Dr. Doug Pucci is a graduate of the Northeast College of Health Sciences, and licensed by the College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York. For decades he has continued advancing his education, training with leaders such as Datis Kharrazian of the Kharrazian Institute where he is on track to become one of fewer than 50 physicians nationwide to achieve advanced certification in functional medicine.

As founder of Pucci Wellness in Bergen County, New Jersey more than 30 years ago, he’s been helping patients with complex, hard-to-explain symptoms find real answers—and real hope. In the 2000s, Dr Pucci began taking a much deeper dive into functional neurology, chiropractic neurology, and neurometabolic conditions, including dysautonomias, autoimmune diseases, and energy problems that affect the whole body and brain through such organizations as the AFNI, the American Functional Neurology Institute, and experts like Dr’s. David Clark, Robert Melilo, and others.

In and around 2020 and throughout the covid pandemic, Dr Pucci furthered his knowledge of complex immunological issues at the root of cardiovascular and immune system disease through such programs as Sam Yanuck’s program on Integrative Medicine, in the Department of Physical Medicine, and funded in part by Pure Encapsulations, called Cogence Immunology.

Most of Dr. Pucci’s patients have already seen multiple doctors, run basic labs, tried restrictive diets, and taken countless supplements—only to be told “everything looks fine.” But they don’t feel fine. And they know something deeper is going on.

That’s where Dr. Pucci comes in.

His work combines leading-edge diagnostic tools with a whole-body and brain-based perspective. He considers all the systems that contribute to dysfunction—gut health, immune regulation, brain performance, hormones, stress physiology, and nutritional biochemistry—to uncover the root causes of what’s really going on.

“What makes my approach different is that I take time to really look, to ask better questions, and to show patients what their body is trying to say—before it breaks down even more.”

Dr. Pucci has trained extensively in functional medicine, functional neurology, laboratory science, detoxification, and cellular nutrition. He continues to refine his protocols with a network of forward-thinking colleagues across the country.

He has helped patients with:

• Chronic fatigue and brain fog

• Autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s

• Hormonal shifts and metabolic issues

• Balance disorders and cognitive decline

• Chronic pain and post-viral syndromes

His work has been recognized by New Jersey Monthly’s Top Doctor list, (201) Magazine’s Doctors to Watch, Bergen Health & Life’s Face of Functional Medicine, and the American Association for Integrative Medicine, where he was named a Fellow in 2015. In 2020 he was listed in the Who’s Who Directory of Top Doctor’s, and in made a podcast tour speaking with The Holistic Navigator, Expect Miracles, Yoga Body, and more. As of 2025 he is a sought after speaker for the Doctor TV Network and other global podcast networks.

But for Dr. Pucci, the real honor is seeing patients reclaim their energy, their focus, and their joy—often after they’d started to lose hope.