President
Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute
Rush, New York, United States
Ted Barnett, MD, FACLM (also known as Dr. Veggie is the president and board chair of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute which he founded in 2015.
Known as the High-Tech Doctor with Low-Tech Solutions, he is an Interventional Radiologist, Mammographer, Body Imager, and partner with Borg and Ide Imaging in Rochester, NY, where he has practiced since 1986. He received his BS in 1976 from Yale and his MD in 1980 from Tufts, where he also completed his Diagnostic Imaging residency, and became board-certified in 1984. Eleven years later, in 1995, he became one of the first physicians board-certified in Vascular & Interventional Radiology after passing the inaugural examination. Twenty-two years after that, in 2017, he became one of the first 204 physicians board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine after passing the inaugural examination.As a fellow and former board member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Barnett is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine using the principles of Plant-Based nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine. Ted lives with his wife Carol in an old farmhouse near Rochester, NY where he loves to run and go birding (usually at the same time). They have three amazing lifelong vegan children.You can learn more at RochesterLifestyleMedicine.org, and PaleBlue.Community.
Lifestyle Medicine Grand Rounds: Stump the Stars!
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT