Our History: Florence, AL
Full Life Wellness Center was founded by Dr. Douglas Woodford in 2012. While practicing OB/GYN in Florence, AL for over 30 years, Dr. Woodford increasingly recognized the role that hormones played in helping his patients not only to feel their best in the present but also to reduce age-related decline and chronic disease.
In 2009 he began focusing more on his interest in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for both women and men. He retired from practicing OB/GYN and opened Full Life Wellness Center in 2012 to focus on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and wellness.
Over the years we have added more providers and expanded our services to also include Primary Care, Medical Weight Loss, IV nutrient infusions, and Rejuvenation and Aesthetic Treatments. We pride ourselves on treating each patient as the unique individual that they are and providing a comprehensive approach to truly improving your health.
H. Douglas Woodford
MD, FACOG
Dr. Woodford received his medical education and completed his internship and residency at the University of Tennessee-College of Medicine in Memphis, Tennessee. He has been in private practice in Florence, AL since 1985. He was Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology until he retired from OB/GYN in 2021. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
In 2009, Dr. Woodford began focusing more on his interests in bio-identical hormone therapy and nutrition. In 2012, he opened Full Life Wellness Center in Florence, where he focuses on pellet hormone therapy and integrative approaches to health and wellness. In 2022 he opened a branch of Full Life Wellness in Nashville, providing pellet HRT to women.
Dr Woodford became aware of medical literature showing that testosterone therapy can be safely used in women who have previously been treated for breast cancer. After breast cancer treatment many women suffer significant hormone deficiency symptoms but estrogen therapy is contraindicated. Dr Woodford along with a group of oncology partners are currently conducting an IRB approved clinical trial examining how testosterone pellet therapy may safely improve quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
Liz Woodford
MSN, CRNP, NTP
After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accountancy from Auburn University in 2004 and a brief time working at a bank, Liz realized the green visor was not her calling. She changed career paths and decided to pursue healthcare. Liz completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing in 2007 and worked in critical care and post-anesthesia units in large hospitals for 5 years. Her 2008 diagnosis of an auto-inflammatory disorder led her to search for a more natural, holistic way to support health and get to the root cause of disease, both for herself and for others. In June of 2014, she completed a holistic, functional nutrition certification and is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP). In August of 2018 she graduated with a Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner concentration from UAB.
Liz has worked at Full Life Wellness Center in Florence, Alabama since 2013. She currently serves as a Nurse Practitioner seeing patients, both men and women, over age 14. She has chosen to focus her continuing education in functional and age-management medicine with concentration in hormone health, thyroid management, metabolic, and inflammatory diseases. She treats hormone imbalances of peri-menopause and menopause, PCOS, sexual dysfunction, hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s, nutrient deficiency, insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity, and other chronic medical problems. Liz oversees Full Life’s rejuvenation and aesthetic treatments where we offer functional aesthetic and rejuvenation treatments that help you to look better and restore normal, more youthful functioning to the body.
Danielle Elliott
MSN, CRNP
Emily Russell
DNP, FNP-C, CRNP
Emily earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Alabama in 2010 and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2016. In May 2019, Dr. Russell graduated with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, providing her with the highest degree of nursing-practice in the field of nursing. She has 14 years of nursing experience, eight of which have been as a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner in primary care.
Dr. Russell started her nursing career as an in-patient cardiac nurse, then for the next five years worked as a charge nurse in out-patient dialysis caring for end-stage renal disease patients. Since becoming a family nurse practitioner, Dr. Russell has focused her practice on metabolic health, hormone therapy, and obesity management, and also takes an interest in the education and development of future nurse practitioners. She is passionate about utilizing evidence based practice in patient education and disease prevention. Her scholarly project in her doctoral program was based in health care quality improvement and focused on improving medication reconciliation practices.
Dr. Russell strongly believes in providing education for patients so they may feel in control of their health. In her free time, Dr. Russell enjoys spending time with her family, cares for her many plants, and takes an active role in her church’s music ministry.
Kelly Britnell
MSN, CRNP
Kelly Britnell is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with an additional advanced certification in obesity medicine by the Obesity Medicine Association. She began practicing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2016. She graduated from Columbia State Community College with an AAS degree and minor in business. She obtained her ADN from Northwest-Shoals Community College and then began pursuing her BSN at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Kelly has a diverse nursing background as she specialized in geriatric psych, medical-surgical, intensive care, and supervision. While working full time, Kelly obtained her MSN from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
As a Nurse Practitioner she has practiced in urgent care and family medicine, specializing in obesity and metabolic health. At Full Life, Kelly sees Primary Care patients ages 14 and over for a variety of acute and chronic medical concerns. Kelly is a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She grew up in the small town of Collinwood, TN (Go Vols!) just north of the TN state line and now resides in Tuscumbia with her husband, Kenley and son, Klyde. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, singing, spending time with her family, and being outdoors on her farm.
Stacy Moore
MSN, CRNP