Hi! I’m a Board-Certified Dermatologist and Lifestyle Medicine-Certified Physician Specialist practicing in Manhattan, NYC. I am also certified in Integrative Dermatology and a double-certified Life and Transformational Mindset Coach! I studied design and visual arts at Harvard College, where I graduated magna cum laude, and then went on to get both my M.D. and my Master’s Degree in Public Health at Columbia University. The great joy of my life and career right now is combining my love of aesthetics (visual arts), investigative medicine (figuring out what’s really wrong), building and working with my hands (sculpture, your aesthetic treatments), whole food plant based way-of-life education, and helping people really investigate their own minds and habits to break out of the ruts we create for ourselves and transform into the joyful, goal achieving, vital creatures we want to be. I do this work both in my private practice (seeing dermatology patients who either LIVE in New York state or come to see me personally in New York–with telemedicine follow up available) and in my separate coaching practice which allows me to work with clients from anywhere, as long as we are not discussing personal medical advice or dermatology advice (sorry!). Please…. reach out and let me help! Dermatology and potential dermatology patients: Find me at ArtofDermatology.com (and get onto my email list there). Coaching, plant-curious, healthy antiaging, healthy lifestyle, mindset-interested folks who want to follow my educational material (free) or potentially become coaching clients, sign up at JessicaKrant.com!

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 Concierge 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 physician of our practice, Dr Patel enjoys spending time and talking with our patients to help them restore their health.

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.
 

I’m a consultant pediatrician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. I completed my pediatric residency at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Prior to medical school I completed a Masters in Health Policy Planning and Finance from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Currently I work for the Scarborough Health Network and founder of Reset Pediatric Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. I have completed the Plant Based Certificate program through the T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University. I have spoken on multiple phyisician panels focusing on plant based nutrition for a pediatric population and lifestyle principles. I’m passionate about promoting a culture of wellness and resilience within physician and trainee communities through medical improv, meditation and plant-based nutrition.  My plant based journey started as a child from my mom, a life long vegetarian who impressed upon me the principles of plant based eating. It wasn’t until sixteen years ago though I wholeheartedly adopted a plant-based diet to improve my meditation practice and live an eco-friendly lifestyle. After years of trial, error and refinement I have been reaping the many physical, mental and spiritual benefits of this lifestyle transformation. As a result, I have developed an approach that I have been sharing with children and families to embody a family centred approach. In the spirit of prevention as an approach for children, I advocate to help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and fewer asthma flares all through a plant based diet. Having worked with numerous families I am passionate and confident in giving children and their families the best fuel for their wellbeing to maximize their potential.

Janet Levine RDN (Dr. Jan) is a registered dietitian nutritionist, and retired dentist. She has a certificate in Whole-Food Plant-Based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Dr. Jan can coordinate with your physicians while you improve your health and reduce or eliminate the need for medications (and their side-effects). Dr. Jan offers strategic counseling to help clients achieve a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle by sharing the following information:
– What eating plant-based really means and why it’s so healthy.
– How plant-based nutrition can be healthier and more effective than medications when treating many common diseases.
– Strategies to easily transition from the Standard American Diet to a plant-based diet.
– Simple plant-based recipes that are easy to make and taste amazing. Now offering telehealth nutrition services.

Board Certified by:
The ABIM in Internal Medicine.
The AOBNM in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.
The ABLM in Lifestyle Medicine.

Driven by an unwavering dedication to health and well-being, Niki Davis, MD, made a transformative shift from a career in rocket science to become a board-certified family and lifestyle medicine physician. Her journey began as a young teen when she conscientiously started eliminating animal products from her diet due to health concerns. Despite earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and contributing significantly to the space shuttle program, her true passion was rooted in health and nutrition. Motivated by the aspiration to enhance both her own and her family’s well-being, she wholeheartedly embraced a plant-based lifestyle.

Rekindling her profound interest in health, Dr. Davis redirected her path, leaving her engineering career to pursue medical studies. She graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2017 and completed a rigorous Family Medicine residency program in 2020. During her residency tenure, she not only served as Wellness Chief but also co-founded Plant Based Montana, an advocacy group dedicated to educating healthcare providers and the public about the advantages of a plant-based diet.

Dr. Davis is a sought-after speaker at national and virtual plant-based events and has had the privilege of learning from esteemed mentors such as Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Michael Klaper, Dr. Anthony Lim, Dr. Laurie Marbas, and Dr. Alan Goldhamer, among others. She is a regular guest on Chef AJ’s YouTube channel, holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies via eCornell, and is certified in The Starch Solution. She is on the board of directors for Plant Based Support.

