About Sorrel
A family-medicine clinic that slowed down
Sorrel opened in 2017 on Chattanooga's North Shore with one idea: some health problems need more than 15 minutes, and patients deserve a plan they can understand.
Our story
"Your labs are fine" wasn't an answer
Dr. Maya Okafor spent twelve years as a family doctor. She liked the work, but one kind of visit kept bothering her: the patient who was clearly unwell, whose labs came back in range, and who left with nothing but "let's keep an eye on it."
She trained in functional medicine to learn a slower way of working through those cases, and opened Sorrel with a simple rule: rule out the serious things first, then take the time to dig in. Dr. Daniel Reyes joined from hospital medicine, and the team grew to include a nurse practitioner, a registered dietitian and a health coach.
We are still a primary-care-minded clinic at heart. That's why we send our notes to your own doctor, why we refer out when something needs a specialist, and why we won't sell you a test or a supplement that won't change the plan.
- Opened
- 2017
- Team
- 6 people
- Licensed in
- TN and GA
- Lab draws
- In the clinic
What we hold to
Four promises, in writing
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Alongside your doctor, not instead
Keep your primary care doctor and your specialists. We send notes after key visits (with your OK) and never ask you to stop a medicine someone else prescribed.
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Labs are information, not a verdict
We order tests that will change your plan, read every result with your symptoms and history, and explain it in a visit, not a portal message.
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03
Prices on the page
Membership, visit and lab prices are printed on our pricing page. We are out of network with insurance, and we say so before you pay anything.
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Evidence over trends
We read the research, we change our minds when it changes, and we say 'we don't know' when that's the truth. Popular isn't the same as proven.
Plain definitions
What the words mean here
"Functional," "integrative," "holistic" and "naturopathic" get used as if they were the same thing. Here's how we use them.
- Functional medicine
- Spending more time on why symptoms happen: your history, lifestyle, labs and how body systems affect each other. Practiced here by licensed MDs, DOs and NPs.
- Integrative medicine
- Standard medical care plus evidence-informed nutrition, coaching and mind-body skills, used alongside your other doctors, never instead of them.
- What we are not
- Not a naturopathic office, not a supplement store, not an urgent care and not a replacement for your primary care doctor.
Around the clinic
A kitchen as well as an exam room
Our clinic has a small teaching kitchen. Hannah runs a monthly group cooking class for members, and once a quarter we host a free evening talk on reading your own lab results. Partners and family are welcome at both.
- Monthly cooking class, first Thursday, 6 p.m.
- Quarterly "Read your own labs" talk, free and open to all
- Step-free entrance, accessible restroom, free parking behind the building
The team
Read every bio-
Dr. Maya Okafor
Medical director, founder
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Dr. Daniel Reyes
Physician
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Priya Natarajan
Family nurse practitioner
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Hannah Lindqvist
Registered dietitian
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Marcus Bell
Health and wellness coach
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Jo Alvarez
Patient care coordinator
Next step
Start with a free 20-minute call
Talk with a clinician about what's going on, how we work and what it costs. If another kind of care would suit you better, we'll tell you.
- Length
- 20 minutes
- How
- Phone or video
- With
- A Sorrel clinician
Prefer the phone? (423) 555-0162, Monday to Friday.