Heather I. Kinder

Heather Kinder is the board certified nurse practitioner at Optim8 Health and Wellness, a functional medicine clinic in Plano open since 2007. She handles the diagnostic and prescribing side, and the clinic describes her focus as hormone replacement therapy, GLP-1 weight management and medical diagnostics for patients aged 12 and older. New patients start with a two visit program built around a 60 minute history, a testing plan and a written 30 day plan, in person or by video. The clinic runs hormone, adrenal and thyroid panels before deciding whether hormone therapy fits, and it says outright that not everyone wants or needs it. She shares the practice with a naturopath who does the nutrition and lifestyle planning, so a patient may end up seeing both. Refills are not issued through the portal without a recent visit and current lab work, and the clinic says its own measure of success is how little you need it.

APRN, ANP-BC