Direct Primary Care.

Family + Functional Medicine

Vision for Empowered Health

As a medical student, I had the enormous blessing of working with some innovative, brilliant, and whole-hearted physicians. They eventually inspired me to become a family physician, and the daydreaming began for the practice I would one day open.

Empowered Health is the culmination of hours and months and years of dreaming about what an ideal medical practice could look like. I’ve taken so many of the best pieces of the many physicians who were so kind to share their practices and teachings with me along the way.

This clinic is a place where patients will feel seen and heard in a comfortable, unrushed way. A place where healing is promoted and suffering may be relieved. A place for deep conversations about what matters in life and how that informs our work together so you can feel well.

I hope that through our time together, you will feel empowered through your own well-being to pass it forward to others in your life, impacting the community around us in a powerful way.

Mission Statement

Encourage healing & health through holistic, relational, empowering care.

Values

Holistic

Getting to know you as a whole person, informed by your values, goals, dreams, experiences, environment, and body using the best of medicine.

Relational

Addressing you and your health concerns like a human and not a number.

Empowering

Taking the time to interpret test results, educate, and make decisions together so you can feel your best.

Become a patient

Free meet & greet with Dr. White by calling or texting 216-677-9005.

My *why* for Empowered Health. I deeply believe a big part of the purpose for my life is to encourage healing and relieve suffering so people are empowered to live their lives in a way that’s true for them. So I’m a family doctor with extra training in functional and integrative medicine. What’s your why? #familydoctor #functionalmedicine #integrativemedicine #primarycare #fmrevolution #cleveland #rockyriver

Click the link in the story to join the newsletter If you’re a patient, just message me for details to join! This is a lovely project I’ve been having so much fun putting together!🥰 And new patients joining in January are welcome to sign up for the workshop series as well! #newyears

PSA - join us for an awesome, mindful and gentle way to start the New Year. While the workshops will be purely for new patients, I’ll be sharing some highlight points in a weekly newsletter if you’d like to get your own group together and join the journey. Link in story/bio along with additional details or feel free to comment/DM. #newyear #empowering2024 #directprimarycare #familydoctor

Time spent with family is so precious. I’m feeling incredibly grateful today for you - my incredible community of support - and, in particular, my wonderful growing panel of patients who have put their trust in me as their family doctor. Having my own practice has been incredibly professionally satisfying by having the time and energy to care deeply for my patients. It has also given me a newfound sense of personal freedom as well, making space for family and friends like I haven’t had for years. So thank you for being here. It truly means so much to me. And shoutout to my beautiful sister 🥰 #directprimarycare #fmrevolution

I make myself laugh - maybe someone else will enjoy this, too 🤣 #laughterismedicine #directprimarycare

I said it. Bloating every day is not normal. And it’s so unfortunately common. There are so many things that can cause this. And so many ways to treat it. As someone who suffered from this for years before I found the right doctor and treatment, healing IS possible. I love that it’s a part of my job every day to get to help people feel better. And bloating is definitely one of those symptoms patients feel so grateful for finding healing. #bloat #functionalmedicine #integrativemedicine #familymedicine

So excited to have this piece in place to take care of patients! Check out the blog (link in story/bio) for more details or comment questions below 🥰 #familymedicinephysician #familydoctor #hospital

Couldn’t waste the opportunity! Shout out to Dr. Leslee for saving the day so I could drink something and not have to sit in urgent care for who knows how long on a day off. Life is better having a DPC doc. Electrolyte drink recipe: 1 cup warm water 1.5 tsp Himalayan salt 4 tbsp honey (or other sweetener - the glucose helps with water absorption) 4 tsp lemon juice (or other juice/fruit, for flavor) If available, add 0.5 tsp Morton salt substitute for a little more potassium Alternatively, in children, drinking watered down apple juice also does comparably well to Pedialyte. The health benefits of collagen are a bit overblown at this point in research IMO, but I had this around the house to use up. Actually, of my favorite gut-supporting supplements to use is L-glutamine. It’s one of the major “foods” eaten by cells lining the intestinal walls. So it helps to promote more growth of these healthy cells and reduce inflammatory signals here. I like to mix it in water and just drink it. It tastes a little sweet. I didn’t show this, but it has definitely been a part of my regimen the last few days. As always, I recommend chatting with your doctor for what’s best for your individual body. References: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32297578/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Probiotics%20can%20improve%20symptoms,%3D%20329%2C%20four%20trials). doi: 10.3390/ijms18051051 #foodpoisoning #guthealth #functionalmedicine #directprimarycare

