About Dr. Oluwakemi Olowoyo
Family physician. Functional medicine trained. Guided. Rooted. Optimized.
My story
I'm Dr. Oluwakemi Olowoyo β known to my patients and community as Dr. O.
When I was young, I lost my mother at age 43. She was vibrant, active, and deeply loving β her death was sudden, rooted in biology none of us understood at the time. It taught me early that health has many layers, and the ones we can't see β genetics, epigenetics, biology β matter as much as the ones we can see and more readily control.
My grandmother helped raise us afterward. Already in her seventies, she moved through life with remarkable grace and vitality β active, visiting neighbors daily, laughing, staying curious. In her last couple of years she began forgetting names and showing mild memory changes β yet she remained present, engaged, and loved until the end, at 104.
Two women. Two very different health stories. Both shaped the physician I became β and so have the countless patients whose stories have taught me just as much along the way.
True healthspan means having the strength, clarity, and independence to stay engaged in the life and relationships that matter most.
From primary care to functional medicine
Over more than two decades in primary care, with some hospital medicine along the way, I watched a pattern across healthcare: people accumulating diagnoses and symptoms without a clear sense of why. That pushed me further, into training in obesity, lifestyle, and functional medicine β I wanted tools that get to the βwhy,β not just manage the βwhat.β Even within conventional practice, with limited time and insurance barriers, I began using these tools wherever I could. Seeing how impactful they were led me to found Perisson Optimized Health, to offer this approach without those constraints.
Training and approach
Board-certified family medicine
Years of primary care experience grounded in conventional medical training.
Functional and lifestyle medicine trained
Additional training to look upstream at root causes, not just symptoms.
N-of-1 approach
Every plan is individualized. What works for one person is rarely what works for another.
My approach blends lifestyle and functional medicine β nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, metabolic health, and more β to understand what's really driving your health. My goal is to help you move toward the minimum effective stack: lifestyle first, with medications and supplements used thoughtfully when needed, at the lowest effective burden and with the fewest possible side effects. Rather than one-size-fits-all, we build steps that are unique to you.
My mission
Help motivated adults feel better, improve their numbers, and age with vitality, independence, and resilience β to get well, stay well, and do what matters to them, to the end.
β Oluwakemi Olowoyo, MD
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