PHYSICIAN CEO 2019_1.2_Participant Directory

Susan Dornstein DO, RD graduated college with a B.S. in Clinical Dietetics and practiced as a Registered

Dietitian specializing in Total Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition for 3 years. After returning to medical school in

1992 she completed an Internal Medicine residency at The Medical Center of Delaware and became Board

Certified in Internal Medicine and worked in hospital-based medicine for 3 years. After a move to Philadelphia,

Dr Dornstein became involved with Executive Health Medicine and Occupational Medicine and has worked for

Novacare Occupational Medicine for 16 years serving as the Medical Director for the Centers for Occupational

Health in Huntingdon Valley, PA.

In response to the unique health challenges of the 21st century - Chronic Disease, Dr Dornstein has shifted her

professional focus to disease prevention. Currently preparing to take the Lifestyle Medicine Boards in October

2019, Dr Dornstein wants to focus on educating and empowering patients to understand the importance of

personal lifestyle choices. This relatively new clinical discipline called Lifestyle Medicine is centered on

supporting patients to improve their personal health outcomes by addressing and optimizing nutrition, physical

activity, stress management, sleep hygiene, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding tobacco, and reducing or

eliminating alcohol consumption. The scientific literature tells us that by adopting healthy behaviors we can

prevent nearly 80% of chronic diseases. Dr Dornstein seeks to support behavior modification to reduce the risk

of disease, manage and reverse illness and improve the quality of health in people. She is preparing to become a

Certified Health and Wellness coach with the IPEC program and plans to take the exam in the summer of 2019.

Dr. Dornstein currently spends time mentoring medical students about incorporating the principles of Lifestyle

Medicine into their own lives both for themselves and for the patients they will be caring for in the future.

Currently working on partnering with medical schools to incorporate Lifestyle Medicine into the curriculum in

medical schools. Dr. Dornstein is working with a start up tele-medicine wellness program to to reverse the

declining health of America’s CDL drivers and improve compliance with CDL medical requirements.

In her personal life, Dr. Dornstein enjoys spending time with her husband, 3 kids and 3 dogs. To stay balanced

she walks her dogs and regularly engages in aerobic activity and pilates. Outside interests and passions are 80%

dedicated to DOGS! Dr Dornstein loves all dogs and volunteers with Canine Partners For Life, Paws For

Affection and Working Dog- Penn Vet. She believes in the power of Pet Therapy and would happily write

prescriptions for all humans to hug a puppy 3 times a day and then call her in the morning!