Nathalie Simmons Jorge

I didn't set out to build a healthcare company. I set out to solve a problem that was right in front of me and that I couldn't ignore.

When our firstborn was six years old, she began experiencing debilitating, recurring episodes that the conventional medical system couldn't explain. As a mother, I refused to accept that there were no answers. As an entrepreneur, I knew that when a system fails people consistently, it isn't a coincidence. It's a design flaw. And as the wife of a physician burning out inside that same system, I understood the cost of doing nothing.

The search for answers led our family to rebuild our entire approach to health around five pillars: nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and relationships. The results were transformative, not just for our child, but for all of us. That experience became the foundation of Companion Health.

I co-founded Companion Health with my husband, Dr. Carlos Jorge, in 2020. Not to build a single clinic, but to rebuild the model of care itself. One where practitioners have the time and tools to practice medicine with depth. One where clients are partners, not passive recipients. One where the goal is health, not just the absence of illness.

I bring more than 25 years of leadership across healthcare, education, and technology to this work, along with an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler and a mathematics degree from the University of Virginia. Because I carry a genetic predisposition for both cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's, the work we do here is not abstract for me. It is also personal.

We have worked hard to build a team that genuinely loves being here, not just because of the mission but because of the environment we have created together. We model the health behaviors we ask of our clients. We invest in our people. We support lives outside of work. What we preach, we practice and our team is living proof of it.

Companion Health was never meant to serve only those who can afford a boutique model. It was meant to crack the code, to prove that our collaborative model of care works, so that we can find ways to bring comprehensive, deep medical care to a much wider population. 

I want everyone to feel a greater sense of agency over their own health, regardless of their genetics, their circumstances, or their income. Our clinic is the proof of concept. Our mission is bigger than that.
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