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I was a morbidly obese heart surgeon.
All through high school, college, med school and surgical training, I followed the U.S. dietary guidelines for both diet and exercise. Yet nothing I did kept the weight off.
I just kept getting fatter and fatter.
Each day in surgery, I would split open the chests of people just like me. I knew I was heading for the operating table myself if I didn't find solutions that worked.
In 2016, I finally found a way to lose 100 pounds and keep it off.
Now - in addition to doing heart surgery - I work to help people just like me get healthy, lose the weight and keep it off.
I'm Dr. Philip Ovadia, the rebel M.D. and cardiac surgeon who is working to keep people off my operating table.
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What happens when a personal trainer realizes that loading someone under a barbell without asking about their sleep, relationships, and emotional state is like trying to run software on a broken operating system? In this compelling conversation, Aleks Rybchinskiy shares his transformation from conventional personal trainer to Check Institute practitioner - one of fewer than 100 people to complete the full program. After a near-death experience at age 3, Aleks developed an insatiable curiosity...
Zack Strength is a former USC Trojans defensive tackle who lost 92 pounds eating steak, eggs, and butter—and he’s not shy about it. His massive, meat-heavy meals have gone viral, sparking debates, Twitter warnings, and an army of followers who swear by his approach. Now a fitness coach, Zack helps others build muscle, burn fat, and rethink everything they’ve been told about nutrition. Join us Wednesday, March 5, at 5 PM ET as we dive into his playbook—carnivore nutrition, protein for performa...
Mark Ennis's story reads like a medical impossibility, yet it's devastatingly real. From a 44-pound anorexic teenager whose heart stopped, to a 300-pound rugby player, to a suicidal man contemplating driving into a pole at 120 mph—his journey through the extremes of human suffering culminates in one of the most powerful testimonies about the connection between diet and mental health you'll ever hear. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Mark shares how three days on a carnivore diet eliminat...
Join Dr. Philip Ovadia for a powerful conversation with Angela Lerro—Intuitive Reiki Master, Carnivore Health Coach, and survivor of breast cancer and neurological Lyme disease. After over a decade of fighting for her life, Angela rebuilt her health and now guides others through complex chronic and autoimmune conditions. She combines animal-based nutrition, trauma-informed coaching, energy work, and nervous system healing to help clients around the world reconnect mind, body, and spirit. Send...
Anthropologist Dr. Bill Schindler went from dangerous wrestling weight cuts to unlocking the secrets of human survival through food processing. In this conversation, he explains why every plant on Earth contains toxins, how our ancestors developed technologies to make food safe and nutritious, and why modern food processing has gone dangerously wrong. Learn the truth about potatoes (hint: peel them), why fermentation was humanity's greatest innovation, and how a traditional restaurant is prov...
Claus Carlsen knows what it takes to reverse course—whether it’s a failing business or a failing metabolism. Join us live on Wednesday, June 11 at 4:30 PM ET as Claus shares how he lost 55 lbs, reversed type 2 diabetes, and stayed off medication for nearly six years through a disciplined, meat-based ketogenic lifestyle. Now the co-founder of the HERO community, Claus brings the same results-driven approach to helping others build sustainable habits in nutrition, fitness, and life. Don’t miss ...
1When Dr. Nouran Abdelkader developed vitiligo—a disfiguring autoimmune skin condition—the UK's top dermatologist told her there was no hope and no treatment. The disease would spread everywhere, he said. She'd have to live with it forever. What happened next challenges everything we think we know about autoimmune disease, nutrition, and healing. This emergency medicine doctor didn't just heal her vitiligo. She also resolved her lifelong asthma, eczema, chronic hives, ADHD symptoms, depression...
Shannon Davis, RD spent nearly two decades in mainstream healthcare—working in nephrology, organ transplant, and pharma—before realizing the standard nutrition advice wasn’t helping her patients. Or herself. Now a board member of the American Diabetes Society and founder of a virtual metabolic health practice, Shannon helps people reverse insulin resistance using low-carb strategies, intermittent fasting, and real food. In this live conversation with OHH Health Coach Chris Cornell, Shannon sh...
Dr. Ravi Kamepalli made a startling realization that changed everything: bacteria aren't the enemy. As both an infectious disease specialist and wound care physician, he witnessed firsthand how traditional medicine's war on microbes was failing patients catastrophically. In this profound conversation, he unveils his revolutionary "disease triangles" framework that connects our immune system, lipid metabolism, and microbiome in ways that transform how we understand healing. The statistics he s...
