Why Dr. Laurie does what she does.
A mother's conviction became a mission.
Dr. Laurie didn't arrive at regenerative medicine by accident. She was pushed there by something far more powerful than a career decision — her sons.
Her oldest son served as an infantry Marine in the United States Marine Corps, completing two tours of duty. The demands of that service took a significant toll on his body. When he returned, Dr. Laurie watched the VA work through his injuries. What she saw troubled her deeply: a system too quick to recommend surgery, and providers too willing to reach for narcotics and steroid injections as the first and only answer to pain.
Her younger son was a competitive mixed martial artist — and with that came a different set of physical challenges, but the same frustrating pattern when he sought care. Quick diagnoses. Fast referrals to surgery. Prescriptions to numb the pain rather than find its source.
Dr. Laurie and her partners founded In Good Health and Medical Aesthetics of Chattanooga in 2006 with a different vision — a family practice built around something most clinics had stopped offering: time, attention, and a genuine commitment to understanding what was actually happening in a patient's body.
Today, Dr. Laurie takes that mission a step further by bringing care directly to her patients across Tennessee and Georgia — private consultations, regenerative therapies, and follow-up care — so her patients never have to compromise on quality again.
