About
Dr. Heather Gessling founded Gessling Family Wellness in 2021 to bring affordable, relationship-driven family medicine to Mid Missouri. She practices the direct primary care model across three locations: Macon, Columbia, and Chillicothe. Her patients reach her directly by cell phone, email, or telehealth, seven days a week.
Dr. Gessling treats a wide range of conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, asthma, anxiety, depression, migraines, and urinary incontinence. She takes an integrative approach, pairing conventional primary care with energy-based healing technologies and curated supplement recommendations. She personally selects supplements from Thorne, Whole Scripts, RogersHood Apothecary, Baja Gold Mineral Salt, and SilverCeuticals. She is passionate about holistic wellness and brought one of only six patented hair laser regrowth machines in the country to Mid Missouri. Her GFW Healing Energy division offers these technologies to the broader community, not just her members.
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. Gessling right for?
Dr. Gessling is a strong fit for patients of any age seeking a personal, accessible relationship with their primary care physician. Adults managing chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, or migraines benefit from her thorough 30-minute visits. Patients drawn to integrative or holistic health approaches will find her supplement expertise and energy-based therapies valuable. Families looking for one physician to cover all ages, from pediatric to adult, are also well served here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Gessling treats a broad range of conditions in family medicine. Her focus areas include diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma, anxiety, depression, migraines, obesity, sleep disorders, musculoskeletal pain, urinary incontinence, and erectile dysfunction. She also manages chronic illness and coordinates preventive care for patients of all ages.
Yes. Dr. Gessling gives patients direct access via her cell phone, email, and telehealth every day of the week, including after hours. Members do not need to call an answering service or visit an urgent care clinic for routine concerns.
Dr. Gessling pairs conventional family medicine with integrative wellness tools. She personally curates supplement recommendations from trusted brands including Thorne, Whole Scripts, and SilverCeuticals. She also leads the GFW Healing Energy division, which offers energy-based therapies such as PEMF, infrared sauna, BrainTap, and the Avacen XL for patients seeking holistic support alongside standard medical care.
Dr. Gessling performs a wide range of in-office procedures for members. These include laceration repairs, cyst removal, mole removals, skin biopsies, ingrown toenail removal, earwax removal, cryotherapy for warts and skin lesions, EKGs, pap smears, incision and drainage of abscesses, nebulizer treatments, and contraception management. In-office testing includes glucose, pregnancy, UTI, pulse oximetry, stool hemoccult, and phlebotomy.
Yes. Dr. Gessling sees patients from birth through adulthood with no age restrictions. The practice offers tiered membership pricing for children, adults, and seniors. She performs annual physicals, sports physicals, school physicals, and camp physicals for all ages.
Dr. Gessling addresses obesity and metabolic health as part of her primary care practice. The GFW Healing Energy division also offers Neo Slim body sculpting, which uses pulsed electromagnetic energy to support muscle toning and fat reduction. She can discuss which combination of medical and wellness services fits a patient's goals.
Yes. Dr. Gessling offers telehealth visits to members seven days a week at no additional charge. Virtual home visits are included in the membership. Patients can connect via their computer or smart device from wherever they are.
Dr. Gessling personally selects and recommends supplements from Thorne, Whole Scripts, RogersHood Apothecary, Baja Gold Mineral Salt, SilverCeuticals, Simply O3, and LifeWave X39 Patches. She vets each brand for quality and relevance to her patients' wellness needs. Members can access these recommendations directly through her practice.
Doctor profile last updated April 11, 2026