Harlee Palmer, PA-C, is Thrive Carolinas’ certified functional medicine provider, helping patients uncover and address the root causes of chronic symptoms through personalized, evidence-informed care. She works closely with Thrive’s physician team to support patients with hormone concerns, metabolic dysfunction, inflammation, digestive issues, fatigue, and other complex health challenges.
Harlee Palmer is a nurse practitioner specializing in functional and integrative medicine. At Thrive Carolinas, she helps patients move beyond symptom management by taking a deeper look at the underlying factors contributing to how they feel.
Her approach is especially valuable for patients who have been told everything looks “normal” but still struggle with fatigue, hormone imbalance, weight resistance, digestive symptoms, sleep disruption, inflammation, or brain fog.
Harlee is known for taking the time to listen carefully, connect the dots, and build individualized care plans that are practical, thoughtful, and grounded in clinical insight.
Functional medicine at Thrive Carolinas is delivered through a collaborative care model. Harlee works alongside Thrive’s physician team, including Dr. Amy Fletcher, MD, and Dr. Nancy Palermo, MD, to support patients with complex and chronic health concerns.
This structure gives patients the benefit of a highly personalized functional medicine experience while remaining connected to the broader clinical expertise of Thrive’s medical team.
For many patients, Harlee serves as the ideal starting point for a deeper, root-cause evaluation. Her visits are intentionally designed to allow more time for questions, pattern recognition, lab review, and comprehensive planning.
Many patients are drawn to Harlee because her visits provide the time and attention often needed for functional medicine to be effective. Rather than focusing only on the most obvious symptom, she looks at the full picture.
Patients often leave with a clearer understanding of what may be contributing to their symptoms and a more actionable plan for moving forward.
Visits with Harlee are designed to go deeper than a typical routine appointment. Depending on your needs, your care may include:
Harlee believes many chronic symptoms are signals, not isolated problems. Her goal is to help patients understand what those signals may point to and to create a plan that supports lasting improvement.
Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all answer, she evaluates how different systems in the body interact. Hormones, metabolism, inflammation, gut health, sleep, nutrition, and stress often influence one another, and addressing those connections can be an important part of care.
Many patients choose Harlee because her visits allow more time for in-depth discussion, root-cause evaluation, lab review, and personalized care planning. She is an excellent starting point for patients seeking a deeper look at unresolved symptoms.
Yes. Harlee Palmer is a physician assistant at Thrive Carolinas and serves as the practice’s certified functional medicine provider.
Harlee works with patients dealing with hormone imbalance, menopause-related concerns, fatigue, metabolic dysfunction, digestive symptoms, inflammation, brain fog, and other chronic symptoms that may benefit from a root-cause approach.
Yes. Harlee works within a collaborative care model alongside Thrive’s physician team, including Dr. Amy Fletcher, MD and Dr. Nancy Palermo, MD, to support coordinated patient care.
Contact Thrive Carolinas to ask about availability, scheduling, and whether a functional medicine consultation with Harlee is the right fit for your needs.
If you are looking for a more personalized, root-cause approach to hormones, metabolism, inflammation, or chronic symptoms, Harlee Palmer, PA-C may be the right place to start.
At Thrive Carolinas, she helps patients feel heard, understood, and supported with a care plan designed around the full picture of their health.