About Us

Smoketown Family Wellness Center (SFWC) is an integrated healthcare model to support parents to raise children to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. The Center provides medical care for children and healthy lifestyle support for the whole family in a community-based setting.

 

Like many cities, there’s a 15-year gap in life expectancy based on the neighborhood where you live. This difference is complicated and could be due to many factors including access to clinical care, access to healthy foods and the ability to exercise as well as opportunities for children to succeed in school and find top quality jobs.

 

SFWC offers a new approach to healthcare delivery that focuses on the primary prevention of diseases that are rooted in childhood.

Our Team

CHARLOTTE GAY SITES, MD

Founder

DEONTE MALONE

Managing Director

KENNETHA MALONE, LPCC-S

Behavioral Health Therapist

ALEXIS SAUNDERS

Community Health Worker

KYLA PIERRE

Front Desk/Medical Assistant

REGINA MILLS

Medical Assistant

DR. ANNA MANNESCHMIDT, MD

Primary Care Pediatrician

Our Vision:

 

To partner with families to raise children who’re healthy in mind, body and spirit.

Our Mission:

 

With the belief that all children deserve reliable healthcare, Smoketown Family Wellness Center provides clinical care to children in a community-based environment that offers healthy lifestyle support for the entire family.

Our Board

ANN CURTIS

Executive Committee, Community Volunteer

BRITTANY LICHVAR

MS-HROD, Workforce Development Program Manager, Human Resources, UofL Health

JEFF BRINGARDNER

Retired

JILL JELSMA

Retired Attorney

KAREN HANDMAKER

Executive Committee, Retired

MARILYN MARSHALL

Retired Teacher, Jefferson County Public Schools

RACHAEL CHAPMAN

SHARONDA O’BANNON

Behavior Coach, Jefferson County Public Schools

DR. TA-NEKA C. LINDSAY, DNP, APRN

Nurse Practitioner (Women’s Health/Adult Gero Primary Care) and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Bellarmine University

DR. TISH E. BROOKINS ED.D., MSSW

Board Chair, Certified School Social Worker, Jefferson County Public Schools

Why We Exist

  • In 2016, the US spent $3.3 trillion on healthcare, up to 85% of that amount was spent on the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke.
  • Kentucky is ranked 7th nationally with 35% obesity rate, and according to WalletHub, Louisville is the 10th fattest city in the nation. A child insured under Medicaid costs nearly $2500/year. An obese child costs over $6700.
  • Historically, health has been defined as clinical care. More recent understanding emphasizes the importance of lifestyle behaviors, socioeconomic status, and environmental factors.
  • SFWC is reaching beyond clinical services to fully assess every child’s needs, to deliver customized education and healthcare as a means to prevent chronic disease over the lifetime.