Passionate about Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Davis offers TeleHealth appointments through LifestyleTelemedicine.com, aiming to provide comprehensive care and guidance to individuals seeking a healthier lifestyle. In addition, she runs plant based wellness retreats in locations around the world.

After I found plant-based eating 7 years ago, I was thrilled!  I lost weight, felt more energetic and slept better!  But I couldn’t get myself to kick the cravings…no matter how hard I tried!  I felt embarrassed that I couldn’t stick with it, that I didn’t have more willpower, and that I couldn’t stop eating!  
 
Then I learned the missing piece that helped transform my relationship with food and heal my digestion 100%!  Now I use the tools I learned to help my clients take control of food, lose stubborn weight and create the body of their dreams with confidence!  My mission is to help YOU be as wildly successful as possible so that we can spread the word about the plant-based diet to the world! 
Learn more about me at MicheleVilseck.com/meetmichele

Dr. Sobel earned her medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her Intern year of Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Columbia Hospital in New York City and then finished the remainder of her Internal Medicine Residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. She completed her Fellowship in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at the University of Pittsburgh and stayed on as faculty within the Division of Endocrinology for 7 years, where she also served as Clinical Chief of Endocrinology at UPMC Mercy Hospital during this time. In 2021, she opened her direct endocrine care practice: Summon Health, in Pittsburgh, PA where she offers highly innovative and personalized metabolic health care. Her academic interests include quality improvement initiatives addressing delivery of and access to latest diabetes evidence based care. Throughout her career she has been awarded several institutional grants for her research interests and she has spoken and continues to speak at national conferences in her field. She is board certified in Internal Medicine; Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism; Lifestyle Medicine; and Obesity Medicine. Her clinical interests include complex diabetes management, diabetes technology,  obesity, and PCOS and she focuses on working closely with patients to understand the role of nutrition in improving health and even reversing disease.

At his practice, West Orange Nephrology LLC, Dr. Awosika specializes in Nephrology, Hypertension, and Chronic Kidney Disease with an emphasis on preventive care. For over a decade, he has encouraged a lifestyle approach that empowers patients to get better sooner and stay healthier longer, limiting the use of medications.
Dr. Awosika is passionate about providing guidance and support for his patients in embracing a healthy lifestyle, including transitioning to a plant-based diet. His Nephrology practice focuses on disease prevention and reversal through optimal nutrition, exercise, sleep, mindset and loving relationships. To this end, his practice includes a wellness initiative and coaching protocol to empower patients in moving toward their very best health outcomes using his Pillars of Health.

Foundational to my approach to dermatology is an understanding of how underlying states of health and disease manifest in the skin. Because I want my patients to not only look their best, but feel their best too, I take a holistic approach to optimizing the health and quality of the skin by also addressing the wellbeing of what lies beneath it. How? By including a discussion of the most effective, evidence-based, AND side-effect-free way to prevent and reverse inflammation and chronic disease — following a whole-food, plant-based diet! Why? Because I want my patients’ immune systems to not be so busy fighting dietary inflammation that they are prepared and able to stop new cancers themselves  so my cancer-removing skills aren’t needed.

After doing a CO2 laser procedure to really turn-back-the-clock, I know that my patients following a plant based diet will have the added benefit of clear arteries to supply all the powerful antioxidants circulating from their meals filled with greens, beans, berries, and seeds to continuously support the newly-formed collagen from the inside-out. Additionally, whole-food, plant-based diets are unparalleled in their ability to boost fat loss while enabling lean muscle gain. This is particularly exciting for our patients seeking to jump-start their weight loss through CoolSculpting or increase their strength with the TruSculpt Flex as a whole-food, plant-based diet will not only help with immediate results, but help sustain a healthy weight and strong physique for years to come.

Medical Director at the Health for Life Medical Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  We provide a team-based Lifestyle Medicine approach to assist our clients to achieve Optimal health.

I have been a Whole Food, Plant-Based eater since 2016.  I lost 60# with Bright Line Eating in 2016 and reversed hypertension, obesity, and borderline diabetes.  Both plans are the most effective and sustainable for accomplishing improved health and optimal weight.  I am a Family Nurse Practitioner working at Harbor Community Health Center in San Pedro, CA.  I am available to assist anyone who is interested in learning more about these two ways of eating to improve his or her health.  I can prescribe medications for those who need them, with a goal of weaning off medications as your diet improves.  Our clinic accepts self-pay or various insurances, including Medicare, MediCal, and several HealthCareLA plans.