What can a gay, Persian, cardiologist and single father teach us about how to take care of ourselves? Turns out quite a lot. Dr. Dan Yadegar is a trusted voice in integrating medical innovation and science with the art of wellbeing. After fleeing Iran with his family as an infant he spent his early years in the Dominican Republic, before they settled in Long Island, New York, where he mainly grew up. After Harvard college and Cornell Medical School he has spent his career serving the wealthiest as well as the most disadvantaged, has worked in healthcare venture capital, launched a wellness startup called Wellbel, and served on various boards. But when he’s not engaged in moving the needle of wholistic wellness forward, he’s focused on his two children he is raising on his own, after an IVF journey which he feels he was destined for. And he could not be a more grateful papa.

On today’s podcast we are looking at how our choices and attitudes can affect our health outcomes, and how our daily  micro-contracts with our own health can add up over time. We’re diving in to his journey as a gay man in a traditional culture, and the unique challenges and benefits of being a solo gay parent…via IVF and by choice. 

It’s possible that being gay has made him a better dad, that being a dad has made him a better doctor, and that being on this podcast, hopefully…has made Dr Dan feel just a little bit seen.