Associate Professor, Lifestyle Medicine
Diabetes Institute
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Specialty Medicine
Athens
Education:
- Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1983
- Residency in General Surgery, Doctor's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 1988
- National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, 1984
- American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, 1991
- American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, 2017
- Fellow of American College of Lifestyle Medicine, 2017
Expertise:
Research in Lifestyle Medicine, to include program evaluations and collaborative research in the U.S. and in Peru. Lifestyle Medicine is the specialty of medicine that focuses on optimizing modifiable risk factors for chronic lifestyle related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, by implementing a plant predominant diet, physical activity, control of unhealthy substances, stress management, restorative sleep, and nurturing relationships.
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