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Lifestyle Medicine Advisory Group

Lifestyle Medicine Advisory Group at the Medical College of Wisconsin

The Lifestyle Medicine Advisory Group serves as an advisory committee on issues of nutrition, emotional wellness, physical activity, risky behavior cessation, sleep health, and weight management. The advisory group consists of basic science and clinical faculty, staff, and medical students. The members value and promote evidence-based healthy lifestyle interventions, research, and education.

Huma Asghar, MD

Staff Physician

Evelyn C.Y. Chan, MD, MS, FACP

Associate Professor

Rania Dempsey, MD

Physician

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD

Professor

Elise Hokanson

M3

Kenneth Jacobsohn, MD

Professor

Tracy R. Kelly, MD

Associate Professor

Mathew A. Letizia, PharmD

Director of Professional Laboratories - Year 1; Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences

mletizia@mcw.edu

Jennifer Mackinnon, MD, MM

Associate Professor

Melinda Mastel, MBA

Financial Analyst Sr

mmastel@mcw.edu

Lawrence A. Miller, PsyD

Associate Professor

Leslie Ruffalo, PhD

Advisor, Family Medicine Learning Community & Family Medicine Student Association; Course Director, Promoting Health in Underserved Communities & Continuous Professional Development; M3 Family Medicine Clerkship: Community Health Instructor

Aimee C. Welsh, MD, FACC, DipABLM

Assistant Professor

Stuart J. Wong, MD

Center Director, Professor

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