Dr. Frandsen leads the Utah clinic in American Fork, where he has built a practice around medication-assisted recovery and integrated mental-health care.
Background
Dr. Frandsen leads the Foundation Medical Group clinic in American Fork, where he has built a practice around medication-assisted recovery and integrated mental health care. His patients come to him for the steady kind of treatment that doesn’t try to fix everything in a single visit. Real listening, careful diagnosis, and a plan that adjusts as you do.
He works closely with the Foundation Wellness team next door, which means patients dealing with both addiction and the metabolic, hormonal, or mood pieces underneath it can get coordinated care without bouncing between offices.
Clinical Focus
Dr. Frandsen sees patients across the full spectrum of psychiatric and addiction medicine, with particular attention to:
- Opioid use disorder and medication-assisted treatment (Suboxone, buprenorphine, naltrexone)
- Alcohol use disorder
- Depression and treatment-resistant depression
- Anxiety disorders and PTSD
- Co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions
- Long-term medication management for adults
How He Works
His style is calm and honest. He won’t oversell a medication, and he won’t push you into a protocol that doesn’t fit your life. First visits run long because he wants to understand how you got here before he starts writing anything down. Follow-ups are shorter and focused: what’s working, what’s not, what we change.
If you’re new to MAT or worried about being judged for asking about it, his patients say he’s the kind of doctor you can be honest with. That matters. The treatment only works if the conversation is real.
Outside the Clinic
Dr. Frandsen is active in Utah’s addiction medicine community and supports primary care colleagues across the Wasatch Front who are starting to offer MAT in their own practices. He believes addiction medicine belongs in regular doctor’s offices, not just in specialty clinics, and he spends time helping that shift happen.