Hi! I’m Dr. Paige
Physician. Teacher. Wife. Mamma. Whole Health devotee. And a midlife woman who had to learn to take her own advice.
I am a board-certified osteopathic family medicine physician, certified menopause practitioner, health and life coach. For more than 20 years, I’ve had the honor of caring for patients through every stage of life.
My osteopathic training taught me early that the body, mind, and spirit can’t be separated. That belief has shaped everything I do. Health isn’t just labs and prescriptions. It’s how you sleep, how you think, how you feel in your relationships, and whether you wake up with a sense of purpose and enjoyment for life - just to name a few things.
I believe in Whole Health and I am a “whole body” expert - where you may see chaos, I see connections. Where you may feel odd or off, I see how it all makes sense. And most importantly I see what your best next step is to feeling more like yourself - no! - BETTER!
—Dr. Paige
My story
“I told myself it was just stress. I literally gaslit myself.”
A few years ago, I started hearing the same story from more and more of my patients. Smart, capable women in thirties, forties and fifties who felt like their body was not their own. Things were changing and they just couldn’t put their finger on it. At the same time, the science on women’s midlife health was evolving faster than ever.
Then it happened to me.
In a single year, I lost my father, opened a new business, and went through a divorce. I wasn’t sleeping. I felt anxious and overwhelmed. My joints creaked and ached in the mornings. I just didn’t feel like myself.
And I wrote it all off. With everything I was going through, who wouldn’t feel this way? Then I did what I had always done - blamed myself and resigned to try harder. You know - eat better, sleep better, rest better, be better.
But as I sat with my patients’ stories and dug deeper into the research, I had a “wait a minute” moment. I needed to take my own advice. So I did a full self-assessment and a full professional assessment. I built a self-care plan I could actually stick to, and a care plan with comprehensive hormone support for my perimenopause symptoms.
It changed everything. And it showed me why my Whole Health approach is uniquely suited to women 30s+.
What I believe
As women we have been expected to live in a society and be served by a healthcare system that centers male physiology. And so it’s so easy for us to feel - different. Now it doesn’t have to be that way. You deserve to honor, to leverage your unique female physiology. It’s your super power.
Just because it starts feeling a little off, that doesn’t mean you’re on the decline. But it could mean you’re at a fork in the road. When you come to that place (30s, 40s, 50s…), everything is on the table: your hormones, your metabolism, your mental and emotional health, your relationships, and how you show up in the world. That can feel overwhelming. It’s also an extraordinary opportunity.
We normalize far too much about women getting older. You are not meant to become tired, achye, frail, and heavier for no reason. With the right attention, you can live the second half of your life happier, healthier, stronger, more confident, and more energized than ever.
That’s the work I love most.
Training & Experience
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Board certified in Family Medicine; residency at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital
Extensive additional training in functional medicine, menopause care, health coaching, and life coaching
Assistant Professor of Primary Care, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine with extensive medical curriculum and Department of Primary Care leadership experience
Founder, GOZA Wellness
Select Past Honors: Ohio ACOFP Young Physician of the Year; OU-HCOM Outstanding Recent Graduate; past President, Columbus Osteopathic Association, Board of Directors, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, Former Board of Directors, OhioHealth
Off the Clock
When I’m not with patients or students, you’ll find me with my family, reading something on personal growth, salsa dancing, hiking, or curled up with a good chick flick.