Good morning! This week we saw the retirement of one of our heroes, Dr. Joan Dorn PhD, Medical Professor at CUNY. She is a huge advocate for WWAD and has been since she headed up the Physical Activity and Health Branch of the CDC (her previous post). 5 years ago, Dr. Dorn started Walk with […]

Good morning!How’s your New Year coming along. Day 17 right in front of us. Any resolutions? Yeah, I didn’t really either. Well, I did have a theme. Make <things> happen, even if was risky and made me uncomfortable. The Brene’ Brown must finally be kicking in.Under that umbrella, this Monday, Krissy and I were walking Phoebe past our local coffee […]

Good morning! Ladies and gentlemen – it’s a beautiful day. Happy New Year; let’s break bread. Ready for some TMI? I messed up my back 7 months ago, missed a few days of work, but that’s it, and it’s now all better. I was fortunate to recover without surgery, injection – nothing – just took […]

Good morning. I have a pretty crazy story to share. This all started in our clinic almost 12 months ago, exactly. It was the Thursday before Elvis’ Birthday (January 8th), and we had Elvis posters with blacklights in all the rooms. The one in Room 3 was particularly special (below). Michael S. was ready to […]

Happy Thanksgiving from WWAD! Dear Rachael, Good morning! The most precious gift we can give anyone is our time. Thank you for giving up your valuable time to read our stupid newsletters. Also, thank you for giving yourself 20 mins a day to walk – in addition to all your wonderful walking at work and home. By doing this […]

Donate The Story Of Walk with a Doc… Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. Frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting, Dr. Sabgir invited his patients to go for a walk with him in a local park on a […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Cat Gaines and Southeastern Health Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Dr. Heather Margaret (real person this week), out in rural Idaho, often has me shaking my head with her brilliance. I’ve asked her forever, “Who writes your stuff?” It must’ve been in the resultant stupor from her communications, that I’d asked/begged […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary KC Arnold and The Diabetes Center in Ocean Springs, MS Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Yesterday, we received a fictional letter from a man in New Hampshire (we could tell it was fake because we don’t have a chapter in NH). It started like this: Dear Rachel, David, and Bryan (he […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Dr. Pintea in New York, NY Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! In early October, I had a 43 y/o man come in super stressed out. I had seen him a few times over the past 5 or so years and all his echos, stress tests, CT calcium score, and Holters […]

Vicki Stoddard Hilo, Hawaii Dear WWAD, A rush of gratitude comes with writing about Hilo, Hawaii’s Walk With A Doc program and it’s leader, Dr. Craig Kadooka. Thank you! There are several things I’m grateful for. Speaking personally, our WWAD weekend meeting is “a given” in my life. I look forward to it and schedule […]