About
Dr. Laura White serves as Medical Director of Future Hope Total Health and Future Hope Health Group in Shelbyville, KY. She earned her medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed her pediatrics residency at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville in 1994. After residency, she spent more than a decade practicing primary care pediatrics across several communities in the greater Louisville area.
In 2008, Dr. White opened Future Hope Pediatrics with a focus on excellence in pediatric care. She has always taken a minimalist approach to medicine, trusting the body's resilience and favoring less intervention over more. Her own health crisis deepened her commitment to functional medicine. When conventional approaches left her without answers, she found lasting relief through nutrition and targeted supplementation. That experience led her to begin formal fellowship training through the Metabolic Medicine Institute and the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2016. She opened Future Hope Total Health in 2017 to serve both adults and children through a root-cause, holistic model. Dr. White holds certification as an EvexiPEL hormone pellet therapy provider. She is passionate about thyroid health, hormone optimization, ADHD, anxiety, depression, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, postpartum depression, and chronic disease management. She and her husband Mark, an IFM Health Coach and ACE personal trainer, run the practice together.
Education & Training
Medical School
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency
Pediatrics, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky (completed 1994)
Fellowship
Metabolic Medicine Institute and Institute for Functional Medicine (began 2016)
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. White right for?
Dr. White works well with patients of all ages who want to understand the root cause of their health concerns. Adults managing thyroid disorders, hormone imbalance, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, or autoimmune conditions benefit from her functional medicine background. She also sees children for well visits, acute illness, and developmental concerns including ADHD. Patients who prefer nutrition-first, low-prescription approaches to healing tend to find her philosophy a strong match.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. White focuses on thyroid disorders, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hormone imbalance, ADHD, anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, chronic fatigue, autoimmune disorders, obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, menopause, and andropause. She treats both children and adults and takes a functional, root-cause approach to each of these conditions.
Yes. Dr. White began formal fellowship training in functional medicine in early 2016 through the Metabolic Medicine Institute and the Institute for Functional Medicine. She opened Future Hope Total Health in 2017 specifically to apply that training in a clinical setting for families.
Dr. White uses pharmaceuticals when necessary but avoids them whenever possible. She looks for underlying causes of illness first and prioritizes nutrition, targeted supplementation, and lifestyle changes before reaching for a prescription.
Yes. Dr. White trained as a pediatrician and has practiced pediatric primary care since 1994. She sees patients of all ages at Future Hope Total Health, from young children through adults.
Dr. White holds certification as an EvexiPEL hormone pellet therapy provider. She offers bioidentical hormone pellet therapy for both men and women and is passionate about hormone optimization as part of comprehensive care.
Yes. Dr. White offers SoftWave Therapy using the OrthoGold 100, an FDA-cleared extracorporeal shockwave technology. She uses it to treat musculoskeletal and chronic pain conditions including knee pain, plantar fasciitis, back and neck pain, Achilles tendon injuries, arthritis, TMJ, and sports injuries.
Dr. White offers neurofeedback through a partnership with New Mind Kentucky. The service uses qEEG Brain Mapping and operant conditioning in approximately 30-minute sessions as a drug-free approach to brain training.
Dr. White experienced a personal health crisis in which conventional medicine found nothing wrong despite her significant symptoms. She ultimately found healing through changes in nutrition and supplementation. That experience shifted her understanding of medicine and led her to pursue formal functional medicine training.
Initial visits run 60 to 75 minutes. First follow-up appointments run 45 to 60 minutes. Subsequent visits run 30 to 60 minutes depending on the nature of the concern.
Doctor profile last updated June 11, 2026