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. 

I am a board certified physician right outside of Atlanta in Sandy Springs, GA. I am board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. After losing my parents at an early age and having my own medical concerns, I was inspired by a family friend to research a plant based diet.  Afterwards I decided to adopt a plant based diet and become board certified in Lifestyle Medicine. I use Lifestyle Medicine principles in my everyday practice of medicine. I just opened a practice, Flourish Pediatrics, which focuses on providing pediatric care from the age of birth to college and implementing a plant based/plant positve dietwith lifestyle medicine principles such as physical activity, stress management, sleep improvement strategies to prevent chronic or preventable medical conditions in my patients and families that I treat.  

I am a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in Clearwater, Florida. Initially trained in acupressure, then in massage therapy, I finally ended up with a Master’s degree in Oriental Medicine in 2004 from the East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota. My approach combines acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and high quality nutritional supplements, if needed, with a whole-foods, plant-based nutrition recommendation. I also utilize massage therapy and cupping therapy for musculo-skeletal pain conditions. In practice since 2004, I see many women for endometriosis and fertility related health conditions, as well as cancer patients who are currently undergoing conventional cancer treatments, or who have recently completed their treatments. Of course, plant-based nutrition is a top recommendation for all of my patients, especially those with any sort of chronic and/or degenerative health condition. 

Carol D’Anca is a licensed dietician nutritionist, nutrition practitioner, author, speaker and founder of the Academy of Plant Based Nutrition. She is certified as a nutrition specialist by the national board of nutrition specialists and has recently been picked as one of the top 16 nutritionists in the Chicago area by Expertise Corporation.
She specializes in Medical nutrition for prevention and reversal of chronic illness, lifestyle medicine and longevity solutions. Carol incorporates her Mediterranean background applying the best of current research plus ancient and proven lifestyle solutions that work.

Thank you Drs Campbell, Esselstyn, Greger, Barnard, Ornish and others for providing the high quality literature that enlightened me to the undeniable healing power of plant-based nutrition for cardiovascular diseases. Thank you Dr Kim Willams for bringing it to the forefront of topics at American College of Cardiology. And thank you to my many patients who have shown me the actual real case examples of the amazing results as they have embraced the proven benefits of a whole food plant based diet and made life altering changes to their diet and eating habits. My knowing them and their testimonies has meant the world to me, and has helped me be a more complete physician. And opened my mind to a new universe of knowledge.  The exploding wonder of our microbiome is next!!

Hello, my name is Marty Malloy-McCoy. I am an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who is dually board certified in both anesthesia (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) and family care (Family Nurse Practitioner). After discovering the incredible benefits of a whole food, plant based diet in my own life, I devoted myself to learning as much as I could about Lifestyle Medicine, so that I could share this powerful tool with my patients. I am now the owner and provider of Plant Based NP Lifestyle Care Center. I help my patients prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases; and achieve optimal health by adopting a whole food, plant based diet, and modifying lifestyle factor. I am especially passionate about ensuring that Lifestyle Care is accessible to everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status. I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to be healthy, happy, and disease free.   We can provide in person care services in the Columbus, OH area. We can also provide Telehealth care services to any person who is physically located in the State of Ohio during the time of their appointment.