About Us

Our philosophy of care stresses prevention and patient education. Our mission is to provide the best highly skilled integrative functional medical care possible in a warm and caring environment. We do this by combining board-certified medical care with functional medicine in an integrative fashion to focus completely on your whole health and your unique needs. Dr. Phyllis Gee founded Willowbend Health & Wellness upon the principle of patient empowerment and whole health, because you hold the keys to the many aspects that shape your health. We integrate findings from the most current clinical research to provide you with the most innovative, integrative testing and treatment options that combine the best of both Western and Eastern medicine. 

Unlike conventional medical care, our team always focuses on root cause resolution – isolating the key imbalances that are responsible for the symptoms you’re experiencing right now in a holistic manner.  Guided by our team, you can get to the root cause of your dysfunction. We will seek to help you find solutions to address those root causes, not more treatments to cover up the symptoms. 

An important part of the process is to help you uncover mediators in your environment to arrive at a “lifestyle prescription” that will assist you in your healing journey.  We leverage group structures for patient education, peer-to-peer support, and accountability – with both your care team and your fellow patients rooting for your success. You will get compassion, honesty, and respect with the support and caring that are so essential to helping you have a lifetime of good health.

Our Practitioners

Phyllis J Gee MD

Phyllis J Gee MD is founder and medical director of Willowbend Health & Wellness, where she provides healthy weight loss, hormone, and Integrative health management services to women in midlife and beyond. She utilizes functional medicine principles to uncover root causes of symptoms and disease while offering alternatives to conventional treatment options. This philosophy is rooted in a comprehensive approach that combines physical, mental-emotional and lifestyle medicine. She utilizes a comprehensive metabolic program which focuses on addressing disorders like obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and hormonal imbalance to prevent the many complications that often accompany these disorders.As such, Dr. Gee has adopted her 10 Steps to Optimal Health as the foundation for her functional medicine care, to teach patients that the fastest way to recover their natural health and vitality is to return to a way of eating and living that more closely matches their genes and biology, while recognizing that their environment is also very important.