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Deepa Sannidhi MD, MPH, DipABLM, DipABOM, FACLM

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Category(ies): Integrative Medicine | Lifestyle Medicine | Obstetrics/Gynecology | Physician

Deepa Sannidhi, MD, MPH is board-certified in family medicine, obesity medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She is an associate clinical professor in the department of family medicine at UC San Diego and serves as assistant program director for the UCSD-SDSU general preventive medicine residency. She serves as a concentration lead for the UCSD Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. She teaches students and trainees at all levels of training.

Clinically, she partners with the UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine and Center for Advanced Weight management to offer the UCSD Supervised Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine (SLIM) program, which is an innovative medical weight loss program integrating lifestyle and integrative medicine approaches with medical weight loss using anti-obesity medications in a shared medical appointment setting.

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Deepa Sannidhi MD, MPH, DipABLM, DipABOM, FACLM

I help help physicians with a vision to integrate Lifestyle Medicine, Obesity Medicine, self-care and shared medical appointments into their practice.

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