Sersie and Gigi sit down with the amazing vegan superhero, Dr. Daphne Bascom. Dr. Bascom shares her journey to lifestyle medicine and becoming vegan. They have a candid conversation about Health Equity and how lifestyle medicine concepts can help underserved communities prevent, treat, and possibly reverse common chronic diseases.

About Daphne Bascom:

Daphne Bascom, MD, PhD, is a certified health coach and Coaching Team leader with The Vegan Gym. 

Before relocating to Virginia to join the MITR corporation, Daphne was the Vice President of Population Health for St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City. As part of the population health team, she partnered with health systems, payors, and community partners to support managed care contracts with multi-million-dollar performance-based incentive opportunities. Daphne continues to work as a consultant for MITRE Corporation as a Principal Health Practice and Systems Engineer with the VA Health, Innovation & Central Office.

As part of her multifaceted career, Dr. Bascom was a senior vice president and the medical director at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. In 2018, Dr. Bascom also served as Y-USA’s Chief Health Officer. In this role, she helped local Ys define and operationalize local clinical integration strategies while leveraging existing evidence-based health programs. 

 

Dr. Bascom was previously a Vice President and Chief Medical Officer with Cerner Corporation. Before re-joining Cerner, Dr. Bascom was Chief Clinical Systems Officer for Cleveland, Ohio's Cleveland Clinic Health System. During her time at the clinic, Dr. Bascom was part of the innovative team implementing the enterprise health record. Daphne also partnered with the Wellness Institute to support the Lifestyle 180 program.

Dr. Bascom completed her fellowship in microvascular and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck at Oregon Health Sciences University and her medical degree, internship and residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She earned her PhD in physiological sciences at the University of Oxford, Laboratory of Physiology, in the United Kingdom.

The Vegan Gym: https://thevegangym.com/

Daphne’s Websites

Wingman Wellness: www.WingmanWellness.com

Perfectly Planted: www.PerfectlyPlanted22.com

Social Media

Instagram: @WingmanDaphne

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dabascom

Twitter: @DaphneBascom

YouTube

Wingman Wellness: https://www.youtube.com/@dabascom

Perfectly Planted: https://www.youtube.com/@perfectlyplnted6071

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daphne-bascom/

Healthy Christian Woman Bootcamp: https://www.healthyformypurpose.com/healthy-christian-woman-bootcamp