Tracie Leonhardt, DO


Tracie Leonhardt, DO

Tracie Leonhardt, D.O graduated from Southeastern University (now known as Nova University) in 1992, completed her internship at Suncoast Hospital in Largo, and then went on to complete her Residency in Emergency Medicine at Midwestern University in Chicago, Illinois in 1996. Dr. Leonhardt then began her 15-year tenure as a Board Certified ER physician.

In 2003, she started to experience her own health issues in which she developed Type II Diabetes. Dr. Leonhardt made it a mission to seek out the most up to date information on the disease and treatment options. Despite optimal medical treatment, her disease continued to worsen and soon she was on seven different medications to try to control the disease. This mission led her to study the metabolic and hormone systems, and she not only reversed her diabetes, but she completed an advanced fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.

All of this led her to leave the Emergency Room and open her own practice in Integrative Medicine. Integrative Medicine which is a practice that uses science based, evidence-based medicine and focuses on the whole person. Integrative Medicine makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches to achieve optimal health and healing. Dr. Leonhardt is an expert in the area of hormones, including thyroid, and in the treatment of diabetes. Her practice, Peaks of Health Metabolic Medical Center, also treats fungus, mold, Lyme, and auto immune diseases among many other conditions.

A much sought-after teacher and speaker, she is on teaching staff at two hospitals and is a preceptor instructor for LECOM Medical School and Kirit Patel Medical School. Dr. Leonhardt serves as the President of the Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society and on the Board of Florida Osteopathic Medical Association. Dr. Leonhardt was invited to speak to a congress in Noordwijk Netherlands. Her topic was Lyme Disease and Alternative Treatments. She was recently on an expert panel regarding Cardiovascular Disease alongside other known experts such as Mark Houston MD.

Dr. Leonhardt has published articles for several magazines, and her article, “Lyme and Lyme-like Disease: The New Epidemic” was published in the Townsend Newsletter, July 2016. Dr. Leonhardt has also published articles on Traumatic Brain Injury, for which she has received advanced training. She has authored many articles on Thyroid, Hormones, and Diabetes.

She has also had the privilege of appearing on TV shows including Daytime, Consumer Updates, Tampa Bay Morning Blend, and was the Health Expert on Tampa NBC affiliate, News Channel 8. She had a weekly radio show in several markets on which she has a variety of guests, including Dr. Oz and Suzanne Somers.

Her clinic sees patients from various parts of the globe. Her mission is to integrate the best of traditional medicine with functional medicine giving her patients the best service with the best possible outcomes.