Results-focused Medical Director specializing in Lifestyle Medicine. Successful in building robust Lifestyle Medicine programs and driving clinical quality improvement.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Medical Director
Kaiser Permanente
Lifestyle Medicine Program
Published Author of Turbo Metabolism: 8 weeks to a new you
Assistant Clinical Prof
Drexel University
School of Medicine
Past-Chair, Clinical Management section, The Obesity Society
Past Board Member, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Clinical interests
Resident and Student Teaching
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
Co-facilitator for Foundations in Patient Care course, UCSF School of Medicine
Teaching Lifestyle Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
Board Certification
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, November 1997, recertified 2007 and 2017
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, November 2012
Senior Physician
TPMG
Pleasanton, CA
02.2002 - Current
Internal
Lifestyle Medicine
Southfield, MI
07.1997 - 01.2002
Education
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
AIIMS
08.1987 - 12.1992
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William Beaumont Hospital
07.1994 - 06.1997
Skills
Patient Health Education
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Affiliations
Fellow, American College of Physicians- American Society of Internal Medicine
Member, American Medical Association
Member California State Medical Association
Additional Information
Honors and Awards
, Speaker at several international medical CME conferences
Research and Presentations
09/1995 Vij, P, Patel, A. Application of estrogen therapy in the treatment of colonic AVM bleeding in a patient with cirrhosis and von Willebrand's disease. Poster presentation at the fall scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians, Traverse City, MI
05/1996 Vij, P, Chase H, Zervos, M. Torsades de pointes associated with intravenous Erythromycin in and of itself. Poster presentation at the spring scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians, Novi, MI
09/1996
Accomplishments
Published Author and accomplished speaker.
Timeline
Senior Physician
TPMG
02.2002 - Current
Internal
Lifestyle Medicine
07.1997 - 01.2002
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William Beaumont Hospital
07.1994 - 06.1997
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
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