Barnard Medical Center
Barnard Medical Center on Wisconsin Avenue is a primary care practice established by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, combining medical care with prevention and nutrition. Its physicians, nurse practitioner and dietitian see patients for annual physicals, chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, and nutrition care. It also offers DXA scans for body composition analysis.
The care team
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James Loomis Jr., MD, MBA, FACLM
Board certified in internal medicine and a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine
Published qualificationsMedical degree from the University of Arkansas and internal medicine residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Before Barnard he practiced internal medicine at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, where he was also director of prevention and wellness.
Vanita Rahman, MD, DipABLM
Board-certified internal medicine and lifestyle medicine physician
Kristine Slatkavitz, FNP-BC, DipABLM
Board-certified family nurse practitioner and a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine
Shannon Menhardt, MS, RDN
Registered dietitian with a plant-based nutrition certificate through eCornell
Neal Barnard, MD, FACC
Named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 2015
Published qualificationsAdjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. He founded the Barnard Medical Center in 2016.
Care at Barnard Medical Center
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Barnard Medical Center describes its care in general terms rather than publishing a test menu, so there is no list here to line up against other Washington, DC-Bethesda clinics. These are the headings it publishes, in its own words:
It also names one recognizable service: DEXA scan. Read it as a sample of what they offer rather than the whole of it.
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