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BOARD CERTIFIED INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN
Susan Gamble, MD
Dr. Gamble grew up outside of Cairo, Egypt, and then moved to the Midwest as a second grader. She attended college there at Andrews University where she graduated summa cum laude.
From there she went on to medical school at the top-rated medical school in the United States for Primary Care, University of Washington. She received honors in numerous courses during her time there and was chosen to continue her training in internal medicine at Yale University in their Primary Care track.
After graduating from that program with the director’s award for humanism in medicine, she practiced internal medicine as a hospitalist for five years to gain experience in acute care. During that time she received the five star award for excellence in patient care. She then worked for several years in the TakeTen program at St. Helena Hospital, a 10-day lifestyle medicine program that helped patients take their health to new levels through cutting edge medical workups and personalized lifestyle prescriptions.
She most recently was the Medical Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute at St. Helena Hospital where she was chosen as top primary care doctor in Napa Valley several years in a row. She enjoys partnering with patients to help them reach their health goals and loves the investigative aspect of medicine. Her hobbies include reading, practicing Arabic and hanging out with her kids.
Galen Hegarty, MD
Dr. Hegarty is a board certified Family, Lifestyle and Obesity Medicine physician whose knowledge of and passion for health are the foundation to his approach to medicine. His grit and dedication arise from his diverse experiences, raised on a farm in rural Tennessee, attending high school in Germany and traveling widely providing medical care in the Caribbean and Central America. He attended one of the top engineering and medical schools in the Southeast, the University of Florida, graduating Magna Cum Laude in Chemical Engineering. Subsequently he graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine, and aligned with his proactive approach, pursued primary care training.
He has worked in Sonoma county for 14 years, providing acute, preventative and longitudinal care to clients in his medical practice. His pursuit of excellence is exemplified by his advanced training and board certifications in the fields of Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. For almost a decade he has been attaining premier weight loss outcomes in Northern California in his role as the Medical Director of the Kaiser Medical Weight Management program in Santa Rosa. He has also served as an educator and liaison to other physicians in his role as the Lifestyle Medicine and Obesity specialist during this tenure.
Dr. Hegarty is proud to serve our nation’s veterans with their weight loss goals in his role as a weight management specialist with the Veterans Administration. He approaches comprehensive health through a personalized integration of modern medicine, cognitive/behavioral interventions and advanced lifestyle prescriptions, all geared towards health optimization.
In his work with clients he focuses on early recognition of an individual's health trajectory to promote wellness, prevent illness, as well as to improve complex disease care. He excels in attentive listening, data analysis and medical investigations and will partner with you to develop clear, concise, actionable plans to reach your best health. In his free time you will find Dr. Hegarty hiking in the great outdoors with his family, cooking healthy food, dancing, reading and exercising.
BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN