Sophia Deahl is a registered dietitian based in Nashville, TN, with a certification in functional medicine from the Institute for Functional Medicine. She works with teens and adults to navigate nutrition and health concerns by creating individualized nutrition plans and encouraging self-care strategies that support vibrant mental and physical health through a whole-person, functional approach.

She holds a Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan, and Longevity from the University of Southern California and has completed extensive training in functional medicine and disordered eating. Sophia frequently supports individuals experiencing PCOS, brain fog, low energy, disordered eating, PMS/PMDD, anxiety, depression, perimenopause, diabetes/insulin resistance, and gut health concerns. She supports clients virtually and in person. At her Nashville office, she collaborates with a team of therapists and a psychiatrist to provide comprehensive care.

Her approach is compassionate, practical, and empowering—helping clients build confidence, improve their relationship with food, and achieve lasting food freedom through a balanced approach. Sophia is also the author of the popular Substack, Nourish & Thrive, where she shares evidence-based nutrition and functional medicine insights to support others on their health journeys.

Sophia is a foodie and is passionate about education and community. In her free time, she enjoys collaborating with like-minded practitioners to host events and workshops, cooking for family and friends, traveling, practicing Pilates, and playing tennis.

Dr. Seper Dezfoli is a Gastroenterologist, Liver Specialist and Physician Nutrition Specialist practicing since 2018 in the Southern California area. He completed his medical training at Penn State College of Medicine and his residency and fellowship trainings at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA, both in Los Angeles, California. He manages his own private practice where he treats and manages patients across a wide range of issues with a particular focus on fatty liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel disease, obesity medicine, and weight management. He balances his time between seeing patients in clinic and performing procedures such as endoscopy and colonoscopy.

When not working, he spends his off-hours raising his two young children, traveling and engaged in fitness activities.

Dr. Helena Gaviria is an experienced Board-Certified Pediatrician and Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach based in Hollywood, Florida. She specializes in pediatric obesity, nutrition, and family wellness.

She currently serves as the Medical Director for Kids Miracle Steps and Manor Plaza Pediatric Center. Additionally, she is a Principal Investigator at National Research Centers, where she is involved in clinical trials for both adults and children.

Dr. Gaviria earned her medical degree at Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia, and completed her Pediatric Residency at Lincoln Medical Center. Due to her special interest in nutrition, she also completed a certification as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.

She is bilingual in English and Spanish, allowing her to serve a diverse patient population throughout South Florida. In her free time, she enjoys reading, yoga, and spending time with her husband and son.

Jessica Griffin is a credentialed registered dietitian with experience in medical nutrition therapy in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings for over ten years. She currently works at Penn Medicine's gastroenterology and hepatology clinic seeing patients in the areas of gastrointestinal disorders, weight management, malnutrition, and enteral nutrition support.

She is a passionate healthcare educator with a master's degree in nutrition education. Enhancing patient's nutrition-related knowledge to allow autonomy and positive change into their lives is her most rewarding goal in clinic. Her educational platform extends beyond the patient base and often reaches healthcare trainees or professionals including dietetic interns, Penn Medicine fellows, and gastroenterologists. Providing well-rounded multidisciplinary care is extremely important to her, as well as making collaborations throughout the health and wellness industry. Outside of her dietetics role, Jessica is a wife and mother who enjoys yoga, the beach, and experimenting with recipes in the kitchen.

Mallory Hamilton is a registered dietitian who has worked in the clinical setting for seven years. She received a bachelor of science in nutrition and dietetics from the University of North Florida and currently works at UF Health in Jacksonville, Florida.

The inpatient clinical world of nutrition provides the opportunity for her to learn something new every day, which she enjoys. She sees a wide range of medical conditions with an emphasis in oncology, gastrointestinal disorders, critical care and diagnosing malnutrition. She strives for growth in her field so that she may provide the best care and nutrition to those who need it most. Outside of the field of dietetics, Mallory favors the outdoors and being in the mountains as much as possible. She also enjoys the challenges of baking sourdough bread and going on adventures with her husband and two Dachshunds, Mousse and Maverick.

Katy MacQueen is a registered dietitian with 14 years of experience in outpatient counseling. She completed her bachelor's degree in nutrition at the University of Rhode Island and her master's degree at Tufts University.

She is recognized as a Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educator, and a Cardiovascular Disease Outpatient Educator in the State of Rhode Island. For the past nine years, she has been working in the field of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, as well as diabetes. She currently works at Miriam Hospital, Center for Cardiac, Pulmonary & Vascular Fitness. Katy lives in Central Massachusetts with her husband and two daughters.

Beth McCall is a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and Registered Dietitian with over 13 years of experience fueling athletes from youth to elite. Her mission as a sports dietitian and yoga instructor is to empower athletes to fuel their bodies and minds for sport and for life.

Beth is the owner of Purposeful Fueling LLC, through which she works with athletes spanning across the middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Purposeful Fueling specializes in weight-class and endurance athletes in addition to gut health and wellness. Beth is also a Registered Yoga Teacher specializing in functional movement yoga. She has a passion for fueling the whole person with a well-rounded fueling and movement approach. In addition to her role in private practice, Beth serves on the Board of Directors for the American Sports and Performance Dietitians Association.

Previously, Beth served as the Director of Sports Nutrition for Duke University, where she began the first-ever sports nutrition department in May 2017. In this role, she was responsible for all performance and clinical nutrition services for student-athletes representing all Varsity athletic teams. Beth served as a founding member of the Duke Integrative Performance Excellence Group, through which she coordinates with a multidisciplinary team to service all of the health, wellness and performance needs of all student-athletes through a well-rounded approach.

