Doctor Koe’s Medicine Blog
Chickweed Pesto
Written and edited by: Breanne Brazeale Recently, I was weeding my fall-planted garlic bed, and it was full of chickweed. Chickweed is really easy to identify (by the row of small hairs on the stem growing in alternating directions, white star shaped blossoms etc.)...
Keto Mayo
Written by: Dr. Frannie Koe, MD Condiments can include but not be limited to mayo, salad dressings, BBQ sauce (although I had a really hard time making my keto sauce taste good!), veggie dips, meat dips such as sour cream, yogurt dips, and crab dips that my partner...
Dr. Frances Koe, MD, MPH
Dr. Frances Koe, MD, MPH, is our fearless leader and the driving force behind Agroshare. She is also the physician and owner of Wills Valley Family Medicine and Valley Care DPC. Dr. Frances Koe began her educational pursuits right out of high school, but at the time,...
Tim Martin
Tim Martin studied Fine Arts at the University of North Alabama in Florence, and his focus was on sculpture. He grew up in a family business of furniture makers and has been around wood and machinery since he was preschool age. He loved the wood shop, being around the...
Dr. Sarita Cox, ND, L.Ac.
Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Cox, ND, L.Ac., has practiced integrative medicine in both Alabama and Mississippi for the past 20 years. Some of Dr. Cox’s colleagues and beloveds call her “Sarita,” a name given to her by her first meditation teacher, and she believes names have...
Breanne Hughes, BA
Breanne Hughes originally hails from Albuquerque, NM, but after years of travel, both internationally and across the US, she’s lived just outside Fort Payne, AL for almost 10 years. Breanne received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, Portuguese and International...
Summer Gilreath, AAS
Summer Gilreath is the clinic Lab Manager, and has been with Wills Valley Family Medicine since 2011. Summer grew up in the Sand Mountain area of Northeast Alabama. She first came to the clinic as a student and did her internship with Dr. Koe.
Claudia Moreno, Office Manager
Claudia Moreno is the Office Manager for Wills Valley Family Medicine. She has been an important part of Dr. Koe’s clinic staff since 2008! Claudia lives in Collinsville, AL with her two beautiful children, and has lived here since arriving in the US when she was 11...
Purpose: What is it and why do we need one?
Written by: Dr. Frannie Koe, MD Edited by: Breanne Hughes I was unable to blog because of the chaos of being a medical practitioner at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a crazy year! In the last year and a half, I have seen so many new things, and have...