Ha Hatley
Physician
Ha Hatley MD is a board-certified physician with extensive experience in several medical fields. Born and raised in Vietnam, she migrated to the US when she was 17 and now resides in Clewiston, Florida
Dr. Hatley’s main areas of expertise are obesity and family medicine. Over the past several years, she has focused on the practice of comprehensive and holistic family medicine.
Apart from being an accomplished doctor, Dr. Hatley also prides herself on being a scientist at heart. From her years in college and graduate school through medical school, she has devoted considerable time and effort to basic sciences research focusing primarily on rare genetic diseases.
Dr. Hatley also has wide-ranging experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She has served key roles in many projects aimed at designing and developing biochemical compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Educational Background
Dr. Hatley attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, from 2005 to 2008, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. From 2010 to 2012, she was a student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Illinois, where she earned her Master of Science degree in Biology.
In 2015, Dr. Hatley enrolled at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2019. She then began her family medicine residency at Mercy Hospital, completing the program in 2022.
Medical Certifications
Dr. Ha Hatley is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM).
Dr. Hatley’s Professional Experience
From August 2022 to October 2023, Dr. Hatley worked as an emergency medicine physician while concurrently managing inpatient admissions and rounds. In an ER environment with an annual patient volume of 12,000 to 14,000, she was called upon to perform lifesaving procedures, including intubation, mechanical ventilation, and central line and chest tube placement.
From August 2022 to the present, Dr. Hatley has worked as a family medicine physician, diagnosing and treating patients with a range of chronic and acute medical issues. Specializing mainly in bodily systems, she utilized her extensive skills and knowledge in the treatment of cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, neurologic, psychiatric, and dermatologic conditions.
Dr. Hatley also managed obesity and chronic conditions related to obesity. Apart from administering weight loss pharmaceuticals, she is also experienced in hormone replacement therapy for male and female patients.
Dr. Hatley again began working as an emergencymedicine physician in July 2023. Her experience in rural medicine proved to be invaluable in performing emergency care duties in an ER that received more than 5,000 patients annually. She also worked in another ER that received 14,000 to 16,000 patients annually.
From March 2024 to the present, Dr. Hatley has worked as an obesity medicine physician, providing telemedicine diagnosis and treatment for patients. Her primary focus was medical weight loss management utilizing GLP1 agonists, Contrave, Metformin, and Phentermine.
Dr. Hatley also continues to work as an urgent care physician, diagnosing and treating common illnesses in a telemedicine setting.
Focus on Holistic Medicine
After years of working within the medical establishment, Ha Hatley MD has devoted her knowledge and skills to serving individuals and families via a comprehensive range of holistic medicine services. With the same care and passion that characterized her career, she strives to enable her patients to live healthy lives through weight management, integrative and preventative medicine, and chronic and acute care management.
International philanthropy
Dr. Hatley is more than just an accomplished physician and holistic medicine practitioner. She is also a compassionate philanthropist who regularly contributes to Catholic charities in her community. She has also participated in a two-week medical mission trip to Peru, treating adults and young patients from remote highlands regions that didn’t have access to healthcare services.
Interests
Considering her Vietnamese heritage, Dr. Hatley is unsurprisingly interested in everything related to her country of origin. But what's somewhat unusual is her fascination with a specific aspect of the nation’s history, the Vietnam War.
Dr. Hatley exhibits a wealth of knowledge and insight about the conflict, and her passion is infectious. She is always eager to share and discuss what she knows about the subject, drawing from a broad range of information sources. When encountering people with the same interests, she will happily analyze key events, policies and strategies, and failures and successes for hours.
Hobbies
Dr. Ha Hatley has been an avid sports fan from childhood to the present. She became especially passionate about sports soon after migrating to the United States in her late teens. Although she has an affinity for nearly every type of athletic pursuit, she is particularly drawn to college and professional football, most notably, the NFL teams.
Dr. Hatley is also an avowed nature-lover, with a strong fascination for anything related to nature, including ranching, farming, and roaming wide open spaces. When her busy schedule permits,
she always tries to find time to ride horses, go fishing or kayaking, or lounge around on a quiet beach.