Ed Costa, FNP-BC

About Ed Costa

Ed Costa, MSN, FNP-BC, CFMP is the lead clinician at Essence for Wellness in Miami, Florida. He is a certified functional medicine practitioner and a board-certified family nurse practitioner who earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University and a master's degree in nursing from Ball State University. Originally from Brazil, he worked as a surgery technician and served the Brazilian Army as a nurse before coming to the United States in his early twenties. As a registered nurse he accumulated extensive critical care experience across emergency, neuro/trauma ICU, cardiovascular/thoracic ICU and medical ICU settings as well as home care. He now practices from a functional medicine perspective, building personalized plans targeting goals such as increased energy, weight reduction and reducing reliance on medication.

From the practice's own website.