Dr. Cynthia VillacisMD
Family Medicine
at Health Connections DPC — Florence, KY
About
Dr. Cynthia Villacis is a board-certified family physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. She completed her Family Medicine residency in 2002 and later earned board certifications in both Lifestyle Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She also holds certification as a Life Coach and serves as a USCIS-designated civil surgeon.
Dr. Villacis grew up surrounded by community advocacy. Her grandfathers were American Baptist ministers and her mother worked in social services. From an early age, she encountered women's health programs, domestic violence shelters, and community mental health services. Those experiences shaped her conviction that health connects directly to dignity, safety, and education. She learned Spanish during a 1988 exchange program in Ecuador, where she also met her husband, and her commitment to immigrant families has remained central to her practice ever since. She brings personal experience with weight, blood sugar, stress, and sleep to her work with patients navigating metabolic health. Her clinical approach seeks root causes through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, sleep, stress, movement, connection, and substance reduction. She is passionate about women's health, metabolic health, mental health, and immigrant health, and she serves a diverse community including LGBTQ+ individuals and Spanish-speaking families.
Education & Training
Residency
Family Medicine residency, completed 2002
Additional Training
Additional training in Obesity Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; USCIS-designated Civil Surgeon
Certifications
Languages
English, Spanish
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. Villacis right for?
Dr. Villacis works especially well with adults in their 30s, 40s, and beyond managing midlife health changes. Patients dealing with weight gain, prediabetes, insulin resistance, PCOS, menopause, or hormonal shifts find her metabolic and lifestyle medicine focus directly relevant. She serves immigrant families with fluency and cultural attentiveness, conducting exams in both English and Spanish. LGBTQ+ patients seeking affirming, non-judgmental care also fit well with her practice. Anyone navigating anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, or substance use will find her addiction medicine and mental health training genuinely useful.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Villacis treats a wide range of chronic and acute conditions. Her clinical focus includes diabetes, prediabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, PCOS, fatty liver, and metabolic syndrome. She also manages anxiety, depression, addiction, sleep disorders, hormonal imbalances, menopause, perimenopause, andropause, and cardiovascular disease risk.
Yes. Dr. Villacis holds board certification in Family Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. She completed her Family Medicine residency in 2002 and has practiced for over 20 years.
Dr. Villacis takes a root-cause approach to metabolic health. She looks at nutrition, sleep, stress, movement, and hormonal factors before recommending treatment. When medication helps, she prescribes GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as Contrave and Phentermine, with cost-conscious guidance for each patient.
Yes. Dr. Villacis is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. She learned Spanish as an exchange student in Ecuador in 1988 and has provided care to Spanish-speaking families throughout her career. The practice also offers phone interpreting for patients who speak other languages.
Yes. Dr. Villacis holds USCIS designation as a civil surgeon and conducts Form I-693 immigration medical exams at the practice. She has helped over 1,000 individuals and families complete this process. Saturday appointments are available for immigration patients.
Dr. Villacis is board certified in Lifestyle Medicine and builds her clinical approach around its six pillars: nutrition, sleep, stress, movement, connection, and substance reduction. She uses this framework to address chronic disease at its root rather than managing symptoms alone.
Yes. Dr. Villacis provides LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming primary care. Her practice welcomes patients of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and backgrounds without discrimination. She offers hormone therapy and other relevant services within her scope of practice.
Dr. Villacis addresses mental health as part of whole-person care. She evaluates and manages anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and addiction within the primary care setting. Her background in community health and her Addiction Medicine board certification inform this aspect of her practice.
Yes. In addition to her medical credentials, Dr. Villacis holds certification as a Life Coach. She draws on that training to help patients set health goals, address barriers to change, and build sustainable habits alongside their medical care.
Dr. Villacis primarily serves adults in their 30s, 40s, and beyond who want thorough, relationship-driven primary care. She also welcomes children for routine and urgent care needs. Her patient community includes immigrant families, Spanish-speaking individuals, LGBTQ+ patients, and adults managing complex or chronic health conditions.
Doctor profile last updated March 23, 2026