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Dr. Bandana Chawla is a board certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She graduated from UT Southwestern Medical School and completed her residency training at the Texas Medical Center. She has been practicing as an internist in the Houston area for over 20 years. Over the years she has incorporated the tenets of Lifestyle Medicine (LM) into her practice and has seen her patients lose weight, improve their diabetes and several other health conditions. To build on this success, she co-created lifestyledocs.com practice which focuses on eating the right types of food, being fit, reducing stress, and connecting more to achieve holistic wellness. She is also the co-founder of Peaceful Planet Foundation, 501c3 nonprofit, which fosters Peace, Health and Wellness in Houston and the surrounding communities.

I am a Board-Certified Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine Physician.
I listen to you and spend time with you to understand the barriers in your life that prevent you from optimum health.
Emphasis on healthy lifestyle changes and moving towards a whole food plant-based diet.
Learn how to prevent and even reverse chronic disease and reduce the need for medication.
I offer convenience, peace of mind, and flexibility.
 

Doctor Méndez is a double board certified gastroenterologist and internist. She specializes in digestive disorders, which include liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and nutrition based-disorders, such as obesity and constipation. Her approach to patients and their diseases is holistic and comprehensive; her goal is not just to treat the symptoms, but to get to the root cause of an ailment and provide lasting relief. All her methods are evidence-based and she is a proponent of lifestyle changes first to promote wellness. Dr. Méndez attended Harvard University, where she obtained a B.A. in Latin American Studies, with a minor in pre-medicine. From there, she began her medical training at the ACGME accredited Universidad Central del Caribe in Puerto Rico, completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, and her Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans. She has also trained in Epidemiology through Florida International University, and in Plant-Based Nutrition through Cornell University. She was awarded a visiting fellowship at the Mayo Clinic through the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation where she received special training in inflammatory bowel diseases. She has also helped lead multiple fund-raising walks to raise awareness for Crohn’s and Colitis in the Miami area. She was awarded Physician Champion at the Takes Steps Walk 2019 for the GastroHealth Team.

Dr Nicole Harkin, MD, FACC is a preventive cardiologist and founder of Whole Heart Cardiology, a preventive telecardiology practice that provides patients in NY, CA, and FL with comprehensive cardiac risk assessment, preventive counseling including plant based nutrition, and heart health optimization. She is boarded in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Lipidology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography. Dr Harkin attended Boston University for medical school, Columbia University for Internal Medicine residency, and New York University for Cardiology fellowship. She worked as a private practice cardiologist for over 5 years in Manhattan, helping hundreds of patients prevent and treat heart disease through an integrative, patient centered approach. Dr Harkin serves on the American College of Cardiology California Prevention Committee and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Nutrition Working Group.
Dr Harkin launched Whole Heart Cardiology with the mission of preventing heart disease with sustainable lifestyle changes. She offers direct to patient care that prioritizes lengthy, patient centered appointments, increased accessibility, and personalized care.

I have a mission to educate and inspire people to see how the body and soul are created to thrive in the right environment. With nutrition, lifestyle, mindset, and movement, you can experience a pain-free, energized life.By focusing on building your Immune system and your resilience to stress, you will experience a reduction in the 3 I’s: Inflammation, Illness and Injury. 
And you will naturally see an increase your metabolism, your ability to think clearly, and feel much lighter and more capable of experiencing life to its fullest!

Tara Gallimore RD MSc is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Canadian expert in plant-based sports nutrition. She helps vegan, vegetarian, & veggie-curious active people and athletes of all levels achieve their performance goals, all without counting calories or macros.
 
Want to optimize your energy levels and crush your performance goals and have a healthy relationship with food? You’re in the right place.
 
I HELP ATHLETES AND ACTIVE PEOPLE WHO:
– are vegan, vegetarian, or transitioning
– lack energy during workouts and it is affecting their performance or progress
– want faster recovery and improved energy
– want to heal and prevent injuries
– need guidance on pre- and post-workout nutrition
– do not want to count/track calories or macros
– want a healthy relationship with food
– suspect they are not eating enough to fuel (e.g., constantly hungry OR cycle between over- & under-eating)
– wonder what supplements to take
– prioritize (or want to prioritize) health & athletic performance over physical appearance & weight

Dr. Rikin Patel is a pediatrician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. He completed his pediatric residency at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Prior to that he completed a Masters in Health Policy Planning and Finance from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He currently works for Scarborough Health Network and is a founding member of Markham Kids Clinic where he actively discusses plant-based nutrition interventions for children and teenagers. He recently completed the Plant Based Certificate program through the T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University. He recently spoke as a panel member at the KW Veg Fest focusing on plant based nutrition for a pediatric population.
Dr. Patel is passionate about promoting a culture of wellness and resilience within physician and trainee communities through medical improv, meditation and plant-based nutrition. Dr. Patel initially switched to a plant-based diet to deepen his yoga and meditation practice and has been reaping the benefits of this lifestyle transformation for the last 15 years. In addition to practicing yoga, Dr. Patel is a Shoalin Kung Fu instructor and has been pracitcing for over 30 years. 

I specialize in health and human potential by helping people cut through internal noise to becoming happier and more resilient. I have experience in Lifestyle Medicine, Neuromeditation, whole food, plant based living and even Laughter Yoga. I was the first person to earn the diplomat credential from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. I would love to schedule a 15 minute chemistry call with you!

I have seen dramatic clinical and metabolic improvements in multiple patients, friends, and family members in the 2 years since embarking on my own personal journey towards plant based eating. In that time I have become certified in plant based nutrition through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and have become a diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine to expand my knowledge and clinical skills necessary to effectively educate, council and help transform the llives of my patients. My husband and two young sons have transitioned to a plant based diet and have embraced this new way of life. My husband and I quickly noticed a big difference in our fitness levels achieving a higher level of fitness at age 41 than we both had as collegiate athletes. In addition to improved fitness, we have noticed improved flexibility, less muscle soreness, improved energy, and improved immune function.
 
As a non-invasive cardiologist practicing at large academic centers for the past 11 years I have watched my patients progressively suffer with recurrent myocardial infarctions, strokes, atrial fibrillation, and more frequent hospitalizations for heart failure despite my attempts at optimizing goal directed medical therapy and referrals for repeat invasive procedures and surgeries.  Since I have incorporated lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition counseling into my practice over the past 2 years I have seen dramatic improvements in my patients health and well being while decreasing the amount of pharmaceuticals they take.  As I enter the middle part of my career I have a new passion to cure and heal my patients with a combination of lifestyle intervention and traditional medicinal and procedural approaches when necessary. I look forward to sharing the wisdom I have gained not only with my patients, but with colleagues, friends and family, through my own personal journey towards plant based eating and the formal knowledge I have gained through formal plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine training.