My name is Kristann and I am a medical doctor (MD) board-certified with the American Academy of Family Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Medicine. I am also a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner as well as a registered dietician (RD) and a physician acupuncturist.  I did my undergraduate studies at Simmons College, where I earned a bachelor’s degree in nutrition science. After graduating, I completed a dietetic internship and worked as a registered dietician with many community-based nutrition programs. I then completed two Maternal and Child Health Fellowships one in Adolescent Nutrition and the other in Nutrition in Children with Developmental Disabilities.   
 
I went on to receive my medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed my family medicine residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network. During this time, I began studying other forms of healing, such as acupuncture, medical group education, homeopathy, herbal medicine and functional medicine. My research focus during residency was integrating these modalities into a primary care setting for which I was given the Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship.  After completing my residency, I worked as an integrative family doctor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for many years, where I provided primary care and nutrition services for families as well as educational programs for the community.  I established my own practice, Red Hill Medical+Wellness, in 2015. 

I count myself amongst the lucky ones. In contrast, to most medical school educations, I had the privilege of spending hundreds of hours in nutrition during my doctorate at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and it was there that I first became exposed to the likes of Ornish, Esselstyn, Campbell, Goldhamer and others, to name a few. The underlying tenants that I practice, embrace a philosophy of health and wellness rooted in prevention. To this end, nutrition is central to all health and a Whole Food Plant Based orientation is quite simply, the best way to accomplish this task. 
 
I remember an instance several years ago when my son, Silas, came home from school, recounting a story of one of his 6-year old classmates, who brought not one, but two cans of Mountain Dew in his packed lunch. As I sighed and braced myself for the inevitable, why-can’t-I-have-soda-in-my-lunch question, I pondered how best to answer his concerns. But, he never asked that question. Instead he stated with some level of resignation in his voice, “Well, mom, I guess that’s what we should expect from some kids, after all, his mom isn’t a Naturopathic doctor.”
 
In my mind, that moment crystallizes a couple of principles that seem to characterize the WFPB lifestyle and my own core values. (1) Practice what you preach and be the change you wish to see in the world. (2) Change is often caught rather than taught, often when we least expect it, even though it can seem difficult or even insurmountable.  

Dr. Sheline is a family physician who switched to doing strictly lifestyle medicine consults in 2017 after over 30 years of writing lots of prescriptions. He recommends whole foods plant-based (WFPB) nutrition to all his patients, but recognizes that changing behaviors like eating and exercising is not easy, and will provide patients with resources to make changes at their own pace.  Dr. Sheline switched to a WFPB diet in 2015, and both he and his patients have been very successful in using healthy nutrition to treat various problems including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and pre-diabetes, overweight and obesity, reflux, kidney stones, coronary artery disease, and depression and anxiety. Our bodies can heal themselves, usually without the need for medication!

Marla Friedman Ph.D. (Psychology) is NYS licensed and Nationally Certified in Clinical Mental Health Couseling with over thirty years in practice. She is a Certified Nutritionist, an Associate of the Viktor Frankl Institure for Meaning Centered Therapy, a Certified Trauma Professional trained in EMDR, an Advanced Fellow and Board Certified in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine (ABAAHP),  holds a Certification from the Institute for Functional Medicine in Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, and is Certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell. Dr. Friedman offers individual, couples, and group psychotherapy integrating the benefits of in-depth emotional and nutritional helaing. 

Dr. Peacock is a chiropractor and online health coach located in Orange County, CA. Her passion is helping people fit a plant based diet to adhere to whatever goals they have. She’s a former US Olympic team alternate and national champion in swimming. Her specialty aligns with helping her clients create a plan that allows them to optimally use a plant based diet to meet their exercise needs. Dr. Peacock creates indvidualized meal plans to fit your goals and goes in depth on how to meal plan and prepare for it. She also specializes in low toxin living, and has created a step by step process in decreasing environmental toxins in everyday life.       
 
Stephanie attained her Doctorate in Chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences. She sees clients local to the Orange County area via mobile chiropractic to their home. Her treatment involves soft tissue work, adjustments, and mobilizations. Stephanie did her residency at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA, medically supervising water fasting patients. She does online consults for fasting along with the nutrition and low toxin program. 

As the Lead Consultant at Nutraceutical Health Solutions, I am resolute about the ability of plant-based nutrition in reversing disease conditions.  Participated in summits of the World Health Organisation and United Nations on Childhood Obesity as we promote the adoption of clean and healthy diets for all children of school age. I have seen several conditions improved through plant-based nutrition. 

I have personally followed a whole food, plant-based diet for the last two decades and have over time gotten most of my family to follow along most of the time.  I have helped many patients improve and sometimes reverse their diabetes, atherosclerosis, arthritis, cancers and mood disorders by adopting an anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, high fiber, high nutrition density, low calorie density, whole food, plant based diet.
As the founding Program Director for the DeTar/Texas A&M Family Medicine Residency program, I train 24 soon to be Board Certified Family Medicine specialists to understand the primacy of patient lifestyle choices in managing and reversing the majority of ailments that plague Americans today. 