Join us for an inspiring livestream featuring Dr. Philip Ovadia and Lisa Simmons, NP, as they explain into how Ovadia Heart Health is transforming lives through its innovative telemedicine practice. Discover how the program helps patients improve their metabolic health, prevent chronic diseases, and reclaim vitality with personalized care, including lab consults, expert guidance from health coaches, and diabetes-focused support from an RD. Don’t miss this opportunity to take the first step to...
Personal trainer and counseling psychology expert Alli Covington exposes the overlooked connection between mental health and metabolic dysfunction that's keeping millions trapped in cycles of weight gain and chronic disease. After watching her father follow every doctor's recommendation only to develop GERD, high cholesterol, diabetes, and die young despite compliance, Alli discovered the missing piece most fitness professionals ignore. In this candid conversation, she breaks down her revolut...
Join Ovadia Heart Health Coach Chris S. Cornell, MHP, as he sits down with Doug Reynolds, MHP, CEO and Founder of LowCarbUSA and President of The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP). They’ll discuss Doug’s journey from electrical engineering to leading the metabolic health movement, his new book The Road to Metabolic Health, and the power of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction (TCR) in reversing chronic conditions. Don’t miss this insightful conversation on the science, advocacy, ...
An intensive care physician who has spent 20 years watching preventable diseases destroy lives shares the brutal reality of what metabolic dysfunction looks like in the ICU - and the simple steps that could keep you out of his unit entirely. Dr. Kwadwo Carmen-Tang pulls no punches as he describes the devastating cycle he witnesses daily: patients arriving with obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, then leaving weaker, traumatized, and fundamentally changed by their ICU experience. But he...
World-renowned endurance coach and bestselling author Dr. Phil Maffetone joins Ovadia Heart Health Director of Employee Wellness Krisna Hanks for a special Employee Wellness livestream on Monday, June 2 at 5:30 PM ET. Known globally for The Maffetone Method—a low-stress, highly effective training system used by elite athletes and everyday individuals alike—Dr. Maffetone brings decades of clinical and coaching experience to the conversation. His philosophy? A “kinder, gentler” approach to fitn...
Dr. Nasha Winters shares her extraordinary journey from being diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 19 to becoming a pioneering force in metabolic oncology. Given just months to live and unable to receive chemotherapy, she embarked on a quest to understand cancer that led to groundbreaking insights about its metabolic and mitochondrial origins. Winters challenges the conventional genetic theory of cancer, explaining how our bodies' "terrain" - influenced by nutrition, stress, toxins, and life...
Join Dr. Philip Ovadia and Practice Manager Cherish Thompson for a compelling conversation on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the path to restoring health and quality of life. They’ll explore the importance of early diagnostics, working with a cardiothoracic surgeon, and addressing key factors like metabolic health, LDL cholesterol, and lifestyle changes. Gain valuable insights into tackling heart disease and making impactful changes to achieve long-term wellness. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Mess...
In this compelling discussion, vascular surgeon Dr. Lily Johnston joins Dr. Philip Ovadia to share her journey from traditional surgical practice to metabolic health advocacy. After years of amputating limbs for diabetic patients who received poor nutritional guidance, Dr. Johnston couldn't unsee the devastating consequences of our healthcare system's approach to metabolic disease. She explains how surgeons fix anatomical problems without addressing the underlying metabolic dysfunction that c...
We all want to live healthy for as long as possible. Join Dr. Philip Ovadia for a tour through what he does himself to maximize his health span, and what he tells patients to do so they can be healthy and happy for as many years as possible. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia cannot respond here. To contact his team, please send an email to team@ifixhearts.com Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to...
Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda shares his groundbreaking approach to chronic pain management that centers on fixing metabolic dysfunction rather than simply masking symptoms with medication. Drawing from his background in anesthesiology, pain management, addiction medicine, and technology, Dr. Padda explains the underlying connection between chronic pain and metabolic inflammation. He details how his patients achieve extraordinary results—85-90% of type 2 diabetics resolving their condition within ...
Join heart surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia and his clinical team to learn how you can prevent heart attacks. We'll dive in to lab work, CACs, what to do when your PCP is pushing unwanted drugs, and which numbers really make the difference. Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, you must include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia cannot respond here. To contact his team, please send an email to team@ifixhearts.com Like what you hear? Head over to IFixHearts.com/book to grab a ...
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Great discussion. I agree that the conferences are NOT for medical professionals only. I work at a rural hospital in the finance department, this conference fired me up even more, the atmosphere was so positive. Everyone was personable, I had lunch with Nina Teicholz, chatted with Ben Bickman, it was kind of surreal! Met some amazing people, I hope to see them in January 2024! I look forward to meeting Dr. Ovadia, will Jack be attending as well?