
In their words
People who got their lives back
"For 9 years I was hypothyroid, and it wasn't until I found Dr. Fiorentino that I finally felt like someone was truly listening and getting to the actual cause. Within a few weeks I started to feel like myself again."
Kerry S.
"The most compassionate, thorough, and knowledgeable doctor I have ever known. He's treating me for a stomach condition I'd had for four years after four gastroenterologists couldn't help."
Frank F.
"He's helped me recover from leaky gut and environmental allergies — I feel great. He also helped my son recover from severe Lyme symptoms. I highly recommend him."
Maria G.
Ready to feel like yourself again?
Tell me a little about what you're dealing with and I'll be in touch about working together. Consultations are virtual and available nationwide.