Akimyo Russell is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Credentialing Center and licensed by the state of Maryland and Virginia to provide healthcare to patients of all ages. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from North Carolina Central University in 2001 and received her Master’s Degree from Marymount University as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2006. She is passionate about wellness and promotes living well physically and mentally when delivering care to her patients. She is a certified Functional Medicine provider as well as a Whole Health Coach and strongly believes in taking care of the whole person, allowing her to effectively partner with her clients to help them to reach their goals. She has extensive experience in complex allergic and immunologic disorders, medical weight loss, Neurology with a concentration in Multiple Sclerosis, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Care, and has served as the Medical Director of the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center. Her true desire is to get to the root of her patients medical conditions and help them to reach their goals of being well. In her spare time she enjoys, fishing, gardening, traveling, skiing and spending time with her husband and 3 children.