Dr. Kelly Zook
Founder ยท Board-Certified Pediatrician
Dr. Kelly Zook founded Figtree Family Wellness Center to bring thoughtful, integrative wellness care to families in St. Petersburg, care rooted in decades of clinical medicine and guided by a genuine commitment to seeing people restored to health.
Medical training
Dr. Zook is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics and the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine subspecialty. She earned her MD from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2002, completed a dual-institutional pediatrics residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and returned to Jefferson and Christiana Care to complete a three-year Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship in 2008.
Functional medicine and wellness
Alongside her hospital-based career, Dr. Zook has pursued ongoing training in Functional Medicine through the School of Applied Functional Medicine. That training shapes the approach at Figtree: look at the whole person, understand the history behind the symptoms, and build a plan around individual goals rather than a fixed protocol.
Mission and service
Beyond research and clinical practice, Dr. Zook served as a neonatology consultant for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Hope Christian Hospital in Ghana, and is a long-running medical-team member with Mercy Ships and the Mama Project / Healthy Niños outreach. She is a five-time recipient of the St. Joseph's/Candler “We Care” Award for Values in Action, an honor chosen by staff and patients.
Family, foster care, and faith
Dr. Zook is an advocate and long-time participant in the foster care system and has a heart for adoption. Her Christian faith is the foundation of her service to others and her commitment to seeing people restored to health. It is also why the practice carries the word “family” in its name: the people she cares for are people with histories, habits, and others who depend on them.
Listen first
Every visit begins with your story, not a protocol. The plan follows the conversation.
Take the long view
We measure what matters, follow up consistently, and adjust when the data tells us to.
Stay humble
No miracle claims, no invented credentials. We bring what we have trained for and refer out when it serves you.
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