MEET OUR STAFF

Marion Owen, M.D.
Marion Owen is a resident of Decatur, where she lives with her husband and two children. A graduate of Davidson College, she received her MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1999. She continued her training at the Emory Family Medicine Residency Program, graduating in 2003. She is board certified in Family Medicine. Between graduating from Emory and opening Whole Family Medicine, she worked as a Family Medicine doctor in Alpharetta, GA.
In addition to her training in traditional medical therapies, Dr. Owen has focused her education on nutritional and genetic causes of disease and holistic approaches to healthcare through the Institute for Functional Medicine. She emphasizes lifestyle and nutritional therapies and collaborates with both MD specialists and alternative providers to guide her patients to optimum health. Dr. Owen appreciates close relationships with her patients, educating and empowering them to participate actively in their medical treatment decisions.
Dr Owen is a certified practitioner of The Institute of Functional Medicine.

Susan Castle, NP-C
Susan is the Nurse Practitioner at Whole Family Medicine. She performs adult and child physicals. She sees patients for urgent sick visits. But she has also had extensive training at the Institute for Functional Medicine with a special emphasis on hormone health, lifestyle changes, weight loss, and special dietary management for chronic illness. Whether she is seeing you for a “quick sick” visit or to do a deep dive into how your nutritional patterns are impacting you health, she is informed by the Functional Medicine approach. She is always mindful that what we do about your cold symptoms may affect you gut and is careful to weight those risks and discuss the treatment options for each with you, to help you make the best decision for yourself. She is familiar with all the issues that Dr. Owen manages and is involved integrally in developing practice protocols. Susan graduated from Emory University with a BSN and MSN. She subsequently became certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and has been with Whole family medicine as a valued member of the care team since 2010.

Allison Baxley, Patient Support
Allison does it all: books your appointments, answers your questions or directs them to the correct provider, takes your vitals and checks your email. She is the one who does battle with your insurance for pre-certifications and payment issues. She is in your corner and is the friendly face that welcomes you on your arrival.
Allison was born and raised in Atlanta and is a longtime resident of Decatur, where she lives with her husband John and sons Max and Jake. Inspired by what WFM’s functional medicine approach has done for her own family, Allison has returned to school part time in pursuit of PA degree.
Vida Dedinas
Vida works two days each week and performs tasks related to billing, such as posting insurance and patient payments and sending out patient statements. Vida is a Certified Medical Administrative Assistant and a Certified Patient Accounts Representative. She has been battling with insurance on your behalf here for 4 years. While she is not in every day, messages left with her on the billing questions line will be answered within a week. If you have a more urgent issue, please call the main line and let Jackie know.