Healthy fats - also known as unsaturated fats, although we’re learning that saturated fats really aren’t quite the bad guy we once thought they were as we keep studying them. Trans fats are inflammatory, and I generally encourage people to eat few of these. Think fried foods. Reference: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Omega3FattyAcids-HealthProfessional/ #healthyfat #unsaturatedfat #lifestyle #familydoctor

Who’s taking care of you when you’re sick? Do they know your medical history? Do they know your family history or your family? Will they stop by the hospital if you’re admitted? Having a long-term relationship with a doctor that knows and specializes in YOU is so big when it comes to maintaining your health over the long run. In fact, of all the medical specialties, primary care is the ONLY specialty shown to improve the lifespan of a community. Want to help everyone in a community live longer and with more healthy days? Add primary care doctors. So how soon can you see your doctor when you need them? #familydoctor #primarycarephysician #primarycare #fmrevolution #longevity #directprimarycare

The tree is 🆙 Happy holidays, Happy Hanukkah, and Merry Christmas! 🎄

When I was going through a rough patch once, someone shared these kind words with me. It provided some relief to even consider the idea it wouldn’t be like this forever. If this is you today, I hope you find some comfort in these words. This, too, shall pass. And if you feel like you’re in a space where you need additional help, please reach out to someone you feel safe with. Your primary doctor is a good starting point if you don’t know where to go. #grief #sadness #familydoctor

Part 2! Some more pearls to help with seasonal depression. And, as always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your doc - we’re here to help. If you’re looking for a therapist in the area, I’ve had several patients enjoy working with @ebbandflowcle and others. Your doctor can be a good place to start for referrals to therapy, especially if they’re like me and keep a running list of who patients have enjoyed working with! 😂 I always do my best to make sure I’m sending patients to referrals that I have experience with or trust the quality of their work. ☺️ Like and follow for more health pearls. And, of course, if anyone were having thoughts of harming themselves or feeling very, very down, I’d want them to check in with the hotline 988. #seasonaldepression #winter #cleveland

This is a good one to bookmark! Tomorrow, I’ll share a bit more about vitamin D and seasonal depression. See link in story or DM for dawn simulator recommendations. And if someone is feeling too low - like they may harm themselves - I encourage them to call 988 for the help hotline and seek immediate medical care. Reference from my fav journal @afpjournal https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2020/1201/p668.html#:~:text=Seasonal%20affective%20disorder%20(SAD)%20is,occurs%20during%20spring%20or%20summer #seasonaldepression #seasonalaffectivedisorder #winterblues #selfcare

We all have a story. Taking the time to listen to my patient’s stories and personalizing their care is one of the best parts of my job. You are a human. Not an item on the assembly line. And deserve time, care and attention. Also, this quote is attributed to so many people, I couldn’t find a good reference to give credit, but the truth holds nonetheless. #directprimarycare #fmrevolution #familydoctor

Mentors are those incredible people that we look up to and have generous hearts enough to share their experience and expertise with us. I’ve been so incredibly blessed to have an amazing mentor since medical school - and we’re still working on projects 😂 If you’re a DPC doctor in Ohio, be sure to save the date for the upcoming Ohio DPC Unsummit we’re planning for February. Message for details! And if you haven’t found a mentor that fits yet, this is me encouraging you to keep looking! 👀 Our relationship has been invaluable. @ohioafp @the_aafp @wsubsom #mentor #directprimarycare #fmrevolution #familydoctor

We all deserve care by a doctor who hears us, knows us, and takes the time to thoughtfully offer recommendations. Medicine has been quite the world these past few years, and I think we have trust to re-build. And to the new patients this week, consider this a HIPAA-compliant shoutout! I truly enjoyed meeting each one of you and am honored to care for you. Share with someone you love that hasn’t seen a doctor in years! ❤️ #fmrevolution #directprimarycare

Protein! So how much? Really depends on age, body weight and health conditions, so I recommend chatting with your doc or nutritionist like @matrescence.nutrition Some toddlers may only need 13 grams per day Some physically active adults may need 100 grams I find it helpful to think about getting in 10-20 grams or so of protein with meals and a little more with snacks for my body. A handful of nuts is about 10 grams of protein Half a cup of chicken is about 20 grams of protein A cup of cooked chickpeas is about 16 grams of protein Bookmark for reference 😉 #nutrition #protein

Love, love, love teaching students about integrative and holistic medical concepts. What an awesome night! #integrativemedicine

Love this quote from @adamgrant I heard recently. How do you define success? And certainly there’s more to life than pursuing success -and I love that this definition makes success more a meaningful by-product of living a life of integrity. And it may not always look or feel successful. And maybe it’ll feel even better. #directprimarycare #fmrevolution