Hey there! Several years ago, as a board certified internal medicine doctor myself, I followed the conventional medical advice of what a healthy lifestyle is supposed to be. I ended up overweight, with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes. It wasn't until I was willing to question everything I learned and search for the truth that I was able to reclaim my health. Now I want to be your doctor and health coach so you can reclaim your health.
Education and Experience
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Medical School - State University of New York, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2004-2008
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Internal Medicine Residency - Baylor College of Medicine 2008-2011
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Nephrology Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine 2011-2013
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Board certified in Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine Practice 2013 - 2022
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Metabolic Health doctor and Coach 2020 - present
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Licensed in Texas, Florida, California and Washington State
The most important lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic
If you learn one thing from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that your metabolic health determines how you’ll do if you get infected. Clinical observation has shown that the main predictor of poor outcome is metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that include increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels. Having one or more of the conditions of metabolic syndrome is known to increase your risk of Diabetes, heart disease and stroke. The bad news is that an estimate of 82% of the US population is metabolically unhealthy, with > 70% overweight or obese and > 50% with pre-diabetes or diabetes. The silver lining in this information is that although we can't control if or when we get infected, it's 100% under our control to be in the best shape possible to fight it off.
Poor metabolic heath is the root cause of most chronic diseases. What you put in your mouth over the years dictates how you live and die. Obesity, Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, autoimmune diseases, mental health, etc, with all the complications that come with them, all have the same denominator; poor nutrition. So, the treatment is straight forward. Fix your nutrition and better health will follow. Medications and supplements will not fix it. Going to the gym will not fix it. Wishful thinking will not fix it. The solution is simple, but it's not easy. My purpose in doing this is to coach you and assist you in your journey back to health and help you reclaim your life.
Programs and services
MEDICAL weight loss Program
Personalized, tailored and evidence based approach that will lead to sustainable weight loss. We use a combination of modalities to repair your metabolic health, with nutrition being the cornerstone. Your progress will be monitored real-time and physician-supervised. Major focus will be to:
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Fix hunger and satiety
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Develop metabolic flexibility so you can easily tap into your own fat storage for energy and preserve your muscles
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Lower your insulin, the root cause of obesity using a personalized dietary approach
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Address other mediators like sleep, stress and exercise
Comprehensive, hands-on, and evidence-based nutritional approach to reverse your type 2 diabetes. Intensive close physician monitoring and coaching with the goal of putting your diabetes in remission. The major focus will be to:
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Fix your broken metabolism with a personalized dietary and lifestyle approach to tackle the root cause of diabetes: Insulin resistance
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Develop metabolic flexibility so your body can utilize its own energy storage
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Safely wean you off diabetes and other medications
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Address other mediators like sleep, exercise and stress management.
A la Carte consultation
and coaching
In-depth consultation regarding your entire personal and medical history to dig deep into the root cause of your health issues. Formulate a personalized plan for you to follow with options for follow-up visits to track progress. We can treat many conditions such as:
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD/NASH)
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Various Autoimmune diseases particularly, Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
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PCOS
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High Blood Pressure
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High Cholesterol
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Skin conditions like Acne, psoriasis and eczema
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Can convert to Health Coaching program if need more help
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
Thomas Edison