About
Dr. Shirley E. Jones is a board-certified family practitioner and the CEO and founder of St Johns Direct Primary Care, LLC in Jacksonville, Florida. She spent twenty years practicing medicine within hospital systems before launching her independent practice in 2020. That career built a clinical foundation she now applies with far greater depth and personalization.
Dr. Jones specializes in family medicine, functional medicine, and preventive care. She focuses on chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorders, hormonal imbalances, and metabolic disease. Her approach centers on identifying root causes rather than managing symptoms alone. She uses nutrition counseling, exercise prescription, plant-based lifestyle coaching, stress management, and meditation as core clinical tools. Dr. Jones leads group coaching sessions, guided meditations, and virtual yoga programs through the practice's structured wellness offerings. She also co-authored a chapter in "Unbreakable: Stories of Survival, Sisterhood and Success. Volume 1," published on Amazon in January 2025. FindATopDoc recognizes her with a Top Doctor badge in family practice.
Education & Training
Board certified physician with 20 years of experience in hospital systems
Certifications
Conditions Treated
Who is Dr. Jones right for?
Dr. Jones is a strong fit for adults managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity, thyroid disorders, or hormonal imbalances. Patients over 50 seeking to maintain vitality and age well benefit from her preventive and functional medicine approach. Women looking for a physician who integrates wellness, nutrition, and lifestyle care into primary care will find her practice well-suited to their needs. Professionals wanting a physician who helps them overcome health obstacles and reach optimal health work particularly well with her model. Patients drawn to plant-based nutrition, stress reduction, and mind-body programs will find those tools central to her care.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Jones specializes in obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorders, hormonal imbalances, metabolic disorders, and chronic condition management. She also treats women's health concerns, digestive disorders, autoimmune conditions, and stress-related illness. Her functional medicine approach focuses on identifying and addressing root causes rather than masking symptoms.
Dr. Jones uses a preventive and functional medicine framework. She works to treat, prevent, and potentially reverse chronic diseases through nutrition counseling, exercise prescription, plant-based lifestyle coaching, stress and sleep management, and meditation. She tailors each plan to the individual patient's needs and health goals.
Yes. Dr. Jones holds board certification as a family practitioner. She has practiced medicine for over twenty years, first within hospital systems and now through her own independent concierge and functional medicine practice in Jacksonville.
Yes. Dr. Jones incorporates organic plant-based lifestyle coaching into her clinical work. She teaches patients how to use plant-based nutrition as a tool for healing chronic disease. She offers formal plant-based lifestyle consultations at $175 per hour.
Dr. Jones leads two structured wellness programs. The 10-week Metabolic Reset ($1,997) and the 8-week Weight Release program ($1,989) each include physician visits, group coaching, guided meditations, virtual yoga, nutrition counseling, and stress counseling. She leads the group coaching and meditation sessions herself.
Yes. info. She also provides functional medicine consultations and vegan lifestyle coaching through that channel.
Dr. Jones sees adults across a wide age range, with particular depth in patients over 50 and those managing multiple chronic conditions. She also sees working professionals seeking personalized wellness strategies. Her women's health focus makes her a frequent choice for female patients navigating hormonal or metabolic changes.
Yes. Dr. Jones has appeared on the Mature Conversations Podcast and the Talking Over Tea UK podcast. " These conversations cover her philosophy on concierge medicine and functional wellness.
Doctor profile last updated April 11, 2026