Laura Buchanan

Dr. Laura Buchanan is a double board-certified family and obesity medicine physician with a passion for using lifestyle modification as the first-line standard of care. She is also a menopause society certified practitioner.  She completed her family medicine residency at Wake Forest in 2022, and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. For her undergraduate education she received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida, from which she graduated summa cum laude. 

The mission that drives her is to help people age successfully. She has been passionate about fitness and health since she was a young child. That passion was initially derived from a love of sports but has since evolved and expanded to include a passion for healthy living generally, including the importance of nutrition, exercise, mental and spiritual wellness, and an optimal use of the medical system. She sees her role as a doctor being two-fold: promoting prevention and practicing medicine. 

Since entering the field of medicine Laura has been interested in the intersections of longevity, metabolic health, lifestyle changes and chronic disease. She spends her free time taking deep dives into the latest research around diet, sleep and other factors that may impact metabolic health. 

Laura is a certified metabolic health practitioner (MHP) and a board and founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She is a member of the Obesity Medicine Association, the Menopause Society, American Academy of Family Physicians, AOA and the Gold Humanism Society.

Number of Publications

5

Years of Clinical Experience & Estimated Number of Patients Treated

6 years, >8,000 patient encounters