Through the last decade of taking care of adults and children, Dr. Saxena’s philosophy and experience have grown to recognize that true healing must be self-initiated. She sees her role as a guide and partner with her patients. She creates an approachable and non-judgmental space where a person can be courageous enough to explore and make the changes necessary to experience total wellbeing.
Shilpa P. Saxena, M.D. is a Board-Certified Family Practice physician whose passion and purpose come to life through her belief that patients make better choices about their health when they understand all the relevant factors that lead to their disease. She has applied the core principle of ‘Patients Powered by Knowledge’ at the SevaMed Institute, where she practices Functional and Integrative family medicine achieving tremendous success with her patients by finding, treating and reversing the root cause of illness.
Her commitment to education is expressed through her presence on local TV news stations, her voice on national blog talk radio shows and lectures for community awareness events to name a few. Dr. Saxena’s blog entitled “Medicine to Move You” on Beliefnet.com adds to her mission to move the masses towards better health. Her latest labor of love focuses on further enlightening her online medical community through an in-depth website helping people finally make sense of the volumes of confusing, online medical information. LivingWellnessUniversity.com provides a concrete understanding of implementable, health-focused information that so many people are craving from their physicians today. It brings to life ‘Education Beyond Medication’.
Dr. Saxena graduated from the University of Florida College Of Medicine through the Junior Honors Medical Program and completed her Family Practice residency at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where she served as Chief Resident and received an additional Certification in Low Risk Obstetrics. She worked in North Jacksonville helping rural and urban underserved populations have access to respect and education in their healthcare experience. Dr. Saxena opened SevaMed Institute early in her medical career with a targeted vision to create the optimal ‘doctor’s office’ and continues to redefine the medical experience every day for her patients. Her Center for Living Wellness provides the medical home for her patients to participate in advanced clinical lectures, group education visits, healthy cooking classes, a community based organic co-op, and fitness and yoga classes to round out the whole offering.
This is the medicine of the future. Dr. Saxena serves as Clinical Faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine helping educate physicians from around the world on how to implement clinically effective programs for reversing heart disease, diabetes, obesity and many other chronic diseases. Also, Dr. Saxena is a Fellow of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Weil.
SevaMed Institute, the Center for Living Wellness and Living Wellness University represent the culmination of Dr. Saxena’s long-held vision for creating a life-changing place for the health-oriented community.
Robin Trupp, RN, PhD, ARNP, FAHA
Robin has extensive experience as a nationally recognized Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner and expands upon our advanced cardiometabolic expertise to serve the needs of our health-minded community.
Robin received her Doctorate in Nursing from Ohio State University. She also has earned her Masters in the Science of Nursing from the University of Cincinnati and her Bachelors in the Science of Nursing from Miami University (Ohio).
In addition to Robin's extensive experience in working with patients, she has been actively engaged in clinical research in many landmark clinical trials. She is a founding member and a Past President of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses. Robin speaks nationally and internationally on cardiovascular topics and is well published in the arena of heart failure, chronic disease management, hemodynamic monitoring and sleep disorders.
As a newcomer to Tampa, Robin is very physically active and particularly enjoys running, biking and is learning to play golf. Additionally, she teaches and participates in yoga, kickboxing and weight-lifting classes.
Robin enjoys her work expanding our Cardiometabolic Therapeutic Lifestyle Modification program as well as assisting you with your other primary care and integrative medicine needs.
Michele Drielick, CNC
Michele Drielick is the Executive Director for the Center for Living Wellness. She began her career conducting clinical trials for FDA drug approvals. She worked on many leading edge drug therapies for AIDS, Oncology, Infectious Disease and Erectile Dysfunction. She focused in on Clinical Oncology working with oncology practices to improve patient-care, publishing numerous papers and working with expert panels to develop many of the treatment guidelines utilized for cancer care. . She also has extensive management experience in her most recent role as Vice President of a leading healthcare technology company.
Although rewarding at times, she recognized the weaknesses of the pharmaceutical-based care model prompting her to begin her search for more holistic options for wellness. She is licensed in therapeutic massage and holds advanced certifications in Kripalu and PranaVinyasa Yoga. She founded Tree Frog Yoga in 2006 and created a growing community of individuals interested in total wellbeing. In order to help her clients accomplish their goals, she and Dr. Saxena worked together to develop unique lectures educating the community on the benefits of healthy lifestyles.
As Executive Director, Michele heads Clinical Education and provides clinical nutrition education and lifestyle coaching to the patients of SevaMed Institute. She also oversees and manages the Center for Living Wellness and its various programs. In this role, she enjoys the fruitful marriage of her clinical research skills and her holistic training to help people change their lives.
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