Welcome to Dr. Thornburg Wellness
Helping Children Grow, Develop & Thrive
Our mission is simple: to help children reach their full potential through nutrition, education, and community service. We are pediatric healthcare professionals—but we are also parents, just like you, committed to supporting families and strengthening our community.
The Nutritional Gap Is Real
Even with our best efforts to provide a healthy diet, many American children are not consuming adequate amounts of key nutrients.
A 2026 NHANES analysis of more than 32,000 U.S. children and adolescents identified significant nutritional gaps involving dietary fiber, omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA),
vitamins A, D and E, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and folate—with many inadequacies becoming increasingly prevalent with age.
These gaps matter. Childhood and adolescence are periods of extraordinary physical growth and neurodevelopment. Inadequate intake of essential vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and other nutrients can affect physical growth, brain development, immune
function, bone mineralization, energy metabolism, and cognitive performance and may limit a child's ability to reach their optimal developmental potential.
Nutrition First. Thoughtful Supplementation When Needed.
For more than 15 years, we have evaluated nutritional supplements for children not only for ingredient quality, but for something equally important: Will children actually take them?
Thousands of children in our pediatric practice have helped us identify products that combine high-quality ingredients with child-tested taste and tolerability.
We have selected and private-labeled the nutraceutical products that best meet our standards, allowing us to make them available directly to families while keeping costs as reasonable as possible.
A Different Kind of Wellness Company
Our goal isn't to profit from selling supplements. Our goal is to help children thrive.
Dr. Thornburg does not take a salary from Dr. Thornburg Wellness. Net proceeds from Dr. Thornburg Wellness are donated to 501(c)(3) organizations working to protect children from exploitation, abuse, and neglect.
Our mission extends to the way we employ people, too. We provide flexible employment opportunities for parents of children with special needs, recognizing that traditional work schedules often don't accommodate the demands of caring for their children.
When you purchase from Dr. Thornburg Wellness, you are doing more than supporting your child's nutrition.
You are helping us support children, families, and the community we all share.
My story.
I always knew I wanted to become a physician and help people experience better health—not simply through medical interventions, but by understanding the connection between mind, body, and spirit.
More than 25 years of caring for children, along with raising eight children of my own, has shaped how I practice medicine. I’ve learned to look beyond symptoms and consider the whole child—nutrition, lifestyle, environment, prevention, and the many factors that influence lifelong health.
My mission today is simple: to help give children the strongest possible foundation to grow, develop, and thrive—and to give parents the knowledge and confidence to guide them.
That work has led to national recognition, including being named by Parents magazine as one of the seven most innovative pediatricians in the country, being featured on ABC World News Tonight, and speaking at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference.
But the purpose remains the same as when I began: helping children live healthier lives.
parents magazine award
"One of the 7 most innovative pediatricians in the country."
Parents Magazine Award
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