Our Medical Team
Physicians and clinicians focused on prevention, not intervention.
A cardiac surgeon, a cardiologist and a nurse practitioner, working together to find and treat the root causes of heart disease.
1× New York Times bestselling author
Dr. Philip Ovadia
MD · Board-Certified Cardiac Surgeon Founder & Medical Director · Cardiac Surgery & Metabolic Health“Rather than waiting until someone needs a cardiac surgeon, we need to do a much better job of keeping people from getting there in the first place.”
Dr. Ovadia has spent much of his career operating on people with heart disease, and began asking why so many of them ended up on his table. A heart surgeon who was once 100 pounds overweight himself, he changed the way he ate and lived, lost the weight, and changed the way he practices medicine. He founded Ovadia Heart Health and iFixHearts to help people improve their metabolic and heart health before they become cardiac surgery patients.
- Heart disease prevention
- Metabolic health
- Nutrition & weight loss
- Cardiac surgery insight
- MD, Jefferson Medical College
- General Surgery Residency, UMDNJ
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Tufts–New England Medical Center
- Undergraduate, Penn State University
- Stay Off My Operating Table
- Stay Off My Kitchen Table
- Host, Stay Off My Operating Table® Podcast
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Dr. Aseem Malhotra
MBChB, MRCP · CCT Cardiology Consultant Cardiologist · Preventive Cardiology & Metabolic Health“Every patient deserves honest, complete information about their heart health, so they can make their own decisions and treat the cause, not just the numbers.”
Dr. Malhotra is a multi-award-winning consultant cardiologist with more than 25 years in medicine and one of the world’s most recognized voices on cardiovascular and population health. Trained in the NHS, he specializes in preventive cardiology, with a focus on obesity, diet and lifestyle as drivers of heart disease, and practices with a strong emphasis on shared decision-making with each patient.
- Preventive cardiology
- Obesity & metabolic risk
- Coronary heart disease
- Cholesterol & statins
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- MBChB, University of Edinburgh, 2001
- MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, 2004
- CCT in Cardiology, 2013
- Excellence in Health Communication Award, House of Commons, 2025
- The Pioppi Diet
- A Statin-Free Life
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Megyn Kelly
- The Guardian
30+ years in healthcare
Lisa Simmons
NP, CKNS · MSN, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Metabolic Health & Hormone Health“Understanding your labs is the first step. Sustainable lifestyle changes are what move the numbers.”
Lisa brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience and a deep focus on proactive care, emphasizing lifestyle changes and nutrition to improve metabolic health. She demystifies complex lab data, including insulin resistance and inflammation, and offers targeted support in male and female hormone health, issues often overlooked in traditional healthcare.
- Metabolic health
- Lab interpretation
- Insulin resistance
- Inflammation
- Male & female hormone health
- Nutrition & lifestyle
- MSN, Acute Care, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- CKNS, Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist
- Nurse Practitioner, 30+ years in healthcare
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