With a background in family medicine and a deep commitment to preventive care, Dr. Lauren brings both clinical experience and compassion to every patient encounter.

After completing medical school and a year of family medicine residency, she trained extensively in women’s health and worked in one of California’s largest healthcare systems. It was there she saw firsthand how rushed appointments, red tape, and overloaded schedules were failing both doctors and patients.

Determined to offer something better, she and her husband—Dr. Lyman Wostrel—relocated to southwest Missouri to open Zion Asher Family Physicians, a Direct Primary Care practice focused on affordable, personalized, relationship-based medicine.

Dr. Lauren believes healthcare should be proactive more than reactive—and that it should start with listening to patients, not rushing them through.

She takes time to understand the whole person—not just their labs or diagnoses—and partners with patients to prevent illness, reduce medication burden, and build sustainable health from the inside out.

When she’s not at the clinic, she enjoys spending time with her family, walking their farm, diving deep into God's Word, and is honored to serve the working families and small businesses that make up her local community.