Balancing Compassion and Medicine: From Hospice to Obesity Care

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sherika Newman, a hospice and palliative medicine physician and founder of Doctor in the Family. Dr. Newman shares how her journey in patient care led her to launch a patient advocacy service and later expand into weight management. She explains why obesity is now understood as a chronic brain-based disease, the groundbreaking role of GLP-1 medications, and the concept of “food noise” that many patients struggle with. Dr. Newman also discusses her philoso...