Dr. Asha Subramanian is a Board-certified family medicine and lifestyle medicine physician with specific expertise in evidence-based lifestyle change. She received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University. Dr. Subramanian received her combined M.D./Master of Public Health degree from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, and completed her family medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh St. Margaret Hospital. Dr. Subramanian also completed a fellowship in community health at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Family Medicine. In 2018, Dr. Subramanian obtained a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition through Cornell University and in 2019, became a Diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. In 2019, she also became a Certified Food for Life instructor. Dr. Subramanian is a recipient of the Washingtonian Top Docs Award. Her professional interests include lifestyle medicine and the use of good nutrition, exercise, sleep and other strategies to optimize health; health behavior change; whole food, plant-based cooking, and community health advocacy. Dr. Subramanian founded Diya Lifestyle and Wellness LLC to better help individuals and families attain their health and wellness goals.

Shammi is a psychiatrist, with additional certifications in addiction medicine and lifestyle medicine. He is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and works at Ontario Shores, a university of Toronto affiliated teaching hospital. In addition, he has a part-time affiliation with Markham Stouffville Hospital. He is as an Assistant Professor in the faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.  Shammi has expertise in psychopharmacology and the management of psychotic disorders.  He has an interest in wellness and health, and the promotion of lifestyle change as a means to achieving optimal health across medical disorders.  He is a clinician educator and is engaged in clinical work, teaching, and health promotion. Besides his hospital-based practice, Shammi offers lifestyle medicine virtual care remotely by telephone and/or video through Aroga Lifestyle Medicine, on a part-time basis.  Aroga is based in Victoria, British Columbia and is the largest provider of Lifestyle Medicine services in Canada, currently offering services to individuals in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta.  Shammi has followed a plant-based whole food diet for over 20 years.  He has affiliations with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), Plant-Based Health Professionals UK (PBHP), and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM), and Plant-Based Canada (PBC), besides The Plantrician Project Plant-based Docs.
 

Aloha! My name is Liat Miller. I am grateful to call Maui my home and I am committed to the health and safety of our community.
I was born and raised in Israel where I served as an Air Force Officer. Shortly after my service, I graduated from Bar-Ilan University with an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology. Continuing my education at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, I earned my second undergraduate degree in Nursing as well as my Masters in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. In my spare time, I enjoy surfing, yoga, canoe paddling and hanging out with my two dogs. I am passionate about whole-plant-based diet as I strongly believe in its power to improve and prevent chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart diseases and more. While working at the Pukalani Family Practice with our great Ohana, I aspire to empower individuals and families to improve their lives with high quality healthcare.

Dr. Steigerwald practices outpatient family medicine in Milwaukee and sees patients of all ages. His passion for preventative medicine and the advice of a well-read colleague led him in 2019 to “Forks Over Knives” and the world of plant-based nutrition, where he has since been correcting the plant-shaped gap in his medical education. While utilizing the full range of standard medications, Dr. Steigerwald also promotes a whole-food, plant-based diet as the most reliable path to long-term health and longevity, and the answer to many chronic conditions. He enjoys working closely with patients as they improve their food choices and retake control of their health.

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers grew up in Atlanta, GA.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN in 2003 where she earned a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Dr. Toombs-Withers earned a Doctorate Degree in Osteopathic Medicine from the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine located on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA in 2007.  After completing her formal medical education, Dr. Toombs-Withers continued her medical training at the University of Cincinnati, The Christ Hospital.  She is double board certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine.
Over the years, Dr. Toombs-Withers has served as Adjunct Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine with the University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency Program and she worked as a Family Physician for a federally qualified health center caring for underserved populations in the Cincinnati area. In 2013 Dr. Toombs-Withers was named as the Medical Director for the All Care Health Center in Council  Bluffs, IA where she continued to practice family medicine and supervised a staff of physicians and nurse practitioners.
Dr. Toombs-Withers moved to Chattanooga, TN in 2015 and became a Family Medicine Physician in the UT/Erlanger Primary Care Medical Group at the Pineville Road office.  She earned a certification in Plant Based Nutrition in 2016 and the was board certified in Obesity Medicine in 2018.
Dr. Toombs- Withers has practiced a plant based diet for over 15 years and over the past 5 years she has moved to a vegan diet.  She has trained as an endurance athlete and she has completed the New York City Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Ironman Chattanooga 70.3, Ironman Augusta 70.3, Ironman Texas and a host of other endurance races.
Dr. Toombs-Withers founded the Essence of Health Wellness Clinic in Chattanooga, TN in 2019 so that  she could combine her deep knowledge of medicine, plant based nutrition, and athletic training to provide comprehensive primary care to her patients using a Direct Primary Care Model. Outside of work, Dr. Toombs-Withers is a mom for her three sons, wife, and dog wrangler.  She loves Chattanooga and all of the outdoor experiences it has to offer.  She enjoys cycling, hiking, camping, swimming, triathlons and trail running.

Dr. Dipak Patel is board a certified family medicine physician and practices the full-spectrum of family medicine, including pediatrics and women’s health.  Since 2012 he has worked as a family medicine physician and onsite medical director of a local health clinic as well as a hospitalist physician at Midstate Medical Center.   
In 2017, Dr. Patel earned his most precious board certification – from the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.  As the physicain of our practice, Dr Patel enjoys spending time and talking with our patients to help them restore their health.

I help people become happier and more resilient. I have experience in Lifestyle Medicine, Health Education, Coaching, 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. Contact me to schedule a 15 minute chemistry call!