Our team of physicians, nutritionists, and nurses take a comprehensive approach to health and healing. The physicians are Board Certified and have extensive training in functional, integrative, and nutritional medicine, and our nutritionists have specialized training in using food as medical therapy. The practice of medicine is ever-changing, and at The Lamkin Clinic, we use existing and emerging technologies in both diagnosis and treatment. We follow the latest research and continuously update our methods as new, scientifically based therapies, and tests become available. Get to know our team!
MEET THE TEAM
Brian Lamkin – D.O.
Dr. Lamkin is the leading Functional Medicine doctor in Edmond, Oklahoma after founding the Lamkin Clinic in 2007. Dr. Brian Lamkin was born at Deaconess Hospital in 1973 and grew up mostly in Yukon, OK before moving to Bridge Creek, OK in 1986. After graduating from high school, Dr. Lamkin began his focus on obtaining prerequisites for application to medical schools by studying chemistry and human physiology at Oklahoma City Community College. Dr. Lamkin then achieved a B.S. in Biochemistry and Microbiology in 1997 at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Lamkin was accepted to and completed, his Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine in 2002, at Oklahoma State Medical School, which is highly-ranked year after year by U.S. News and World Report. Brian completed a three-year residency in Family Medicine at St. Anthony Hospital in OKC before becoming Board Certified.
Dr. Lamkin served as Medical Director of the Family Medical Center in South Oklahoma City for eight years. In 2007, Dr. Lamkin began to pursue expanded studies in preventative medicine and hormone therapy. Further training at Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, led to his certification as an Age Management Medicine Physician.
Ongoing studies in Functional Medicine, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition Science, and individual studies in areas including Telomere Assessments, Neurotransmitter Testing, Micronutrient Analysis, and many others enable Dr. Lamkin to provide the most comprehensive care for his patients.
Dr. Lamkin combines traditional family focused-care with advanced screening and proactive-preventative medical care and has consistently emphasized preventative, functional and age-management medicine as well as values such as extended time with patients, comprehensive wellness screening, and proactive-preventative care.
Additional Certifications, Memberships, and Positions held:
- Medical Advisory Board for Help Your Diabetes: U.S.
- Certified Age Management Medicine Physician
- Certified Sanesco analyst and provider in neurotransmitter testing
- Consultant for San Francisco-based biotech company Tethys Bioscience
- Consultant for Key Health Institute LLC
- Associate Clinical Professor at Saint Anthony Family Medicine Residency
- Associate Clinical Professor at Wichita Nursing School of Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Dr. Lamkin has supervised resident physicians (M.D. and D.O.) from respected residency training programs, including:
- O.U. Family Medicine Residency
- In His Image Family Medicine Residency at Integris Baptist Hospital
- Saint Anthony Family Medicine Residency Program
- Member of American Osteopathic Association
- Member of Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
- Member of American College of Osteopathic Family Medicine Physicians
- Member of Institute of Functional Medicine
- Member of Age Management Medicine Group
Deb Lamkin – RD/LD, CDE
Dietitian | Clinic Coordinator
Deb Lamkin R.D., L.D. has practiced in the fields of nutrition and research since graduating from the College of Nutrition and Health Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato, with a B.S. in Dietetics.
Deb began her career as a Dietitian at St. Michael’s/Hillcrest Hospital in Oklahoma City. She then went on to practice private nutrition counseling as an independent contractor with Bannister & Associates, providing menu planning and individual nutrition consultation specific to chronic disease management. Deb then joined COR Clinical Research as a Clinical Research Coordinator, where she was Lead Coordinator for several years before joining her husband, Dr. Brian Lamkin, in creating The Lamkin Clinic.
Deb has been intricately involved in designing education and nutrition protocols as well as menus for optimum health for patients at The Lamkin Clinic. Deb Lamkin is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian (RD/LD). Deb’s passion is to help empower her clients to lead healthier lifestyles and stems from her diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (R.A.). After being diagnosed at the age of 30, Deb knew there must be a better way to take care of herself rather than take medications. She began to further her education by studying functional nutrition. After she was able to heal her condition following functional nutrition protocols and immunotherapy, Deb was more committed than ever to helping patients reverse disease through nutrition. She has since helped her patients heal their bodies naturally by showing them how optimal nutrition and lifestyle changes help improve health and wellbeing. Deb is also a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and holds a certificate of training in adult, adolescent, and pediatric weight management from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has been successfully helping her clients lose weight, decrease medications, and live healthier lifestyles through the programs she and her husband, Dr. Brian Lamkin have developed and implemented at the Lamkin Clinic.
