About Us

• Gojko Stula, M.D. is the owner and medical director of Lifesteps Health and Wellness Clinic, Healthguard Medical Group, and LaDea Medical Aesthetics and Laser Clinic. Dr. Stula's passion is combining complementary and traditional medicine in order to help his patients achieve optimal health. He has had a private practice in the Milwaukee area for more than 30 years and is well respected for forming a partnership with his patients that encourages sound nutritional practices and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
  
   
• Dr. Stula is an active medical staff member of both St. Luke's and St. Francis Hospitals. As a Certified Menopause Practitioner with the North American Menopause Society, Dr. Stula utilizes bio-identical hormone therapy when appropriate. He is often the go to expert on hormone therapy for both men and women on television, radio, as well as physician and community groups.
  
   
• Dr. Stula is special in the Milwaukee area as he follows a Functional Medicine approach.

What is Functional Medicine?

The term "functional medicine" was coined in 1993 to describe the medicine of the future. In fact, today, many complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, practitioners use a functional medicine approach that includes the following:

• Patient uniqueness: Each individual is unique.
• Patient-centered approach: Functional medicine practitioners use a patient-centered approach to support wellness.
• Preventive care: Optimal health is not just the absence of disease.

Through changes in lifestyle, environment, and nutrition, functional medicine professionals rely on their knowledge of key physiological, genetic, and biochemical processes for establishing an innovative form of total patient wellness amidst the diversity of interests in health care today.

Daniel Robillard, PA-C, our Physician Assistant, graduated from the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1977. With 30 years experience in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Orthopedics, Dan, is a great asset to Healthguard Medical Group. He is on the Ancillary Medical Staff at St. Francis Hospital and St. Luke's Medical Center.

Daniel’s passion is working with patients on disease prevention, monitoring diagnosed conditions to enhance healing and managing prescription needs in order to make sure there are no conflicts.

He has a special interest in diabetes (explore further under diabetes heading), preventative medicine, heart disease, and sports medicine.