Maddie is a board-certified physician associate whose passion for Functional Medicine began in 2017 while working with Angeli M. Akey, MD, at North Florida Integrative Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. There, she trained in a comprehensive, holistic care model that blended internal medicine with skin allergy testing, gastrointestinal mapping, acupuncture, exercise, Qigong, and spiritual and nutritional counseling. Maddie served as the Chronic Care Manager, coordinating virtual care for complex Medicare patients with two or more chronic conditions, with a strong focus on proactive management to prevent emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
After earning her Master of Health Science in Physician Assistant Studies from South College in Knoxville, Tennessee, Maddie chose to work in Emergency Medicine to further strengthen her clinical expertise. Over the past three years, she has practiced in high-acuity emergency department settings with Baptist Healthcare and HCA Healthcare. Her emergency medicine experience includes rapid patient assessment, acute and chronic disease management, trauma evaluation, procedural skills, medication administration, and stabilization of cardiac, respiratory, and psychiatric emergencies across the lifespan. In addition to her emergency medicine background, Maddie has experience in the mental health space. She is well-versed in the assessment and treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma-related disorders, OCD, ADHD, and addiction/substance use disorders.
Maddie is passionate about her work with ketamine administration and therapeutic integration, supporting patients before, during, and after treatment to promote safety, insight, and lasting healing. She values a compassionate, trauma-informed approach and integrates evidence-based mental health care with functional and holistic principles.
Maddie is grateful to return to her roots in integrative, patient-centered medicine at West Eastern Health, where she combines her broad medical training with a preventative, whole-person approach to wellness.
Education
- M.S., Health Science in Physician Assistant Studies — South College
Certifications
- Board Certified Physician Assistant