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• I am very excited for the "birth" of this organization. I have been an NP since 2005, practicing in primary care. I joined team low carb personally around 5 years ago, and began using low carb as a clinical intervention 3 years ago when I subspecialized in weight management. I was very cautious at first when recommending LCHF to patients. Being traditionally trained (AKA no dietary or nutrition education), I felt unqualified. However, when I could not deny the results I was seeing, I went all in hoping that one day my recommendations would be validated. That is what my training from the Nutrition Network, Low Carb USA, and the Clinical Guidelines did. However, the SMHP is taking that to the next level. I hope to quickly become accredited, and proudly display the new credentials. I have heard talk about potential fellowships for medical students. I would love to see a version of a fellowship, mentorship, or clinical training for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. I would gladly open up my practice to help influence the next generation of providers.
  December 11, 2020

• Hi everyone! My name is Dene Barbondy. I am a Registered Nurse who teaches in the nursing program in on of our local colleges. I have nearly completed my Master's Degree and hope to pursue the Post Master's Nurse Practitioner degree. My goal is to be able to work with and support clients to improve their health and well-being and to improve chronic metabolic illness. At the moment, though, I am introducing this knowledge to our nursing students, whose textbooks unfortunately still teach outdated information. I have also realized in my time that this is one area where nursing does not receive a lot of information either, much like medical doctors. I am excited to be joining this society and hope to continue to expand my knowledge in this area. It has become my passion and my 'wormhole' over the last couple of years. I also hope to be able to continue to share the knowledge with others who are interested.
  December 10, 2020

• I just joined and I am located in Florida. I would love enjoy meeting like-minded Practitioners. Any guidance would be appreciated’
  December 10, 2020

• David - Your insights have been invaluable! Thank you for all you do!
  December 10, 2020

• Welcome, David, hopefully all that contact info is in your profile!
  December 10, 2020

• Good day all and I am gratified to see this organization up and running. I just signed up as a founding member and proud to say so! I am a Emergency Physician by trade for over 20 years and have seen first hand the devastation caused by diabetes mellitus, hypertension and other chronic conditions directly attributable to poor metabolic health. I have struggled with weight control myself for all of my adult life until I made it my mission to disprove this crazy guy on the Adam Carolla Show podcast, Vinnie Tortorich. Well, I failed miserably by losing over 60# pounds and keeping it off with improvements in almost every health parameter. Now, there is no struggle. I have been active on the Clinician and Education Committees after being hooked by Adele and Cecile and look forward to future collaborations. Website ourlowcarb.com and on Twitter with that handle and @punkflamingo.
  December 10, 2020

• Welcome! Luckily, low-carb seems to have a strong regional presence in North Carolina with over a dozen NC providers signed up already! Pre-Covid: Eric Westman, Amy Berger, & Duke use to hold some regional meet up events and have done some work with veterans. Jason Phung, MD; Adele Hite RD, and Chris McKinley, Physician's Assistant (& former Seal) http://www.chrismarkmckinley.com/about.html are also in North Carolina. All of the above are active on twitter.
  December 9, 2020

• So awesome to have you on board, Kendrick. It's comments from people like you that encouraged us to focus on cultivating and nurturing this community. Please make sure you visit all the committee pages under 'About Us' and see if there are any committees you would like to be a part of. We will be adding many more as time goes by.
  December 9, 2020

• My name is Kendrick Murphy. I am a primary care clinical pharmacy specialist with the Department of Veterans Affairs in North Carolina (just moved here after being in Arizona for 7 years). About 3 years ago while on paternity leave I was fortunate enough to have a colleague of mine introduce me to The Obesity Code by Jason Fung. Needless to say, from that point on I have dedicated myself to learning more and more about metabolism and therapeutic nutrition. Upon my return from that paternity leave 3 years ago, it has been my mission at work to focus as much as I can on helping people improve their lifestyle in order to improve their health. In the past 3 years I have discontinued more medications and helped to reverse more diabetes and hypertension than the previous 5 years of my career combined. I take pride in trying to deprescribe whenever possible and avoid starting or adding medications whenever clinically appropriate. I no longer wish to manage disease when I know there is a way to reverse disease. Because of my approach, unsurprisingly (and sadly), I had not made many allies. Then I attended the Low Carb USA conference in San Diego in 2019 and my mind was blown. It was an amazing experience and it was such a great feeling to see that not only was I not alone, but I was a small fish in a huge pond! As a member of this community, my hope is to continue learning from you all, but also to seek opportunities for collaboration and networking with fellow healthcare professionals who share a passion for this approach to improving our patients’ health and well-being. Thanks for reading!
  December 9, 2020

• That is brilliant, Kevin. I would love to be on your show sometime!
  December 9, 2020