Lori is a dual board-certified Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Adult Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. She completed an accelerated Master of Science in Nursing degree at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center graduating with honors in 2003 and awarded membership into the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing. After graduation, she lead interdisciplinary hospital teams that created and implemented evidence-based protocols and pathways for surgical and septic patients to drive best practices and excellence in care. She combined this foundation by working for various cardio-thoracic, vascular, general, plastic and reconstructive surgical teams in providing intra-operative first assistant skills with intensive care unit and clinic based focused after-care for many years. It was her own health journey that she discovered the world of functional medicine and a focus on wellness instead of a delayed illness model to heal herself and expand this knowledge to her patients earlier in their care. She continues to advance her studies through the Institute for Functional Medicine and helps patients achieve success through bio-identical hormone replacement therapies, thyroid and adrenal health, and gastrointestinal optimization.
