Dr. Kortney West
Dr. West is a board certified pediatrician who has dedicated her career to improving the lives of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and behavioral health disorders. She was raised in Louisiana and graduated from Louisiana State University with honors, then went on to attend LSU’s medical school in Shreveport, LA. Thereafter, she completed her pediatric residency in Dallas, TX at Children’s Medical Center.
After residency, Dr. West worked for a pediatric clinic in Gonzales, LA before opening a concierge pediatric medical practice serving the greater Baton Rouge area. When work relocated her husband from Louisiana to Berks County, PA, Dr. West joined Reading Pediatrics where she worked for over two years.
After seeing the sizable gaps in how we care for our youth and their mental health and development, Dr. West founded Precise Pediatrics (previously Clear Water Health), which focuses on integrative management of behavioral and mental health disorders utilizing precision medicine along with nutrition and lifestyle changes to not only treat symptoms, but also determine and treat the root causes of illness.
Dr. West is the proud mother to four children, two of which are neurodivergent and the inspiration for diving headfirst into the world of integrative psychiatry. She writes about her personal experience with healing inflammatory brain conditions and chronicling her family’s journey on social media switching from the typical American diet to one that nourishes the body and mind.
She is passionate about advocating for early autism identification and intervention and has worked in multiple positions to further this goal. She previously served as Vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the Emerge Center in Baton Rouge, LA and as Chief Medical Officer of a national telehealth company offering diagnostic autism evaluations for children.
More recently, Dr. West has partnered with fellow integrative pediatrician, Dr. Gina Labovitz, on Relearning Medicine - your go-to evidence-based source for reliable information and accessible, practical resources for parents seeking to improve their child’s well-being through more natural and lifestyle changes.
In her free time Dr. West loves hiking with her family, cheering on the LSU tigers, cooking and experimenting with new foods and flavors in the kitchen and attempting to garden.