Our Team

• FGHC Co-Founder and Executive Officer
• Co-Chief Executive Director of Faithfully Guided Foundation
• Board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Ashlee Seek is the co-founder and co-executive director of Faithfully Guided Health Center, LLC and co-executive director of the Faithfully Guided Foundation 501(c)3. She received her nursing degree from the University of Central Florida and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from South University. She has also trained in functional medicine with the Institute of Functional Medicine.

As a board-certified advanced practice nurse, Ashlee knows firsthand the profound impacts that emotional stressors have on physical health. Time and time again she has witnessed the consequences of mostly preventable diseases affecting the well-being of individuals. Her passion is to create a culture of health through generational change that utilizes an inter-professional approach to connect the spirit, mind, and body. As a health enthusiast, Ashlee believes optimal health should be available to everyone and that in fact, most diseases can be reversed, eliminated, and prevented through modulating responses to stress and making lifestyle changes. Since this is a tall order, a guide is necessary!

Ashlee has been involved with outreach programs within her community for many years and feels best when she is giving back. She is a lifelong learner and a creative leader. She has completed thirteen marathons, enjoys rigorous cycling vacations with her family (a passion that is not always shared by her children), and was recognized among the “Top 100 nurses in Marion County.” She is passionate to improve health outcomes and is working diligently to share resources and inspire others to do the same.

Melvin Seek MD is the Medical Director for Faithfully Guided Health Center. As a youngster growing up in a very small town in Missouri, he was fascinated by the lifestyle of the native American, studied all things science, loved athletics and enjoyed designing and building things. He was on track to study architecture in college when he took a sharp career turn to be a physician when he was accepted into the six -year BA-MD program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The program was intense but by seeing patients early in the educational process he gained empathy for patients and a perspective of the true mission of a physician. He furthered training at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill doing Internship, Internal Medicine Residency, Nephrology Fellowship and additional research in Metabolism and Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. Moving to Ocala, Florida he joined Dr. Fuller and Dr. Ulland in the Ocala Critical Care and Kidney Group. As the practice grew there was less emphasis on critical care and it was renamed Ocala Kidney Group, but Dr. Seek maintained his involvement in critical care as well as cardiovascular intensive care for open heart surgical patients. His Nephrology interests focused on upstream chronic renal failure management and home dialysis resulting in the development of one of the largest home dialysis programs in the country with 70% of his patients dialyzing with a home modality compared to a usual 12%. These patients enjoy a higher quality of life at lower global costs for care and reduced hospitalizations. Frustrated with the poor outcomes and inefficiencies in our broken healthcare system, Dr. Seek has struggled along with others to redesign our local delivery system and has experienced the difficulty of misaligned incentives. With involvement in the Faithfully Guided Health Center he finds it invigorating to embrace the Five Pillar Model focusing on Spirit, Lifestyle and the integrated approach applying functional resources, counseling and coaching to improve healthspan and fulfillment in life. As he reinvents himself in this new direction he hopes to continue to bring the discipline of science, the perspective of a physician caring for incredibly sick patients, and the perspective of boundless innovation while seeking daily to demonstrate the unfailing empathy and grace of Jesus Christ.

• NCCA Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor
• SACC Licensed Temperament Counselor
• Certified in Child and Adolescent Therapy
• Certified in Gottman Couples Therapy
• Certified Corporate Chaplain

Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of South Florida and a masters of arts degree in clinical christian counseling from Cornerstone University. Dave is a licensed minister of pastoral counseling with the National Conservative Christian Church and is certified through the National Christian Counselors Association. Dave is a presidential member in good standing of the American Association of Christian Counselors.

For the past ten years, Dave has served as a corporate chaplain with Corporate Chaplains of America where he provided crisis care to local businesses and employees in Ocala, Florida. Along with chaplaincy, Dave served 5 years in leadership with Corporate Chaplains where he encouraged, equipped, and empowered leaders across the Northeast Region impacting over 10,000 employees.

Dave’s passion and strength is found in his unique ability to communicate and understand people. Dave uses this strength to walk beside people to help them accomplish their goals. He loves working with leaders of business, education, and ministry along with couples, individuals and families.

Dr. Eric Milbrandt is owner of The Infusion Clinic of Ocala, located within Faithfully Guided Health Center at 40 SW 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34471. Dr. Milbrandt is a critical care medicine specialist with over 15 years of experience providing care to the sickest of hospitalized patients, including those with severe depression, anxiety, PTSD, septic shock, and multi-organ failure.. Dr. Milbrandt is a widely published author and lecturer who has numerous academic publications including peer-reviewed articles, international presentations, abstracts, and book chapters. He is board certified in Critical Care Medicine and completed a fellowship in Quality Improvement and a Master of Public Health at Vanderbilt University. He is a graduate of The Ketamine Academy, a leading provider of comprehensive online training for all major aspects of ketamine therapy. Dr. Milbrandt is certified in ozone and Prolozone therapeutics, offering Faithfully Guided clients drug-free options for healing and cellular regeneration.

• Holy Yoga Instructor

Mary Stevens is an experienced yoga instructor, having practiced in downtown Ocala at Marketplace on Broadway for 23 years. A car accident in 2009 forced her to change her routine from power yoga and weight training to something gentler. This is when she rediscovered Hatha and Lyengar style yoga. Mary herself has found physical healing through the practice of these two yoga styles. She is also in the process of receiving her certification in Vinyasa style yoga. Mary has personally experienced the physical healing that can occur from practicing yoga and is excited to marry the physical aspects of yoga together with the spiritual side of Holy Yoga.

• Certified Physician Assistant through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Kelly Tingler completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Florida and holds a Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies. Kelly has been practicing medicine since 2009 and has an extensive background in both adult and pediatric emergency medicine as well as women’s health. She became passionate about functional medicine several years ago during her own health crisis when she recognized the body’s amazing ability to heal itself when given the right elements. For the past several years, Kelly has been diving into the world of functional medicine by learning, speaking, and blogging on various aspects of health. Her aspiration has been to work full-time in the field of integrative medicine and she’s excited to join the team at Faithfully Guided Health Center to make this dream a reality.

• Licensed Massage Therapist

Theophilus Roker is a licensed massage therapist (LMT) with more than four years of experience. Theo specializes in sports and clinical massages, as well as lymphatic drainage. He owned and operated a private massage practice in South Florida prior to re-locating to serve clients in Marion County and surrounding areas.

Theo believes individuals draw the most from his treatments when the mind, body and spirit are open for wellness. He loves how God has marvelously stitched the body together and looks forward to helping clients achieve optimal health.

Antoinette Johnson has worked as a mental health counselor for more than 25 years.  She joined Faithfully Guided Health Center so she could utilize both her mental health and Christian counseling experience to help individuals, couples and families, with a special focus on working with children.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Antionette served as a paralegal for the Judge Advocate General (JAG). During her time in the military, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Management Human Resource.  Upon retirement from the Air Force, she felt led to the Agape School of World Evangelism in Little Rock, Arkansas where she graduated with honors.  She later earned two Masters Degrees, one in Psychology and Counseling (mental health track) and another in Guidance and Counseling (K-12th grade).  Antionette is now pursuing a PhD in Educational Psychology.