Wayne Dysinger, MD, MPH
Dr. Dysinger is a lifestyle, preventive and family medicine physician who currently serves two main roles. First he is a physician and founder of Lifestyle Medical, a new model group of primary care clinics built around Lifestyle Medicine principles based in Southern California. Second, he is the Chief Medical Officer for Healthly, a developing collaboration of primary care practices in California that are committed to transforming health care delivery using the Lifestyle Medicine clinical model and the Value Based Care economic model. Additionally, he is the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance. Dr. Dysinger is an active faculty at Loma Linda University and consults, teaches and participates in research on Lifestyle Medicine issues around the world.
Dr. Dysinger is a past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Founding and Past Chair of both the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. He has previously worked in various capacities with the American Medical Association, the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. He was also Medical Director of the Complete Health Improvement Project (CHIP). Prior to his current position, Dr. Dysinger was Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University, and faculty/co-founder of both the Family and the Preventive Medicine residencies at Dartmouth. He has also worked in faculty, patient care and service capacities in Atlanta and Guam.
Dr. Dysinger earned his M.D. degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine (1986), and his MPH from Loma Linda University School of Public Health (1990). He is a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Dysinger is certified by both the American and International Boards of Lifestyle Medicine as both a Lifestyle Medicine physician, and a Lifestyle Medicine intensivist.