Shelly Barrington
Associate Exercise Physiologist
Shelly is Oklahoma’s premier Exercise Science Specialist with over a decade of professional experience. At the Lamkin Clinic, we fondly call her “Oklahoma’s Jillian Michaels.” Shelly has excelled in helping people on various levels ranging from corporate wellness, personal fitness program design, telehealth consultation and even virtual program design.
Shelly’s personable but “tough love” approach motivates her clients to action. This is what creates long term relationships. For those fortunate enough to work with Shelly, results come naturally.
Ultimately, Shelly’s goal is to help the individual become the healthiest version of themselves. Shelly trains with a focus on functional fitness for better strength, endurance, and overall health. Training sessions are relevant to a clients’ lifestyle and current level of fitness and with consideration of all health concerns and history. As an exercise physiologist, she is uniquely trained to accommodate for physical and health limitations.
Shelly believes that exercise, mental health, and nutrition work synergistically to create balance for the overall health of an individual. She believes in empowering her clients, which enhances the personal healing experience and ensures long-term focus and engagement.
Shelly is the founder of Bodywerx Fitness in Oklahoma City. She also played college sports, including soccer and basketball during which she was recognized as an All-American. She loves to participate in marathons, mud runs and still plays soccer. Shelly has built and maintained corporate wellness programs for companies for nearly a decade.
Shelly is a Certified Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Group-Exercise Instructor, Spinning Instructor, Water-Exercise Instructor, Massage Therapist, and is CPR/AED-trained. She has been the Fitness Director at The Lamkin Clinic since 2009 and now expands into the virtual-health realm creating custom home and/or fitness-center programs for all ages and conditions.
Sue Forbat – RN, BSN, FM-CHC
Health Coach | Patient Coordinator
Sue, originally from Fort Worth, Texas, completed nursing school at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through the assistance of a full VA Health Professional Scholarship. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Following graduation, she completed a 2-year residency at the VA Medical Center in Dallas, serving in the areas of spinal cord injury and critical care.
In the years that followed, she worked in home health while living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and now in Edmond, Oklahoma. As a parent of a son with autism and daughter with chronic health issues, she pursued treatment for them through functional medicine. In many respects, among her parenting responsibilities, she fulfilled the role of “health coach”–managing supplements and medications, implementing dietary intervention, and seeking out and monitoring additional therapies.
The success she has had coaching family members has helped fuel her desire to cultivate functional medicine as her specialty area. She has served as a resource for families managing chronic illness through one-on-one counseling and as a leader of local support groups. She is passionate about the individualized approach of functional medicine in which root causes are determined and treated. As a health coach, she values the opportunity to walk alongside patients, collaborating with them in their journey toward healing.
She is currently a certified health coach (CHC) through the National Society of Health Coaches (NSHC). In addition, she has been trained in motivational interviewing–an important tool in helping patients take positive steps toward improved health. At this time, she is pursuing further certification through the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, specifically focusing on functional medicine and nutrition, mind-body medicine, and positive psychology.
Stacy Dwyer – APRN-CNP
Associate Provider | Nurse Practitioner
Stacy Dwyer, APRN-CNP, completed her Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Primary Care from Purdue University Global and is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Before joining the Lamkin Clinic team, Stacy spent seven years working as a registered nurse after graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Stacy’s drive to help people regain their health and improve their quality of life stems from personal experience and frustration with finding a healthcare provider that was willing to listen, dig into possible root causes, and partner with her as she struggled with fatigue, weight gain, and a multitude of other symptoms resulting from an autoimmune thyroid disease, hormonal imbalance, and insulin resistance. Ultimately, Stacy was finally able to get the answers and the care she needed to regain control of her health, and wants to help others do the same.
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