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Padmaja M. Patel, MD, CPE, DipABLM, FACLM, LM Intensivist

President
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Midland, Texas, United States

Padmaja Patel is a board-certified internist specializing in lifestyle medicine and healthcare
transformation strategies. She is the President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
(ACLM) and Chief Medical Officer of Nudj Health, an ACLM-certified Lifestyle Treatment
Program. In addition, Dr. Patel serves as the President of Midland Quality Alliance and the Chair
of the Quality Committee, an ACO-REACH located in Midland, TX, and as a consultant for the Texas
Medical Board’s committee on Alternative Payment Models. She is also a member of the
National Quality Forum's 2024 Healthcare Professional Stakeholder Advisory Council and the
Endorsement and Maintenance Committee of the Partnership for Quality Measurement. Dr.
Patel serves on the Whole Person workgroup at the Primary Care Collaborative and is the
founding Chair of ACLM's Clinical Practice and Quality Committee.
Dr. Patel is a pioneer in the field of Lifestyle Medicine (LM) and has developed innovative care
delivery models. Her work includes designing an office-based intensive cardiac rehabilitation
program for physicians and serving as medical director of the Lifestyle Medicine Center at
Midland Health. Dr. Patel has successfully delivered LM-based ITLC programs for chronic
disease remission in both in-person and virtual settings. She is a strong advocate for LM
integration within health systems across the patient care continuum and in employee and
population health. Her efforts to integrate lifestyle medicine into employee health have
resulted in significant cost savings. She has also held the position of lifestyle medicine Medical
Director at Wellvana, a national value-based healthcare organization, and as Vice President of
the World Lifestyle Medicine Organization.
Dr. Patel has been awarded the prestigious title of Fellow of ACLM in recognition of her
remarkable contributions to the field of Lifestyle Medicine. Additionally, she has been honored
with the 2023 AMWA Inspire Award, which acknowledges her as a source of inspiration for
others through her dedication to healthcare, compassionate treatment of patients, leadership,
advocacy, and community service. Dr. Patel is a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Intensivist, a
recognition given to those who have successfully used Lifestyle Medicine as a therapeutic
intervention to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic diseases in individuals, populations,
and communities. She is also a co-founder of Healthy City, a non-profit organization aimed at
raising awareness of the benefits of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine within her
community.

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