REPLAY Dr. Dawn Mussallem - This Plant-Based Physician Survived Two Death Sentences To Become a Real Life Wonder Woman
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Dawn Mussallem is a board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician at the Mayo Clinic Jacoby Center for Breast Health where she works with breast cancer patients during and after their diagnosis to heal and thrive using the pillars of lifestyle medicine alongside their conventional cancer treatments.
Dawn has many remarkable stories of patient recovery, but the biggest recovery story of all is her own. You see, in addition to being a physician, teacher, wife, and mother, Mussallem is also a cancer survivor, 2021 heart transplant recipient, and as of February 2022, she's also a marathon finisher!
It's a story you simply have to hear to believe and her passion and positivity will leave a lasting impact. Not only does she acknowledge her family and faith in this decades-long journey, but she also credits her whole foods plant-based diet with her ability to thrive and train with a renewed sense of purpose and boundless energy. It's a life force she brings both to her life and the lives of the patients she works with on a daily basis.
About Dawn Mussallem, DO
Dr. Mussallem is a consultant in the Department of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine. She is a diagnostic breast specialist at The Robert and Monica Jacoby Center for Breast Health and serves as Medical Director for Mayo Clinic Florida Lyndra P. Daniel Center for Humanities in Medicine. Dr. Mussallem is double-board certified, including a board certification in Lifestyle Medicine. She has over 25 years of patient-centered clinical wellness experience with international recognition in the field of breast medicine, lifestyle medicine, integrative oncology, cancer prevention, and cancer survivorship, and a unique personal experience as a stage IV cancer patient diagnosed 3 months into medical school, as well as a heart transplant recipient. She shares that her journey as a patient cultivated her boundless energy and deep purpose to help guide patients toward renewed vitality. In 2015, she founded the Integrative Medicine and Breast Health Program at Mayo Clinic Florida, a patient-centered program that works with breast cancer patients during and after a breast cancer diagnosis, introducing them early on to the importance of lifestyle optimization and evidence-based mind-body practices alongside conventional cancer treatments with a goal to reframe the cancer diagnosis as a “teacher of life,” leading patients to discover renewed vitality through healthier living.
Episode Resources
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Mayo Clinic News Network Story on Dawn
Dawn's Journey from Cancer Survivor to Heart Transplant Recipient
Running to a New Beat - Heart transplant recipient to mark 1-year anniversary with marathon
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes we all need a |
| 0:02.6 | Carat that's dangling right in front of our noses to help get us out that door on a consistent basis and reach some of our goals |
| 0:11.5 | And so I want to dangle a little carrot in front of you here today |
| 0:16.1 | And I want you to put this on your calendar and |
| 0:19.9 | Join me. I am so |
| 0:23.4 | Over the topic excited to invite you all to join team plan strong. It is our new |
| 0:29.6 | National movement to celebrate how the benefits of a whole food plan strong lifestyle can keep us active and |
| 0:37.3 | Allow us to move our bodies and feel utterly fantastic. I want to invite you to train with the team and |
| 0:44.9 | Complete your choice of either a 5k a half marathon or even a full marathon. You take your pick of the litter now |
| 0:53.3 | our first event is going to take place here in |
| 0:56.5 | Austin, Texas on February 19th and you're all invited to come and finish the race in my hometown of eclectic iconic and |
| 1:05.9 | The capital of Texas Austin |
| 1:08.0 | But hey, I completely understand if you can't make the trip |
| 1:12.3 | You can still complete the goal virtually and earn a medal from this iconic first event |
| 1:18.8 | We'll also send you our team plan strong racing shirt and |
| 1:23.7 | You'll get access to our training plans coaches and everything that's inside our private community |
| 1:31.2 | If you've never run before hey no sweat |
| 1:34.9 | You just get over here walkers. You're absolutely welcome beginners are more than welcome and season runners |
| 1:42.9 | Absolutely, we would love for you to partake as we all work together towards this common goal |
| 1:49.3 | I can't wait to meet all of you. Come on now |
| 1:53.5 | Join team plan strong at planstrong foods.com slash team |
| 1:59.6 | So I woke up |
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