Meet Our Team

Julie McGregor, MD is a board-certified internist and nephrologist trained in Integrative Medicine and one of the Co-Founders of the Integrative Medical Clinic of NC.

Dr. McGregor hails from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she worked in the hospital for 12 years, including a vasculitis and glomerulonephritis fellowship at UNC Kidney Center, and was on the faculty at UNC’s School of Medicine for 5 years. She has been working in integrative medicine since 2015 and was the first provider at the inception of IMCNC in April of 2018.

Dr. McGregor has had training in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona and also participated in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Mind-Body Skills training while at UNC. Dr. McGregor has extensive clinical and research experiences in autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and vasculitis.

The focus of Dr. McGregor’s practice is the integration of complementary medicine with gold-standard medicine and specialty training. Her passion for integrative medicine stems from her desire to treat patients in the same manner that she approaches wellness and disease for herself and her family by combining the most effective modalities from Eastern and Western medical approaches.

She provides integrative medicine consults, integrative nephrology consults and primary integrative care. Integrative components of her clinical practice include autoimmune disease treatment and prevention, balancing gut health, using food as medicine and dietary modification, endocrine system balancing including hormone replacement therapy, thyroid and adrenal health and treatment of chronic infection, fatigue, pain and difficult to diagnose disease.

Dr. McGregor is happy to work as a part of a team with conventional, integrative, alternative and holistic providers.

Dr. McGregor’s mission statement is to enhance wellness and naturally treat and cure disease using a holistic approach grounded in safety and supported by extensive allopathic medicine experience.

Karen Saylor is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and functional medicine provider with over 30 years of experience in health care.

Karen earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing studies (BSN) at Duke University on a 4-year gymnastics scholarship, which was the first gymnastics scholarship ever awarded at Duke. After working as an RN for 30 years in multiple arenas, she earned her Master’s Degree in Nursing at UNC, graduating with top honors as a Family Nurse Practitioner in May 2012. She continued her work as an FNP at Triangle ENT & Allergy with Dr. Robert Taylor, an Environmental Otolaryngologist and Integrative Practitioner, who specializes in allergy, food sensitivities, thyroid conditions, chemical and mold toxicities. She was a member of the AAOA and trained in Low Dose Allergen Immunotherapy (LDA).

Until January 2019, Karen practiced as an FNP at Whole Health Solutions in Cary, NC with Dr. Joanne Pizzino, and later at Haven Medical in Chapel Hill, NC with Dr. Sonia Rapaport and Dr. Cindy Fried in Functional and Integrative Medicine.

Karen treats the whole body for wellness and healing through various integrative methods including detoxification, stress reduction, weight loss/nutrition, gut inflammation and healing and natural blood sugar balancing. Other areas of expertise include treating allergies with LDA, autoimmune disorders, mold toxicity, thyroid conditioning, hormone balancing with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, digestive disorders, and boosting the immune system to help with chronic diseases while treating environmental-induced illnesses, chemical sensitivities, mast cell activation, Lyme disease and chronic viruses.

Karen is also a certified Yoga Hatha, Prenatal and Pilate’s instructor and is presently teaching at the Downtown Durham YMCA.

Karen’s general practice is open to new patients and she is accepting new patients into the Low Dose Allergen (LDA) program.

Addie Skow is a board-certified Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and works with patients 13 years and older. She received her Bachelor of Nursing degree from Baylor University in 2010 and her Masters in Nursing degree from Duke University.

Her clinical interests are largely endocrine-related and include: diabetes management, thyroid, premature menopause and hormone replacement therapy. She obtained her endocrinology certificate, also at Duke. In addition, she is interested in how environmental exposures and nutritional deficiencies can manifest in differing disease states and thus, has undertaken additional training in this area as well.

She is drawn to integrative medicine because it embraces a more holistic, individualized, and patient-centered approach. In her free time, she enjoys reading, barre class, and spending her time outdoors with her husband, two sons and golden retriever.

