Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Biography
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe is an American Entrepreneur, Actress, and TV personality. She is known for being a cast member of the reality television show; Married To Medicine which airs on Bravo-TV.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Career
Metcalfe’s main areas of interest are addiction therapy, occupational medicine, and preventative and holistic medicine. This is what Dr. Contessa lives by: “Prevention is the key to healthy living.” Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, M.D., M.S.P.H., believes in caring for people with compassion so they can heal and look and feel their best. She knows a lot about lifestyle health. She thinks that the key to living a long life is giving people the tools they need to stay healthy and avoid getting sick.
Because she has looked for information about her health, Dr. Contessa knows how important it is to find the right care provider. She wants to help other people improve their health because of her own experience with functional medicine. She got her bachelor’s degree in psychology and pre-medicine from Xavier University of Louisiana. After Dr. Metcalfe graduated from the St. Louis University School of Medicine, she felt a strong patriotic call and joined the Navy.
As a flight surgeon, the Navy taught her how to fly and let her see the world. She did her residency training at the National Naval Medical Center and Meharry Medical College. Metcalfe owns Chastain Integrative Medicine in Atlanta’s posh Buckhead neighborhood and focuses on medical aesthetics, preventive medicine, occupational medicine, and addiction medicine. She is also a co-owner of Haute’ Doc Nutraceuticals, a company that sells high-quality nutrients and vitamins.
Dr. Metcalfe fights for health fairness and changes to the criminal justice system, especially for veterans and people from disadvantaged groups. The thing that she lives by is “Food is medicine and prevention is the key to healthy living.” In addition to being a great business owner, Dr. Metcalfe also works for a big drug company as a pharmacovigilance physician. She likes to help, write, ride motorcycles, travel, and spend time with her family when she’s not working.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Age
Metcalfe was born on June 4, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. She is 48 years old as of 2024, and she celebrates her birthday on the 4th of June every year.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Height and Weight
Metcalfe stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall (1.67m) and weighs 62 kgs (136 lbs).
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Family
Metcalfe was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States to two loving parents. Metcalfe likes to keep her personal life private hence she has neither disclosed the names of her parent nor those of her siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Husband
Metcalfe is married to Walter Scott Metcalfe and they have been together for almost two decades. The two are blessed with three children; Lauren Metcalfe, Landon Metcalfe, and Laila Metcalfe. However, in early 2023, Dr. Contessa secretly filed for divorce. Court records show that on March 20, 2023, Contessa went to the office and asked for a divorce. When she filed, she said that her marriage was “irretrievably broken” and that there was “no reasonable hope of reconciliation.”
Even though the parties are still living in the same home, they have been living apart legally since or before the filing of this Complaint for divorce. When Contessa filed for divorce, she also had some requests for Scott. She asked to stay at their house. She asked to have main physical custody of all three of their children and to be paid child support.
On November 8, Contessa dropped her divorce case. She said at first that there was “no reasonable hope of reconciliation,” but between March and November, things changed. Scott never replied to the divorce papers, and based on what he did on social media, you’d never guess he was having problems with his marriage. He has been very happy on Instagram, where he posts pictures of himself and his wife to promote their medical business. Like always, they’ve been living their lives, but you can’t help but wonder what would have happened if they were still on TV.
Recently, Dr. Contessa celebrated her anniversary with her husband, Dr. Scott Metcalfe, by posting beautiful pictures of their trip to the Cayman Islands on Instagram.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Net Worth
Metcalfe has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her career as an entrepreneur and television personality.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Salary
Metcalfe earns an annual salary of about $70,000-$200,000.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe TV Shows
- God’s Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story (2023)
- First Comes Love
- Then Comes Murder (2023)
Married To Medicine
Metcalfe is cast in the reality television show Married To Medicine. This show’s tenth season debuted on November 5, 2023. Moreover, the show follows the personal and professional lives of several women in the medical community in Atlanta. Four of the women are doctors, and the other women are the wives of doctors. It shows how the group handles their families, jobs, and social lives.
Metcalfe’s messy relationship problems played out in Season 8 of Married To Medicine. It was a mess when she filed for formal separation. But by Season 9, things looked like they were back on track. This quiet split in 2023 went through a similar pattern. In March 2023, Contessa told everyone that she had chosen to leave the show on her own. There was more to her life than just saying she was “sick of cussing and crying” when she said she was going.
Moreover, season ten of Married To Medicine casts includes; Dr. Simone Whitmore, Kari Wells, Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Toya Bush-Harris, Quad Webb, Lisa Nicole Cloud, Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, Anila Sajja, and Alicia Egolum.
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe Social Media Platforms
Metcalfe is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook page and she has 33.4k followers on Twitter, 318k followers on Instagram, and 4.6k followers on Facebook.