This Isn't Another Hormone Clinic
We're a longevity practice. There's a big difference.
Most hormone clinics focus on making you feel better today — treating hot flashes, low libido, fatigue. That's important. But at NOVA, we go further. We use hormones as ONE tool in a comprehensive approach to help you live longer, healthier, and free from preventable disease.
Hormone Practice vs. Longevity Practice
Typical Hormone Practice
- ✕ Treats symptoms
- ✕ Focus: hot flashes, libido, energy
- ✕ Hormones are THE solution
- ✕ Uses "normal" lab ranges
- ✕ 15-minute follow-up visits
- ✕ Generic protocols
- ✕ No cardiovascular integration
NOVA: Longevity Practice
- ✓ Prevents AND reverses disease
- ✓ Focus: heart attacks, cancer, dementia
- ✓ Hormones are ONE tool for longevity
- ✓ Targets OPTIMAL ranges (like age 25-30)
- ✓ Comprehensive, unhurried consultations
- ✓ Personalized to YOUR biology
- ✓ Full heart + brain protection
The difference: A hormone practice treats your symptoms. We treat your symptoms AND prevent the diseases that could kill you decades from now. That's the difference between feeling better and actually living longer.
Why Standard Care Isn't Enough
of at-risk patients are MISSED by standard risk factor screening
of dangerous arterial plaque doesn't block blood flow — standard tests miss it entirely
of heart attacks occur in people with "normal" cholesterol
Your annual checkup checks boxes. Your doctor runs a basic cholesterol panel, maybe checks your blood pressure, and tells you you're fine. But here's what they're NOT doing:
- • Testing for Lp(a) — a genetic marker that TRIPLES your heart attack risk (20% of heart attack victims have this, most were never tested)
- • Looking at your arteries — CIMT imaging finds plaque 10-15 years before symptoms appear, when it's still reversible
- • Checking for insulin resistance — 70% of heart attacks are caused by prediabetes, which standard fasting glucose misses
- • Optimizing hormones for PREVENTION — not just symptom relief
Standard care is reactive. We're proactive.
The Training That Makes Us Different
WorldLink Medical Certification
Alexis Ammons, DNP is trained by WorldLink Medical — the leading academy for evidence-based bioidentical hormone optimization, founded by Dr. Neal Rouzier.
What this means for you:
- • Protocols based on peer-reviewed research, not trends
- • Understanding of hormone OPTIMIZATION, not just replacement
- • Focus on prevention and longevity, not just symptom relief
- • Personalized dosing based on YOUR response, not generic guidelines
Most hormone providers learn from weekend seminars or pharmaceutical reps. WorldLink training is comprehensive, research-driven, and focused on getting you to OPTIMAL — not just "normal."
BaleDoneen Preceptorship Graduate
Alexis completed the BaleDoneen Preceptorship — advanced training in cardiovascular disease prevention developed by Drs. Bradley Bale and Amy Doneen.
What this means for you:
- • CIMT arterial imaging that finds disease 10-15 years early
- • Advanced testing for hidden risk factors (Lp(a), ApoB, inflammation)
- • Root-cause approach to arterial disease
- • Proven methods that SHRINK plaque (Johns Hopkins study)
The BaleDoneen Method has a remarkable track record: a written guarantee since 2008 with only 3 refunds despite treating hundreds of high-risk patients.
Why This Combination Is Rare
Here's the problem in medicine today:
Cardiologists treat hearts — but they don't understand hormones. They may even tell you hormone therapy is dangerous (it's not, when done correctly with bioidentical hormones).
Hormone specialists treat hormones — but they don't understand hearts. They focus on symptoms without considering cardiovascular protection.
Alexis has BOTH sets of training.
After more than a decade in hospital medicine — including cardiology, neurosurgery, and ICU — she saw countless preventable heart attacks and strokes. Patients who could have been saved with earlier detection. Patients whose hormone imbalances were ignored by cardiologists. Patients whose heart risks were ignored by hormone clinics.
NOVA Wellness exists to bridge that gap.
"Heart providers don't know hormones. Hormone providers don't know hearts. We know both — and that's why our patients don't just feel better. They're actually protected."— Alexis Ammons, DNP
Is NOVA Right For You?
We serve patients who want more than symptom relief. If any of these describe you, we should talk:
What Makes Us Different
Extended Consultations
Your first visit is unhurried. We actually listen, investigate, and understand your complete health picture.
Advanced Testing
We go beyond standard labs: comprehensive hormone panels, CIMT arterial imaging, inflammatory markers, genetic risk factors.
Root Cause Focus
We don't mask symptoms — we find out WHY you feel the way you do and address the underlying cause.
Prevention First
We find and treat disease before you have symptoms — when it's easier to reverse and before damage is done.
Concierge Access
Unlimited messaging, prompt responses, no gatekeepers. You have direct access to your provider.
Evidence-Based
Every recommendation is grounded in peer-reviewed research, not trends or marketing claims.
Experience the Difference
See what medicine can be when prevention is the priority.
Call (337) 484-3129