Luciana Martínez, MD
Human Optimization Specialist
Functional medicine doctor finding the root cause behind your sleep, energy, weight, hormones, and digestion. Standard labs often miss what she looks for. She builds a plan around your case — not the textbook version of it.
- Integrative Care
- Hormone balance
- Advanced testing & labs
- Regenerative medicine
- Spanish · English · German
What Dr. Martínez Treats
A personal approach to patient care
Functional medicine looks at the whole system — not just the symptom that finally got loud enough to be named.
Energy & Fatigue
Chronic tiredness, afternoon crashes, waking up exhausted after eight hours. When rest isn't restoring you, something upstream is the reason.
Hormones & Metabolism
Perimenopause, thyroid dysfunction, PCOS, low testosterone, and weight that won't move no matter what you try.
Digestive Health
Bloating, IBS, reflux, and food sensitivities you've learned to live with. Most plans stop at the trigger — she looks at the microbiota behind it.
Brain & Mental Health
Brain fog, focus issues, and mood swings that have a biological piece behind them — not just a stress label.
Sleep
Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up rested. She looks at sleep hygiene and rhythm alongside your labs — not just how many hours you got.
Inflammation & Autoimmune
Joint pain, autoimmune flares, and low-grade inflammation that lingers. She finds what the immune system is still reacting to.
How She Works
Key factors that influence treatment outcomes
An in-depth medical consultation
Dr. Luciana starts with a complete conversation — well beyond the usual checkup. Your full history, but also your lifestyle, your stress, your emotions. The context most labs never capture.
Advanced labs and testing
Standard bloodwork checks the basics. She orders the panels that look at hormones, nutrients, and metabolic markers beyond your standard blood test — fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, cortisol curves, microbiota, and more.
A customized plan for you
From there she builds a plan around your case: nutrition changes, exercise guidelines, supplementation, and sometimes other regenerative therapies like exosomes or plasma exchange. Not the textbook version of you — the actual one.
She works closely with you
A protocol on paper fixes nothing alone. She and the TRYBE team stay with you, adjusting the plan until you find your balance. The follow-up is part of the plan, not an afterthought.
Credentials
Training and affiliations
Education & training
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
UCIMED, Costa Rica, 2026
Functional Medicine Diploma (in progress)
Academia de Medicina Funcional, Colombia
AFMCP — Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice
Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), United States, 2026
ACLS — Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
2026
BLS — Basic Life Support
2026
Clinical rotations
Internal Medicine
Hospital México
Pediatrics & Gynecology & Obstetrics
Hospital Max Peralta
Surgery
Hospital San Juan de Dios
Family & Community Medicine
Área de Salud de Curridabat
General Medicine
Área de Salud del Guarco
Languages
What to Expect
Your first consult with Dr. Luciana
She starts with your full history, not just your chart.
Your timeline, stress, sleep, and gut — treated as connected, not separate boxes. The conversation most checkups skip.
She orders labs that match what you're dealing with.
Not a generic panel. The markers tied to your actual symptoms — cortisol curves, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, microbiota, vitamins, and more.
You leave with a plan, not a pamphlet.
Nutrition, supplementation if it's warranted, and steps you actually understand. Nothing vague.
The follow-up is part of the plan.
Functional medicine works alongside your regular care. She stays in the loop with you between visits — adjusting until you find your balance.
Where She Sees Patients
TRYBE, Human Optimization
Address
Avenida Escazú, San Rafael, San José, 10203, Costa Rica
Direct Line
Social
@trybe.health
Telehealth
Available for U.S. patients. Advanced therapies require being in Costa Rica.
Consultation hours
Before You Book
Questions patients actually ask
One morning cortisol draw doesn't show the full picture. We test it across the day, plus ferritin, B12, vitamin D, and fasting insulin. We also ask about your lifestyle, mood, and relationships. We don't stop at the usual checklist.
Yes, often for years. Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR catch what glucose alone hides.
Most plans stop at "avoid the trigger foods." Few doctors look at your microbiota. We test it and build a plan to restore it, since an imbalance there is often the reason nothing has worked.
An endoscopy checks tissue. SIBO is a bacteria problem. Breath and stool testing catch it.
It's a common question with several possible causes. Most doctors never ask about your sleep itself. We look at your sleep hygiene and rhythm alongside your labs — not just how many hours you got.
Usually cortisol timing or a blood sugar dip. Both are testable and treatable.
No. U.S. patients are treated by telehealth. Patients in Costa Rica can choose in-person or telehealth visits. Advanced therapies do require being in Costa Rica.
The first visit with our functional medicine doctor is $150. Labs, treatment, supplements, and medication depend on your case.
Energy and sleep, usually two to three months. Hormones and digestion take a bit longer. Small changes often show up in the first month. This is teamwork: we build the plan, you follow it.
The Rest of the Team
Who else you may meet at TRYBE
Dr. Alejandro Mora
Regenerative Aesthetics Director
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Dr. Andrés Fernández
Director of Bioregenerative Interventions
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Bring your history, your labs if you have them, and the symptoms nobody's connected yet.