Dr. Leonti knew from the time he was in grade school that he wanted to become a doctor. After graduating from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, he went back and forth between family medicine and emergency medicine. His preference was for family medicine because it allowed him to develop closer relationships with his patients. Dr. Leonti has always been active. He has even completed five marathons over the years. That’s why he was shocked when he went out for a run one day and experienced pain in his chest. A cardiologist told Dr. Leonti that he had an 80 percent blockage in one coronary artery and a 70 percent blockage in another.
As a doctor, Dr. Leonti thought he was living a healthy lifestyle, but he unknowingly had been misinformed and developed bad habits that brought him to an unhealthy place. He was forced to make lifestyle changes to improve his health. It was during this time that his daughter, Jenna, began her journey in functional medicine and integrative health. Dr. Leonti had never heard of functional medicine and admittedly thought the concept was more than a little off-base. It seemed to go against everything he knew as a medical doctor. He skeptically attended his first functional medicine conference and instantly saw the disconnect between traditional and functional medicine. Traditional medicine was great at treating acute illness or crisis situations, like a broken arm or heart attack, but chronic illness was a different story.
Dr. Leonti realized that so much more could be done to prevent and reverse chronic illness by bringing the functional approach to conventional medicine. Instead of waiting for a problem to arise and treating it with medication, functional medicine attacks the root cause of health issues and prevents problems from occurring in the first place. Dr. Leonti enrolled in the Institute for Functional Medicine and Functional Medicine University, where he is in process of certification.
The real-life experiences of a father and daughter, and a shared belief in the power of functional and conventional medicine, soon led to the creation of Princeton Integrative Health.
Stephanie Parrish, host of the Vitality Health Show, was born and raised in southern Idaho, Stephanie Parrish, has been on stage as an actor, singer and dancer since the age of 3. She co-owned a dance studio for 30 years. She appeared in more than 25+ movies, commercials and voice over work. Stephanie was an exchange student to Australia. She was crowned Miss Pocatello 81-82. She and her husband have combined 10 children and 21 grandchildren.
Stephanie is a certified therapist in Hyperbaric Oxygen, PBMT Light, and Microcirculation. Stephanie loves helping people enjoy better health and a higher quality of life. For many years, Stephanie has established and operates Health & Wellness clinics.
Founder of the Vitality Health Show, airing internationally. Stephanie’s passion is to find hope and miracles under any circumstance. Stephanie is the author of “IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME”.
She and her husband John Hendrichs Reside in Southeast Idaho. www.myvitalityhealthsolutions.com
