California

🔬 Navigating Health Beyond Boundaries by Unlocking health mysteries through Functional Diagnostics & Therapy, specializing in Nuclear Radiology, Oncology, and Theranostics. A team Player with thought leadership, a design mindset, critical thinking & problem-solving skills.

Culinary Medicine Connoisseur, Biohacking Buff, Lifestyle Medicine Luminary: Board-Certified and on a mission to transform lives through holistic well-being, Certified in Nutritional & Functional Medicine (IFM & CNFMP), Board Certified Wellness Provider (AANWP). Authored “EASE,” a #1 Amazon bestseller!

TEDx Speaker, Green Crusader: Co-Founder of Wellthgreen.

I love helping people to prevent or reverse chronic diseases and feel their best using food as medicine!

Semi retired Physician.

I was born in Cuba and moved to the United States as a child, where I was raised in the East Los Angeles and Montebello areas. I am fluent in both English and Spanish. I did my premed studies at UCLA and completed my medical training at the USC School of Medicine. I completed my residency at Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier, where I specialized in family practice. While in Los Angeles, I had more than 10 years of experience working both as a private practitioner and in a group setting. I now live in beautiful San Diego and am proud to work with a fine team of physicians. I have been practicing medicine for more than 25 years.

Longevity | Healthspan | Lifestyle Medicine | Corporate Wellness | #WFPB | Whole Food, Plant-Based | Eat your fruits and veggies

Charmaine Vierra is a plant-based lifestyle educator, therapeutic massage therapist, certified Raw Vegan Chef, author, and health coach with more than 20 years of experience supporting individuals in whole-person wellness. Her work integrates metabolic health, inflammation reduction, lymphatic enhancement, plant-based nutrition, and psychosomatic mind–body restoration informed by a faith-based understanding of human wholeness.

She co-founded The Upward Way Homestead, a 159-acre wellness retreat in Northern California offering:

Whole-food & raw vegan culinary instruction

Lymphatic enhancement therapy

Therapeutic massage and MediCupping

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Infrared & red-light therapy

PEMF, ozone, and hydrotherapy

Nature-based metabolic restoration

Mind–body practices including her Soul Engraving Psychosomatic Writing Guide

Charmaine is a two-time cancer overcomer who recognized her own recurrence early. Her long-term personal and professional experience allows her to support others with compassion, practical tools, and evidence-informed lifestyle guidance.

She is also the author of a children’s activity book teaching the eight principles of health with plant-based recipes and interactive wellness lessons. In addition, she founded M.O.R.E. — Moms Organized for Raw Eating, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping families adopt vibrant plant-forward habits through hands-on education and nutrition-centered programming.
📎 https://greatnonprofits.org/org/m-o-r-e-moms-organized-for-raw-eating

Charmaine’s mission is to help individuals activate the body’s natural healing systems, release psychosomatic stress patterns, practice restorative nutrition, and build plant-based lifestyle rhythms that support long-term metabolic and emotional well-being.

Holistic Coach
I guide women from exhaustion to confidence with sustainable habits that restore energy and balance.

I am a registered nurse with 15 years in healthcare. I am passionate about lifestyle medicine. I am working towards my nurse practitioner certification so I can serve my community in the primary care role.

Registered Dietitian working for Nudj Health. At Nudj Health, we are committed to whole-person care and our nutrition program focuses on behavioral change and disease reversal through whole-food, plant-based meal patterns. As a dietitian, I am passionate about helping people reach their health goals and establish a healthier relationship with food through education and coaching.

Dr. Trisha Schimek is board certified in Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine.
Check her out at www.healthyfamilydoctor.org

She has a passion for helping her patients prevent and reverse chronic disease and loves celebrating her patient’s success and motivating them through tough times. She believes that Food is Medicine and everyone is capable of improving their health with some professional guidance.

Beyond lifestyle medicine, she has expertise in comprehensive maternal and child health, reproductive justice, clinical procedures, medical education, provider wellbeing, and transgender health.Professionally she did her undergraduate studies and masters of public health at Tulane University. She studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College and completed her Family Medicine residency at University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is fellowship trained in global health and has worked in Latin America.

Her interests outside of medicine include spending time with her husband and two young kids, traveling and exploring new places, searching for and creating nutritious recipes, reading, and anything that will take her outdoors: triathlons, hiking, biking and camping.

Dr. Jeff Pierce is passionate about using a whole food, plant-based diet and other lifestyle medicine modalities to help people get healthier, get off of medications, and live longer, fuller lives. His goal is to meet his patients where they are, and work with them at their pace to improve their health, one day at a time. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine and is licensed to see patients in California, Florida, and Texas. Dr. Pierce is currently accepting new patients at the amazing nationwide telemedicine practice, Lifestyle Telemedicine (lifestyletelemedicine.com). He lives in Northern California, where he and his family grow the majority of their fruits and vegetables.