Beth came to Duke following two years at UCLA where she served as the Director of Sports Nutrition with the Bruins. Prior to UCLA, she served as a Graduate Student Intern for the Sports Nutrition Department at Florida State University.

Beth was a multi-sport student-athlete herself, participating in cross country, track and field and softball for Tennessee Tech University. She holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology and Sport Science from Florida State University. Her husband, Timmy, is the Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at Utah Valley University.

Dr. Andrew Meyers is a fellowship trained orthopedic spine surgeon with expertise in surgical and non-surgical musculoskeletal care. He earned his undergraduate degree in radiologic science from the University of Missouri and later received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Kansas City University. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency in Ventura, California, with training at nationally recognized institutions including Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Orange County, followed by a dedicated spine surgery fellowship at the Spine Institute of Louisiana. Dr. Meyers is passionate about delivering personalized, evidence-based care with special interests in minimally invasive, motion-preserving, and robotics technologies. He also has a keen interest in enhanced recovery with focus on nutritional science and optimization. In addition to caring for patients, he is actively involved in orthopedic and spine research and is currently pursuing his MBA at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.

Dr. Meyers enjoys fitness, nutrition, golf, hockey, snowboarding, travel, aviation, automotive mechanics, and time with his wife and two Siberian Huskies.

Annamarie Rodriguez has 30 years of experience in a vast array of settings surrounding chronic diseases, particularly kidney disease. She owns Nutrition Directions, LLC providing dietitian/nutrition consulting services and works in the renal division of Pentec Health, Inc. providing parenteral nutrition support to dialysis patients.

She is dedicated to serving the community to advocate for health equity to advance preventative measures to decrease the incidence and progression of kidney disease. She has a Master’s in Health and Wellness Management, is a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional, and a licensed Food for Life instructor. Annamarie is an avid volunteer with dietetic practice groups, her Affiliate, and the Academy. Outside her profession, she loves gardening, cooking, nature, travel, and her dogs (since her houseful of kids are grown!). She thrives on staying physically and mentally busy, loves hiking in state and national parks, and kayaking!

Kari Sharp is a registered dietitian nutritionist who has built a successful private practice in pediatrics since 2018. She is widely recognized as a leading expert on nutrition for neurodiverse children.

Kari’s unique expertise led to her becoming a consultant for several specialty companies and educational institutions. One example is Cognitive Leap Solutions, where she developed the evidence-based nutrition therapy section of their app designed to improve the well-being of children with ADHD. In addition, Kari invented “The Green Plate Method,” a creative strategy for nutritional dietary changes. Working with interns as a preceptor for Morrison Healthcare, sparked Kari’s invention of RD Boot Camp, a multidimensional program to help prepare students for the required national certification exam. It incorporates interactive learning materials, one-on-one tutoring, and class review sessions. 

When not working as a dietitian or innovating on RD Boot Camp, Kari can be found running marathons, playing tennis, and hiking in the woods with her beagle.

Colleen Sloan is a Physician Assistant and Registered Dietitian with over a decade of experience bridging the worlds of medicine and nutrition. Colleen has worked in both hospital and outpatient settings, specializing in diabetes education and weight management, and currently provides pediatric care for patients from infancy through young adulthood. She received her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Nutrition from Florida International University and her Master of Medical Science from Nova Southeastern University.

Passionate about addressing the nutrition gap in healthcare, Colleen launched the Exam Room Nutrition podcast to empower clinicians with the tools and confidence to have compassionate, evidence-based conversations about nutrition. Outside of her professional work, Colleen enjoys a good cup of coffee, spending time with her two dogs, and reading books with her 14-year-old daughter.

Hillary Wright is an experience as a nutrition educator, writer and consultant for over 30 years. As the Director of Nutrition for The Wellness Center at Boston IVF, Hillary specializes in women’s health issues, including diet and lifestyle management of polycystic ovary syndrome, fertility, diabetes prevention, diet and lifestyle support during and after cancer treatment, and support through the menopause transition and beyond. Hillary also works part time as a Senior Nutritionist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA where she provides care for patients during and after the cancer treatment experience.

Hillary is the author of two books, The PCOS Diet Plan: A Natural Approach to Health for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and The Prediabetes Diet Plan: How to Reverse Prediabetes and Prevent Diabetes through Healthy Eating and Exercise, and co-author of The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to Managing Hormones, Health and Happiness. In addition, Hillary consults to corporations and technology startups, providing guidance on patient and consumer needs and experiences.

Outside of her professional work, Hillary enjoys the outdoors – cycling, playing golf, walking the beach – and spending time with friends and family, often taking in city activities and live music.

Joseph Zucchi is a board-certified Physician Associate and Personal Trainer who serves as the Clinical Supervisor of Transition Medical Weight Loss in Salem, New Hampshire. With over a decade of experience in obesity medicine, Joseph leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping patients achieve sustainable weight loss and improved health. He has helped more than 2,000 patients collectively lose over 50,000 pounds by integrating fitness, nutrition, and medical interventions into comprehensive, patient-centered care.

Joseph holds a Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies from MCPHS University and has a strong foundation in clinical research, having coordinated nutrition and exercise trials at Tufts University. His work has been recognized through multiple accolades, including helping lead Transition Medical Weight Loss to earn Best Weight Loss Center in New Hampshire honors for three consecutive years. He is also a Board Member of the New England Obesity Society and has shared his expertise on obesity medicine and weight-loss treatments through articles, interviews, and national media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, MedPage Today, and Doximity. Joseph is passionate about evidence-based approaches to health and wellness, improving access to obesity care, and transforming lives through compassionate care. Outside of work, Joe enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, as well as playing tennis and weightlifting.