Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar
About the Author
Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar (BAMS, MD, Ayurveda) is one of the most prominent and academically accomplished Ayurvedic physicians in the United States with over 35 years of clinical experience. He is the director of Ayurvedic Healing, an integrative wellness clinic in Santa Cruz, CA. He is also the author of The Hot Belly Diet (Simon & Schuster, 2015) and Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life (Harper Wave, 2018) which has been translated into 13 languages and sold nearly 70,000 copies. As a leading voice in Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Suhas is a sought- after speaker at Ayurvedic and wellness conferences both nationally and internationally. He is an advisor and consultant at Chopra Global and Chopra Foundation, which allows him to share the stage with some of the leading global experts in the field of Integrative Medicine. He has traveled around the globe popularizing Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and natural medicine. He chaired and designed curriculums for several Ayurvedic schools. Dr. Suhas has formulated some very successful herbal products generating multi-million dollars in revenues. He has been featured on numerous popular podcast, radio, and television shows.
Dr. Sheila Patel, MD, FAAFP, is a board-certified family physician and former Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global. For more than a decade she practiced full-spectrum family medicine in rural communities, and she currently maintains an outpatient primary care practice in Southern California where she combines the wisdom of Ayurveda with the tools of modern medicine to help patients heal from a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Dr. Patel is certified as an instructor of Ayurveda, yoga, and meditation and is current Chief Medical Officer for the Gaja Collective where she is lead educator for the Chopra Ayurvedic Health certification program. In addition, she served as the clinical research director for the Chopra Foundation and has co-authored multiple published research papers on the benefits of meditation and Ayurveda. Dr. Patel also serves as a volunteer clinical faculty member at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine where she mentors medical students in primary care and integrative health to help train the next generation of physicians to bring true healing into medicine. In addition to her work in healthcare, she is a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing her expertise in both conventional medicine and Ayurveda with a variety of national and international audiences. She is committed to supporting the expansion of knowledge of all healing practices and is dedicated to helping individuals achieve optimal health and well-being.
