Meet the BeWell Experts

Alice Domar, Ph.D., is a pioneer in the application of mind/body medicine to women’s health issues. She established the first Mind/Body Center for Women’s Health and conducts ongoing, ground-breaking research in the field. ... More

Byllye Avery, M.Ed., is the Founder and President of the Avery Institute for Social Change and Founder of the National Black Women's Health Project (Imperative). A dreamer, visionary, and grassroots realist, Avery combines activism and social responsibility by developing a national forum for the exploration of health issues of African American women. ... More

Christina Economos, Ph.D., is the New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition and Assistant professor at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. ... More

David Nash, M.D., is the newly appointed Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population Health on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University. He is a board certified internist and founded the original Office of Health Policy in 1990. ... More

Darshak Sanghavi, M.D., is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is an innovative thinker, respected medical communicator, and expert clinician in pediatrics and cardiology. ... More

Ellen Mahoney, M.D., is a practicing breast surgeon in Arcata, California. She is a former member of the clinical faculty of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. In 2000, Dr. Mahoney and her husband moved to rural northern California in order to serve and to understand the full spectrum of health care needs from a university setting to remote rural areas. ... More

Hope Ricciotti, M.D., is an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School and practices obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. ... More

JoAnn Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., focuses on preventive medicine and chronic disease epidemiology, particularly risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer in women. Dr. Manson’s research targets women' ... More

Jeri Sedlar is an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and “Rewiring® Guru!” She is Senior Advisor to The Conference Board on the Mature Workforce, an AARP judge for the Best Employers for Workers Over 50, Delegate to the White House Conference on Aging, and author of the two highly acclaimed books (< ... More

Since 1994, Dr. John Snyder has been an Attending in Pediatrics at Saint Vincent's Hospital in New York City. During tha

Janet Taylor, M.D., is on the frontline battling the emotional and economic impact of mental illness. She has a private practice in adult psychiatry and is a former clinical instructor of psychiatry at Columbia University, Harlem Hospital. ... More

Dr. Laura Jana is a pediatrician and co-author of the parenting books Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality and Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup, published by The American Academy of Pediatrics. ... More

Lawrence Lampert, O.D., is a developmental/behavioral optometrist with a private office in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition to his focus on general eyecare, Dr. Lampert works with children and adults who have visually-related learning problems. ... More

Loretta LaRoche is an adjunct faculty member at the Mind/Body Medical Institute in Boston and is on the council for the Massachusetts General Center for Anxiety and Depression. In addition, she writes " ... More

Lynne Perry-Bottinger, M.D., is assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University and clinical assistant professor of medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She is a board certified clinical and interventional cardiologist and owner of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, PLLC. ... More

Marianne Legato, M.D., is an internationally-known academic physician, author, lecturer, and specialist in women's health. She is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians & ... More

Merville C. Marshall, M.D., is highly regarded as one of the best educators and clinical practitioners in the field of endocrinology. The majority of his patients are women, given the prevalence of thyroid and other endocrine disorders in females. ... More

Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., helps people learn how to stay younger, healthier, and stronger; and her research has revolutionized how people understand nutrition, strength training, aging, and health. A fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, Dr. ... More

Michael Peterson, Ed.D., is a professor at the University of Delaware, where he created and directs the university's Graduate Health Promotion program. He has extensive experience in health promotion and wellness-program planning, implementation, and evaluation in corporate, government, educational, and community settings. ... More

Dr. Nancy L. Snyderman is the Chief Medical Editor of NBC News and host of msnbc's Dr. Nancy, which airs weekdays at noon ET. Her reports appear on Today< ... More

Paul A. Offit, M.D., is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, Dr. Offit is the Maurice R. ... More

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., is currently Schrag Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle and lectures nationally and internationally on sexuality, relationships, women's issues, parent/child issues, personal and family well-being in today' ... More

Robert Abel, M.D., is a board certified ophthalmologist and on the Christiana Care Health System staff. He earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in 1969, completed his ophthalmology residency at Mt. ... More

Susan Love, M.D., one of the “founding mothers” of the breast cancer advocacy movement, continues her work by serving on the boards of the National Breast Cancer Coalition and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. ... More

Saralyn Mark, M.D., is an endocrinologist, geriatrician, and women’s health specialist. For 10 years, Dr. Mark served as the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women's Health within the U. ... More

Susan Taylor, M.D., is a member of LLuminari, the parent company of BeWell.com. Dr. Taylor is a University of Pennsylvania and Harvard trained physician who is an internationally recognized expert in dermatology. ... More

Susan Troyan, M.D., has a surgical practice devoted to breast disease. Dr. Troyan's major areas of interest are breast cancer and its management -- she has significant clinical experience in the area. ... More

Dr. Teena Cahill, Director of Wisdom and Beyond LLC, holds a doctorate in Psychology, a masters in counseling and a bachelors in education. She is an internationally acclaimed humorist and speaker, a former adjunct professor for undergraduate and graduate studies in the Behavioral Sciences, former school teacher, and has cared about issues in public mental health and wellness education for decades. ... More