The Team
Pamela Bennett, FNP-C, Functional Medicine
Pam is the owner of Sandhills Functional Medicine. Pam has been living in the Whispering Pines area since 2012. She is originally from Spokane, WA were she meet her husband and they started a family with two wonderful kids.
Pam graduated Georgetown University with her Masters in Nursing in 2018, and has been working as a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner since. Pam has completed Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine (FAAMFM) with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Several courses with The Institute of Functional Medicine, and Traumatic Brain Injury training with Dr. Mark Gordon, and The Brain Health Certification training, by Dr. Amen.
Pam joined the St. Lukes Medical family in 2020. Pam's areas of focus are chronic symptoms from Traumatic Brain Injuries, Hormone Optimization, Metabolic Balance, Weight Management, Thyroid Optimization, Autoimmune, and overall Wellness.
Pam is NOT accepting New Functional Medicine Patients
Lindsey Vallet, FNP-C, Functional Medicine
Lindsey has been living in the Whispering Pines area since 2015, with her husband and 3 young children. She is originally from south Louisiana, where she started her nursing career back in 2006.
Lindsey graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2009 with her Masters Degree in Nursing. She received her Post-Masters in Family Practice from Austin Peay State University in 2015 and is certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
For the past 7 years she has been working in an OBGYN practice incorporating functional medicine focusing on hormones, pellet therapy, thyroid management, and weight management. In 2021 she completed her Fellowship in Anti-Aging Medicine with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
Lindsey is excited to be joining Sandhills Functional Medicine. Lindsey’s areas of focus are Hormone Optimization, Metabolic Balance, Weight Management, Thyroid Optimization, chronic symptoms, and overall Wellness.
Lindsey is NOT accepting new Functional Medicine patients.
Paige Resor, FNP-C, CNM
Paige Resor, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), is excited to join the highly talented team at Sandhills Functional Medicine. Before joining Sandhills Functional Medicine, she worked in OBGYN and primary care. She has incorporated functional medicine with hormones, pellet therapy, thyroid and weight management.
Paige received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Western Carolina University in 2006, her Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner in 2010 from Winston-Salem State University and became a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2013 from East Carolina University. In 2019, she decided to start training in functional medicine and in 2021, she became certified with the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine.
Paige enjoys playing detective in order to get to the root cause of your issues. She is passionate about traumatic brain injuries, thyroid optimization, weight management, hormone optimization, PCOS, endometriosis, and infertility.
Paige is a military spouse and is familiar with all the complexities that military life may bring. She lives with her husband and their 2 fur babies, Petey the Yorkie and Brennan, the Chihuahua-Terrier. When she is not working, she loves to travel, scuba dive, and go hiking!
Paige is accepting new male and female patients and available for telemedicine visits.
Jennifer Reid, AGNP-C Functional Medicine
Jennifer Reid is a native of Moore County and has been living here for the majority of her life. She resides in Vass, NC with her husband and has two sons. Jennifer was an NCAA Division I golfer at Appalachian State University where she received her first Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. She became interested in healthcare when her son’s were young and her husband’s father died of Lung Cancer fueling her passion in preventative medicine and advanced care planning.
Jennifer received her BSN from Appalachian State University and then went on to receive her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She started her advanced practice in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine and worked both outpatient and inpatient care before joining Sandhills Functional Medicine.
Part of her doctoral degree included DNP Capstone Project: A community education session: Increasing awareness, knowledge, and participation in advance care planning.
Jennifer’s areas of focus are hormone optimization, sleep and insomnia care including obstructive sleep apnea, metabolic balance, weight management, sports recovery, sexual health, thyroid optimization, chronic disease management and prevention.
DeAnn Nance, RN
DeAnn is our Registered Nurse who assists our patients and staff with all of medical needs.
Dr. Robert Deucher, Internal Medicine
Dr. Deucher is an Internal Medicine primary care physician specializing in care for medically complex adult patients and chronic illness. Dr. Deucher is our supervising physician and practices internal medicine out of St. Lukes Medical Practice.
Dr. Deucher graduated with honors and received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1992 and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has practiced in the Sandhills region of North Carolina for over 25 years.
Dr. Deucher affiliates with FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital and is the hospitalist for his primary care patients.