Charlotte Location
Meet Kim Branum
Kim, a BSN graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill, kickstarted her nursing career in the Cardiac ICU with Carolinas Medical Center and Novant Health. Driven by her experience caring for critical patients, including family, Kim shifted focus to wellness and longevity from a preventative standpoint. In 2017, she founded a virtual weight loss company and later co-created Thin Space Wellness with her husband, Stephen Branum, PA-C, CFMP, offering a holistic medical preventative approach. From a 5k finisher in 2000 to an Ironman by 2012, Kim is passionate about integrating fitness into her life and others’. A certified yoga instructor, nurse injector, weight loss/fitness coach, and functional medicine coach, Kim’s dedication and expertise extends to writing for various publications, including Lake Norman Woman magazine, Estes Park Trail Gazette, and Mountain Island Living.
Meet Stephen Branum
As a graduate of the Wake Forest Physicians Associate Program in 1997, Stephen began his medical career in Emergency Medicine, followed by a 25-year career in Orthopedics with OrthoCarolina. With an undergraduate degree in Exercise Physiology, and a past that included being a professional cyclist, it was a natural pull and transition for Stephen into the world of wellness, nutrition, and fitness. Stephen has worked for over 15 years as a PA for a weight loss clinic, which included hormone replacement therapy and aesthetic injection treatments, such as Botox and Juvederm. His passion for promoting health, wellness, and longevity in others has led him and his wife, Kim Branum, RN-BSN, Functional Medicine and Weight Loss Coach, to initiate Thin Space Wellness and partner with patients, both in-person and virtually to live as the absolute best version of themselves. Stephen has started his journey toward certification in functional medicine and is able to help patients achieve their optimal wellness from the inside out.