Jessica Mollmark, BSN, BS, RN-BC, joined the IMCNC team as the Clinical Nurse Lead in January 2022. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2010 and worked as a Registered Nurse on the Trauma and Orthopedic Acute Care Unit at UNC Medical Center for over eleven years. She also received a B.S. in Biology from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont.

For years Jessica has had an interest in learning about what supplements and alternative approaches can do for one’s health – in recent years she became particularly interested in Integrative Medicine, having experienced it on a personal level as a patient. Seeing the benefit it can offer first-hand she found it to be truly amazing – and having the opportunity to be part of others’ experience with Integrative health Jessica finds genuinely rewarding. She enjoys making connections and getting to know each patient while supporting and partnering with them through their unique healthcare journey. At IMC Jessica works with the entire IMC team to help make each patient’s experience a positive one, supporting both Patient Care and Clinical operations.

In addition to being an IMC Team Member, she enjoys spending time with her husband, son, family, and friends, visiting family in Vermont, New York, and Sweden. She loves being outdoors, trying new recipes, eating dark chocolate, watching Christmas movies, and adding to her plant collection.

Elizabeth “Liz” Bodison works as an integral member of the Registered Medical Assistant team at IMC. Liz studied at The Medical Arts School and has worked at IMC for over three years.

Favorite thing about working with patients:
Patients all have such different personalities and I love interacting with so many different types of people. I really enjoy being able to brighten their day!

Something Liz enjoys doing in her free time:
Spending time with my lovely family, reading, and traveling.

Favorite thing about working at IMC:
I love the connection that I have with my co-workers.

What brings you joy:
My sons Ahmir and Noah, and I can’t forget my bodyguard/sidekick Missey Motley (my Dog)

Christine is both a Registered Nurse with over 25 years of experience and a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC).

Christine aligns with an integrative, holistic and empowering approach to discovering the root causes of dis-ease and the steps needed to regain wellbeing. Through her own journey of self healing and discovery, she began to learn about integrative health/functional medicine, mindfulness, stress management, nutrition and started applying that learning into actions in her own life, through the implementation of small modifiable lifestyle changes. As she did this, she began to respect the power of self care, rest, intention, movement, nature, community and whole food nutrition.

Christine believes that health and wellness are multidimensional and occur in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual realms. She is interested in how trauma affects health and manifests as illness in the body. Christine’s passion for integrative and functional medicine grew and that led her to becoming a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach.

This training lead to a renewed purpose in life, a career change out of the hospital environment, and allows her to do what she aspired to do when she became a nurse: serve and empower others to be stewards of their own health and wellbeing and help guide them in making choices that support their vision of optimal wellness throughout their lifespan. She is a strong advocate of aging well with vitality.

As both a Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC), Christine is uniquely positioned to partner with IMCNC health practitioners and individuals in a client centered process to support that person’s health and wellbeing. As an FMCHC, she is trained to work closely with clients around all the lifestyle factors (sleep/relaxation, exercise and movement, nutrition, stress management and relationships) that influence health. As mentioned above, she has used these pillars of health to redesign her own life and wellness and can attest to how much they impact one’s well being.

At IMCNC, Christine works as one of our Integrative Nurses and uses her knowledge and skills to support our patients towards their optimal level of health and wellness.

Meredith is a registered nurse with over seven years of experience in Pediatric Intensive Care and Intravenous Therapy. She has been a valuable member of the team at IMCNC , where she is committed to providing exceptional care to her patients and their families. She staffs our Wellness Infusion Clinic and treats our Low Dose Allergen (LDA) patients.

With a family history rooted in patient care, Meredith was inspired from a young age to pursue a career in healthcare. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Marshall University, in West Virginia, and holds the Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCRN) credential, showcasing her expertise in critical care settings. Her extensive experience in pediatric nursing and infusions has made her a trusted resource for colleagues and families alike. She is an advocate for getting to the root cause and taking a natural/holistic approach to get there.  Her confidence and calm demeanor always puts our infusion patients at ease. 

