Meet Our Staff

Nurse Practitioner Roles
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP’s or NP’s) are specially educated nurses with specific training and licensure to provide primary health care including writing prescriptions (except for controlled drugs). NP’s work in many settings and provide quality care. In Florida, NP's are required to have general physician supervision and consultation available.  At IHC, Elizabeth Markovich provides all patient services. She has arrangements for consultation with Dr. John Ness and refers to specialists and hospital care when needed.

N. Elizabeth Markovich
Completed the Master’s of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner certification in 1993, after many years as an RN. She has extensive experience in general family practice medicine and in rheumatology. She has a special interest in treatment of hormone imbalance, arthritis, and musculoskeletal pain.  She also has education and experience in functional medicine, use of special testing, and is certified in Natural Health.



Dr.  JohnNess, MD
Is our consulting physician and medical director. He is a popular local family doctor, well known for his interest in integrative medicine. He is an adjunct professor at the FSU school of medicine.  He has a  practice on Universal Drive in Tallahassee and is one of the founders of the Healing Arts Alliance – an organization to promote cooperation and learning among health professional interested in alternatives.

Angele LaGrave, LMT, Angele LaGrave has practiced therapeutic massage in the Tallahassee area for over 14 years. She is a third-year student of the Visionary Craniosacral Work of Hugh Milne, a third-generation Scottish osteopath. Angele offers a variety of massage therapy, including specific deep tissue, pregnancy massage and stress reduction, gentle relaxing massage. Her work also encompasses seated massages. As part of her services she also offers the use of a Biomat, a mat composed of amethyst crystals which utilizes negative ions and far infrared light to promote, rejuvenation, and wellbeing.

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Dr. I.B. Price, MD, is an older physician who has retired from the practice of internal medicine and emergency medicine. He has a long time interest and experience in both acupuncture and hypnosis and is now using these methods for treating a wide variety of emotional and medical problems. Dr. Price frequently uses combination therapy (Acuhyp) which has proven to be more effective for many conditions than either treatment alone.

Elsie Dodd, RN, is in charge of our lab, including over eight special "outside" labs we utilize, and does a lot of patient teaching, counseling, and some in-house procedures such as venapuncture, EKG's, and nebulizer treatments.

Elizabeth Konefal is our receptionist. She is very helpful and wants to make sure everyone gets what is needed. She is a student at Florida State University studying History and Sociology. She plans on joining the Peace Corp in the future.