OUR STORY
Medicine that listens.
Care that goes deeper.
Wellness Vitalized exists for one reason: too many capable, hard-working people are being told they're fine when they know they're not. We're here to find out why, and to fix it at the root.
FOUNDER'S STORY
Why I built Wellness Vitalized
I've spent more than a decade in healthcare, and for most of it I practiced the way I was trained: identify the diagnosis, match it to a treatment, move to the next patient. Then life handed me two experiences that changed how I see medicine entirely.
The first was the COVID era, which showed me, up close, both the strengths and the real limits of conventional care. The second was my oldest son's autism diagnosis. As a mother, I wasn't satisfied with labels; I needed to understand the why. That search led me deep into root-cause, functional medicine: nutrition, gut health, hormones, inflammation, environment, and I never looked back.
What I found became the foundation of this practice: when you test thoroughly, listen carefully, and treat the whole person, bodies respond. Energy returns. Weight that wouldn't move finally does. People feel like themselves again.
Wellness Vitalized is not sick-care, and it's not a med spa. It's a concierge functional medicine practice built for prevention, optimization, and longevity, for people who want to feel as good as their labs are supposed to say they are.
Carine Pierre, APRN, Founder
Your Health, Elevated.
It's more than our tagline, it's the standard. Elevated testing that looks at 70+ biomarkers instead of a basic panel. Elevated attention, with visits that never feel like a countdown clock. And an elevated definition of health: not the absence of disease, but the presence of energy, strength, clarity, and years you actually enjoy.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Three principles that guide every visit
Root cause, not band-aids.
Symptoms are signals. We run the labs that decode them, then treat the source, not the surface.
Optimal, not just "normal."
We read your labs against optimal functional ranges, because "within normal limits" is not the same as thriving.
Partnership, not seven minutes.
Unhurried visits, direct access, and a plan that evolves with your results.
YOUR TEAM
The people behind your care
Carine Pierre, APRN
Founder & Lead Provider
Board-certified nurse practitioner specializing in functional and integrative medicine, hormone optimization, and medical weight loss.
Heather Samuelson, MD
Medical Director
Physician oversight and collaboration across every protocol we offer.
Alejandra
Medical Assistant
Clinical support for labs, infusions, and a comfortable in-office experience.
Ria
Patient Care Coordinator
Your first point of contact for scheduling, questions, and a smooth visit.
WHO WE SERVE
We care for busy professionals, parents, and high performers across Riverview, Apollo Beach, Ruskin, Brandon, and the greater Tampa Bay South Shore, in person at our Riverview clinic and via telehealth across Florida. If you've been dismissed, rushed, or told "everything looks normal" while feeling anything but, you're exactly who we built this for.
READY TO BE ACTUALLY HEARD?
Ready to be actually heard?
Book a consultation and experience care that finally connects the dots. Your health deserves more than seven minutes.