My Story

I’m a PharmD with advanced training in managed care and medication therapy management, and over 7 years of direct experience in the PBM and commercial health plan space. I’ve worked across product strategy, clinical operations, and drug cost optimization—often as the bridge between business teams, clinicians, and patient outcomes. Across every role, I saw a gap: clinicians are trained to prescribe, but few are trained to deprescribe—or to measure the real-world impact of lifestyle-based care on drug use, access, or cost.

My interest in lifestyle medicine isn’t just professional—it’s personal. I was raised by a farmer, and from an early age I was taught the value of real food, movement, and preventive living. Yet pharmacy school only mentioned these principles in passing with little emphasis on chronic disease impact. Years later, as a pharmacist in the corporate environment, I was surprised to be diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes at a young age. I received just one automated message from my doctor—no follow-up and no counseling except to start taking a new medication. Using my clinical training and self-guided research, I implemented lifestyle changes on my own and reached remission within six months—off medication, and without direct physician involvement.

That experience reshaped how I think about chronic care. My work now focuses on distilling clinical research, market trends, and real-world case data into actionable, evidence-informed insights—highlighting where deprescribing and lifestyle interventions can deliver value across patient care, drug costs, and implementation strategies. I don’t promote one system of medicine over another. Instead, I spotlight what works, what’s overlooked, and what’s possible when we stop seeing care through a single lens.

Whether you’re a clinician, a clinic owner, or a healthcare consultant, I create resources that help you move from broad recommendations to real-world action—supporting smarter, more sustainable care decisions for the people you serve.