HSS Lifestyle Medicine Program

Lifestyle Medicine Events Calendar

See our group classes for patients at HSS and special events that are related to our program.

= Lifestyle Medicine Patient Class
= Nudj Health Partner Class

For additional health and wellness classes open to everyone, please see HSS Education Programs.

Payment Options

All initial visits and group programming are designed to be covered by most insurance plans. Most services and programming are covered by insurance. View our cost of services sheet.

Schedule an Appointment

Please call 212.224.7998 for any scheduling or program questions.

Our interprofessional healthcare team provides evidence-based methods to help you achieve your healthy lifestyle goals. Your personal coordinated plan may include virtual and in person visits for the following:

• Health coach
• Physical therapy
• Nutritional counseling
• Care coordinator
• Smoking cessation assistance
• Individualized weight loss program
• Physical activity
• Medical massage or dry needling for pain control

We also offer a wealth of virtual and in-person programming in the form of group classes and events:

• Exercise classes
• Shared medical appointments/classes

Meet Our Team

Our healthcare team is comprised of lifestyle medicine certified–professionals with specialty in obesity medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical therapists, an exercise kinesiologist, dietitian, health coach and smoking cessation specialist. 

Other features include:

• Organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO ingredients.
• No prep required, simply heat and eat.
• Peace-of-mind & hassle-free.
• Free delivery to your home.
• An exclusive benefit for HSS patients & employees – 10% off all orders!

Lifestyle Medicine Overview

• What is Lifestyle Medicine (Video) with Heidi Prather, DO
  
• Beyond Resolutions: Behavior Change for Your Health (Video) with Heidi Prather, DO, Karen Griffin NP, Kathryn Cohen MS, RDN, Cara Suter PT, DPT
• Lifestyle Medicine in Action: NYC’s Leading Health Systems Share Progress with Heidi Prather, DO
• Lifestyle Medicine - A Prescription for Good Health by Robin Frank
• What Is Lifestyle Medicine? an article by Heidi Prather, DO

Pillars Of Lifestyle Medicine

Healthy Eating

• Eating for Life: Unleashing the Power of Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition (Video) with Heidi Prather, DO and Sue Xiao Yu (Nutritionist)
• Food as Medicine Jumpstart by American College of Lifestyle Medicine
• Good Nutrition: A Central Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine by Heidi Prather, DO
• Lifestyle Medicine Culinary Class with Caryn Dugan from Center for Plant-Based Living.

Sleep

• How to Improve Sleep Quality by Heidi Prather, DO
• Lifestyle Medicine: Strategies for Better Sleep (Video) with Heidi Prather, DO and Rebecca Niitzel, MS, RDN, CDN

Physical Activity

• Lifestyle Medicine: Is Movement Medicine? (Video) with Elizabeth Nguyen, MD and Kelyssa Hall, CSCS, CEAS
• Lifestyle Medicine and the Benefits of Physical Activity by Heidi Prather, DO

Avoidance of Risky Substances

• Lifestyle Medicine Can Help You Quit Smoking or Drinking by Heidi Prather, DO

Managing Stress and Social Connections

• The Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Emotional Wellbeing (Video) with Heidi Prather, DO, Laura Jasphy, EdD, LCSW, REBT, and Linda Roberts (Greenburg Academy for Successful Aging)
• The Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Emotional Well-Being by Heidi Prather, DO

Lifestyle Medicine and Joint Health

• What to Know About Weight-Loss Drugs and Joint Pain by Heidi Prather, DO
• Lifestyle Medicine: The Surgeon's Perspective with Fred D. Cushner, MD and Heidi Prather, DO. Listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify

When it comes to optimizing health and recovery, the expertise of our specialists in lifestyle medicine is in high demand. We're proud to feature their professional talks, grants, publications and ongoing research on how their approach benefits patients seeking to not just manage their conditions, but truly improve their quality of life and get back to moving freely.

National Presentations

• Podiums Presentation  November ACLM 2024

Grand Rounds

• AAPM&R International Fellows, Africa
• Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• University of Washington

Internal Grants

• Feinberg Grant 2024, Impact nutritional supplement prior to total knee revision surgery
• HSS Physiatry Multicenter Grant, University of Washington, Implementation of Wearable Tracking and Patient Communication Regarding Physical Activity and Sleep.

Abstracts

• Comparison of Immediate Surgical Outcomes Following Participation in an Intensive vs. Selective Lifestyle Medicine Program. Heidi Prather, Olivia Leupold, Karen Griffin, Cara Suter, Brendan Pier, Jennifer Cheng. American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting , Orlando Florida, October, 2024.
• Comparison of Immediate Surgical Outcomes Following Participation in an Intensive vs. Selective Lifestyle Medicine Program. Heidi Prather, Olivia Leupold, Karen Griffin, Cara Suter, Brendan Pier, Jennifer Cheng. Weill Cornell, Columbia University Physiatry Research Symposium, New York , New York, September, 2024

Ongoing Publications

• Prather, H., Creighton, A., Sorenson, C., Simpson, S., Reese, M., Hunt, D. and Rho, M., 2018. Anxiety and Insomnia in Young and Middle‐Aged Adult Hip Pain Patients With and Without Femoroacetabular Impingement and Developmental Hip Dysplasia. PM&R, 10(5), pp.455-461.
• Cheng, A.L., Schwabe, M., Doering, M.M., Colditz, G.A. and Prather, H., 2020. The effect of psychological impairment on outcomes in patients with prearthritic hip disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The American journal of sports medicine, 48(10), pp.2563-2571.
• Cheng, A.L., Downs, D.L., Brady, B.K., Hong, B.A., Park, P., Prather, H. and Hunt, D.M., 2023. Interpretation of PROMIS depression and anxiety measures compared with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in musculoskeletal patients. JBJS Open Access, 8(1), p.e22.
• Prather, H., Fogarty, A.E., Cheng, A.L., Wahl, G., Hong, B. and Hunt, D., 2023. Feasibility of an intensive interprofessional lifestyle medicine program for patients with musculoskeletal conditions in the setting of lifestyle‐related chronic disease. PM&R, 15(1), pp.41-50.
• Prather, H. and Cheng, J., 2023. Relationship of chronic systemic inflammation to both chronic lifestyle-related diseases and osteoarthritis: the case for lifestyle medicine for osteoarthritis. HSS Journal®, 19(4), pp.459-466.
• Cheng, A.L., Carbonell, K.V., Prather, H., Hong, B.A., Downs, D.L., Metzler, J.P. and Hunt, D.M., 2023. Unique characteristics of patients who choose an intensive lifestyle medicine program to address chronic musculoskeletal pain. PM&R, 15(6), pp.761-771.
• Deo, P., Leupold, O., Rau, O., Cheng, J. and Prather, H., 2024. Evaluation of sleep health documentation and sleep‐related intervention by physiatrists treating musculoskeletal disorders: A retrospective investigation. PM&R.
• Cheng, A.L., Snider, E.M., Prather, H., Dougherty, N.L., Wilcher-Roberts, M. and Hunt, D.M., 2024. Provider-perceived value of interprofessional team meetings as a core element of a lifestyle medicine program: a mixed-methods analysis of one center’s experience. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 18(1), pp.95-107.
• Prather, H., Leupold, O., Suter, C., Mehta, N., Griffin, K., Pagba, M., Hall, K., Taverna-Trani, A., Rose, D., Jasphy, L. and Yu, S.X., 2024. Early Outcomes of Orthopedic Pre-surgical Patients Enrolled in an Intensive, Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Program to Optimize Health. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, p.15598276241252799.