IMC could not function without DeMarcus as he truly can turn his hand to any project! In addition to being our Softwave Therapist (Certified by the American Institute for Medical Shockwaves (AIMSP) / International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST)), DeMarcus co-manages the Wellness Store and is our in-house Reimbursify Specialist. Originally from Sanford, DeMarcus graduated from UNC-CH in 2022 with a degree in Communication Studies.

The smooth voice you often hear on the phones when you call IMC is Destiny, our lead scheduler. Destiny came to IMC from Octapharma, where she handled clinical and administrative duties as well as being a staff Supervisor. She is completing a degree in Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University and is the proud mom to an adorable baby boy named Landon. Her great sense of humor keeps the IMC Nursing Cove laughing, making everyone’s day better.

“Gabby” staffs IMC’s front desk and co-manages the Wellness Store with DeMarcus. She has previous healthcare experience as a Dialysis Patient Care Technician and a Pharmacy Technician. Hailing from Clayton, NC, she is pursuing an Associates Degree in Science, as well as having been recently accepted into the Duke Health & Well-Being Coach Training (DHWCT) Program. She is the first smiling face most patients see when they enter the practice and her calm and caring nature matches the positive, relaxing nature IMC strives for.

Dr. Will Pendergraft is a world-renowned autoimmune disease expert who also takes pride in being a fifth-generation Chapel Hill native whose great grandfather opened the first bus line between Chapel Hill and Durham.

He performed medical school at the University of North Carolina, internal medicine residency at the University of California at San Francisco and nephrology fellowship at the joint program between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. During fellowship, he was a visiting postdoctoral scholar at The Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA where he applied systems-level tools to understand molecular predictors of treatment response in patients with lupus nephritis.

After spending five years as an assistant professor of medicine at The UNC Kidney Center where he received various teaching awards and led numerous clinical and translational trials in lupus nephritis and vasculitis, Dr. Pendergraft co-founded The Integrative Medical Clinic of North Carolina in 2018 with Dr. McGregor in order to establish a one-of-a-kind clinic, research and teaching enterprise that provided the resources to offer excellent, integrative patient care in a beautiful and relaxed atmosphere available to patients of all walks of life. He is considered by many of his patients and peers as a world-renowned clinician-scientist who understands autoimmune disease from the bench to the bedside unlike any other practitioner in his field.

Dr. Pendergraft’s professional mission is to provide world-renowned expert medical care for patients with difficult to diagnose diseases, especially autoimmune, chronic and infectious diseases. Having trained extensively with experts in these fields at highly regarded institutions, he also understands and practices the multi-faceted approaches required to not only diagnose and treat rare diseases, but also prevent long-term recurrence.

In parallel, he conducts translational and clinical research in order to cure autoimmune disease and prevent relapse with a special emphasis on systemic diseases that affect the immune system. Additionally, he conducts clinical trials of existing and novel biologic therapies for lupus, lupus nephritis and other rare autoimmune conditions and serves as an educator of trainees in health care services across the Triangle, Triad and beyond.

Dr. Pendergraft has lectured nationally and internationally through multiple venues to large audiences about numerous clinical and scientific topics, and was also featured on Lifetime TV’s The Balancing Act where he discussed the first-ever successful clinical trial in lupus nephritis through which he served as an investigator and enrolled the most patients of any site in North America.

Dr. Pendergraft was also recently selected into the 2017-2018 Best Doctors in America®.

For those who are interested, Dr. Pendergraft, a former NCAA Division I lacrosse player at The University of North Carolina, also provides niche medical services to current and former collegiate and professional athletes.

As of May 2022 Dr.Pendergraft is no longer providing direct clinical care at IMCNC. He continues to serve as a co-owner of IMCNC and is maintaining a leadership role as a thought leader and executive to our Nurse Practitioners and future physician extenders.