Dr. David Drozek trained and practiced as a general surgeon for many years before his introduction to Lifestyle Medicine as a patient. Having personally experienced reversal of chronic lifestyle related disease, he transitioned into Lifestyle Medicine as a specialty. He teaches and is involved in research at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio, and has a small Lifestyle Medicine practice which serves as a teaching and research venue. His research is focused on the teaching and delivery of Lifestyle Medicine, especially for people with a lower socioeconomic status.