Dr. McCracken is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician and Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP) located in Newport News, Virginia. Dr. McCracken has always believed in treating the whole patient and uses the field of Functional Medicine to search for new ways to learn more about empowering patients in their life journey.
She enjoys kayaking, playing basketball, art, literature, and constantly learning new things. She is married with 2 children and a dog and enjoys traveling with her family, especially cherishing a cross-country camping trip in their 1985 VW camper.
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Dr. McCracken is a Board-Certified Family Physician and Certfied Functional Medicine Practitioner. She received her Functional Medicine certification through both The Functional Medicine University and The Institute for Functional Medicine. She is a Certified NES Health Practitioner in NES Bioenergetic Wellness.
Her undergraduate studies were in Biology-Chemistry at The University of Lynchburg where she played basketball, softball and volleyball and had concentrations in French and Art/Art History. Following college she served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ecuador where she learned first-hand about nutrition and organic farming as a Fish Farmer. She graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA. She completed her Family Practice Residency at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA and served as Chief Resident.
She has enjoyed serving on various Medical Mission Trips to Panama, Ecuador and Honduras as well as local medical missions and clinics. She was selected by her peers for “Top Doc” by Hampton Roads Magazine for Family Medicine as well as receiving “Patient Choice Awards.”
She has served as Community Faculty for Eastern Virginia Medical School and James Madison University. She has served on the Board for The Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center and The Poquoson Education Foundation as well as The Parents Council at The University of Lynchburg. She has completed training in Accunect Energy Medicine. She studied Autonomic Response Testing under Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD and has studied Sound Healing with Jonathan Goldman and Brana Mijatovic, PhD. She has attended courses by Donna Eden, David Feinstein, PhD and Nick Ortner, Founder of The Tapping Solution. She has studied Bioresonance with Thomas Sculz, MD. She has worked with EFT/Tapping, Family Constellation work, Mindfulness and Neurofeedback, HeartMath, and Heart Rate Variability work. She has implemented NES Bioenergetic Wellness System into her Functional Medicine/Bioenergetic Wellness Practice.
Dr. McCracken has always believed in treating the whole patient and discovered thefield of Functional Medicine when searching for new ways to continue to learn more about empowering patients in their life journey. The Functional Medicine model is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. It relies on a detailed understanding of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors and leverages that data to direct personalized treatment plans that lead to improved patient outcomes. By addressing root cause, rather than symptoms to identify the complexity of disease, Functional Medicine treatment targets the specific manifestations of disease in each individual.
Dr. McCracken owned an independent private practice for nearly 20 years, giving her great insight into innovative and distinct approaches to patient care while maintaining Best Practices and a Scientific, Evidence-Based approach. Her current Functional Medicine and Bioenergetic Wellness Practice, Sinclair Health, PC incorporates all aspects of wellness and brings balance and wholeness to the sacred journey of healing. With over 20 years of experience of treating the whole patient, Dr. McCracken cherishes her patient’s stories as well, finding such joy in this aspect of Functional Medicine that integrates all parts of the Patient’s Story into the whole picture in order to find balance, health and wellness.