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Dr. Sheila Patel is a board-certified family physician with a focus on integrative and lifestyle medicine. She practiced full-spectrum family medicine for 15 years, first in Southeast Alaska and then in rural Wisconsin. Dr. Patel then moved to Southern California and served as Medical Director for Mind-Body Medical Group in Carlsbad, CA for 10 years, offering integrative medical consultations and subsequently served as Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global for 4 years. She is certified as an instructor of Ayurveda, yoga, and meditation and enjoys making these teaching accessible to all. She currently maintains an outpatient family medicine practice in Southern California, where she combines the wisdom of Ayurveda with the tools of modern medicine to help patients heal from a variety of acute and chronic conditions.
Dr. Patel is currently the Chief Medical Officer for The Gaja Collective where she is lead educator for the Chopra Ayurvedic health certification program and is also faculty for Chopra meditation, yoga, and coaching certifications. She is also a faculty member at Yoga Veda Institute where she teaches integrated anatomy and physiology, bringing together concepts in Western medicine and Ayurveda. In addition to teaching, she also offers mentorship programs and retreats where students can further their study and practice of Ayurveda.
Dr. Patel maintains a voluntary clinical position at the University of San Diego School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health where she mentors medical students in integrative medicine and introduces them to Ayurvedic medicine principles. She has also served on the Clinical Research Team for the Chopra Foundation, with a commitment to bringing scientific validation to mind-body practices, and is the co-author of multiple publications on the subjects of meditation and Ayurveda. She enjoys the opportunity to bring light to the mechanisms of action of mind-body practices and sharing this knowledge with others. Dr. Patel believes the best way to achieve wellness is to integrate all of the knowledge available to us, from modern conventional medicine as well as from traditional healing systems. Her hope is that by confirming the benefits of the practices and sharing that knowledge, more people will gain access to these life-enhancing techniques and learn how to implement them into their lives for optimal mind-body-spirit wellbeing.
In addition to her work in healthcare, she is a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing her expertise in both conventional and traditional medicine with a variety of national and international audiences. She is aware firsthand of the challenges that patients face in the modern world and is passionate about teaching patients practices to manage stress, get restful and rejuvenative sleep, prevent chronic disease through healthy lifestyle, feel joyful and purposeful, and truly thrive in their lives.
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