You deserve better healthcare.
Cary, NC
The Power of Essential Health starts here.
Welcome to Essential Health in Cary, NC, where we blend the best of conventional, functional, and integrative medicine to offer a comprehensive approach to your well-being. Our team of experienced healthcare professionals provide personalized care tailored to your unique health needs. We emphasize preventive medicine, advanced diagnostics, and innovative treatment options to help you achieve optimal health. Whether you’re seeking routine care or specialized procedures, Essential Health is here to support you on your wellness journey.
How are we different?
- We approach health care in a new way by combining principles of conventional medicine with evidence-based science of functional and integrative medicine. This approach allows us to focus on comprehensive, personalized wellness plans tailored to your unique needs.
- We give you time. Enjoy longer appointments, no wait time, 24/7 access to your provider for emergencies, and a trusted, lasting relationship with your healthcare team.
- We work for you. We believe you are more than a collection of symptoms. Utilizing principles of functional medicine, we evaluate the root causes of your condition and offer programs that aim to restore health, not just maintain the status quo.
We are with you every step of the way, every day.
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Explore Our Services in Cary
Primary Care
We offer a unique form of primary care to help you reach the highest level of well-being possible. Work with our providers who are board-trained in functional and anti-aging medicine to develop a personalized roadmap – first to a state of well-being and then to health and longevity optimization. Our subscription primary care program provides longer appointment times with little to no wait time, maintains limited client panels, talks on a first-name basis, and is fully accessible for urgent medical needs.
Women’s Health
We understand that women have a unique set of healthcare needs. Our team of board-certified providers has a deep understanding of the intricacies of women’s health and is dedicated to helping women manage and resolve hormone issues and learn to support their bodies throughout life’s transitions. Our medically supervised solutions for women include lifestyle modifications, peptide therapy, and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, a natural and personalized approach to hormone balance.
Men’s Health
Our programs help men navigate medical issues related to low testosterone and other hormone imbalances to increase energy and vitality through medically supervised solutions including lifestyle modifications, peptide therapy, and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, a natural and personalized approach using subcutaneous pellets, topical creams, or injections.
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Medicine stimulates the body’s own healing mechanisms to repair and regenerate tissues in the body to restore them to a functional state. Advanced treatments use growth factors, platelet-rich plasma with optional SuperShot technology, and certain hormones and peptides to help support healing, reduce inflammation, and prevent future issues.
Peptide Therapy
Peptides are short chains of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. Peptides play various roles in cellular function, structure, and signaling, all of which influence health and well-being. We provide medically supervised, carefully sourced, and highly personalized peptide therapy protocols that can support tissue healing, weight management, athletic performance, and other specialized areas of health.
Specialty Testing
We have access to many labs throughout the country that provide specialty testing for gut health, food sensitivities, hormone health, environmental toxins, inflammation, micronutrients, and genomics, among other detailed health assessment resources.
Gut Health
A healthy gut plays a crucial role in overall health. An unhealthy gut is often the root cause of many health issues including weight loss resistance, mental health, inflammation, and chronic disease. Our team can help diagnose and often reverse conditions like leaky gut, microbiome imbalances, food sensitivities, and many other gut health issues that can lead to systemic symptoms.
IV Therapy
Our medically supervised IV Therapy delivers important hydration, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants directly into the bloodstream for optimal effect and is personalized to complement your health and wellness goals. We offer many different IV Therapy protocols, from general hydration to specialized micronutrient formulas designed to promote optimal performance.
Weight Management
Losing unwanted or unnecessary weight has a large impact on overall health and longevity. Our weight management services combine medically supervised weight loss rooted in functional medicine with the support and accountability you need to establish habits that lead to long-term, optimal health.
Aesthetics
We offer neuromodulators, dermal fillers, chemical peels, platelet-rich plasma treatments, microneedling, and access to our private-label medical-grade skincare, all overseen by our fully trained and experienced practitioners.
Personalized Supplementation
Targeted supplementation can take your health to a new level. Our providers take time to discuss your symptoms and utilize your results from comprehensive and specialized lab panels to recommend supplements to include in your personalized health plan. We only source the highest standard of supplements to ensure safety and optimal absorption.
Pediatric Health Assessments
A Pediatric Essential Health Assessment (EHA) is beneficial for a child needing a “deeper dive” into their health than a standard well-child check. This assessment is designed for children who may be struggling with attention, hyperactivity, malabsorption, gastrointestinal distress, inflammation, skin issues (rashes, acne), hormonal concerns such as menstruation or puberty concerns, possible environmental toxin exposure, mental health, or general wellness. All Pediatric EHAs include thorough and continued care during and after an assessment with personalized attention from our highly trained medical providers who specialize in pediatric care and family medicine. This assessment may be completed one time, annually, with or without an Essential Primary Care subscription at the patient, parent, or provider’s discretion.
Meet Our Team
All of our Essential Health locations are supported by our medical directors and corporate team based out of our flagship locations in North Carolina.
James “Jay” Stevens
MD, CAQSM, ABAARM, FAAFP
Medical Director & Provider
Dr. Stevens is part of a growing effort to seek, refine and introduce new knowledge and methods to Essential Health clinics in a constant quest to provide an avenue towards better health for those we serve.
Elizabeth Sierakowski
MD, ABFM, ABOIM, ABAARM
Medical Director & Provider
Dr. Sierakowski leads the clinical mission of achieving optimal health for our clients, developing the advanced training roadmap for our providers, and helping expand our superior model of care nationally. Unchanged: Dr. Sierakowski leads the clinical mission of achieving optimal health for our clients, developing the advanced training roadmap for our providers, and helping expand our superior model of care nationally.
Jennie Welner
FNP-BC, ABAAHP, FAARM
Provider
Jennie’s clinical focus is hormone balancing, thyroid health, adrenal health, aesthetics, skincare, hair restoration with PRP, IV nutrient therapy, and weight management.
Tonya Cramer
MD, MPH, DABOM, DACLM, DABPM, DIBLM
Provider
Dr. Cramer’s clinical interest is preventing and reversing disease processes including weight management, hormone regulation, metabolic and cardiovascular disease, and optimized cancer treatment.
Kyle O’Brien
DO, ABFM
Provider
Dr. O’Brien’s clinical focuses include longevity, performance optimization, hormone balancing, gut health, regenerative medicine, and primary care. He welcomes patients of all ages.
What do our clients say?
“I would totally recommend coming here for any type of hormone replacement therapy. They make you feel welcome and valued. When you get the tests done, not only are you given a copy of the results, but they take the time to go over all of them with you. If you’re not sure they will explain what certain things are and why they are important. I had gone to another company for therapy, but never got this type of service, and attention to detail. It’s in your best interest to visit or call them at Essential Health. I know they have made a huge difference in how I feel. Thank you so very much!”
M. Koselke
“I have been very fortunate in my lifetime, but never more fortunate than when I met Dr. James Stevens, the most competent, considerate, and committed doctor I have ever known. He indeed is a rare find in this very rush-about, not enough time world. He has been my wife’s and my doctor for over twenty years. He has not only treated what ails us but is committed to our ongoing wellness and has been there at every turn when we needed him. If this sounds a bit over-blown for a doctor, I would say you would be right but then again you would need to find for yourself why we feel that way.”
J. Lawson
Essential Health – Cary
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ADDRESS
Essential Health – Cary
3750 NW Cary Pkwy, Suite 111
Cary, NC 27513
HOURS
Monday-Friday, 7:45 am – 5 pm
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