Meagan Grega
Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer at Kellyn Foundation
- Role
- Residency Faculty Family Medicine and Internal Medicine - Anderson Campus at St. Luke's University Health Network
- Location
- Easton, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Meagan Grega
Meagan L. Grega, MD, FACLM, is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Kellyn Foundation a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice. Through the “Healthy Neighborhood Immersion Strategy”, Kellyn provides school-based healthy lifestyle education and “Garden as a Classroom” programs; supports access to nutrient-dense produce and delicious plant-powered prepared meals via the Eat Real Food Mobile Market; engages participants in hands-on, plant-based cooking classes in community settings and offers intensive therapeutic lifestyle change interventions for families, employers and community groups. She is a graduate of Bucknell University with a B.S. in Biochemistry/Cell Biology and earned her MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.Dr. Grega spent several years as a medical officer in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander before resigning from active-duty service. She frequently lectures on the topics of Lifestyle Medicine at national and regional conferences, universities, hospital Grand Rounds, medical residency programs and community forums. Mentoring residents, medical, dietician and nursing students is one of her passions. She is honored to serve as faculty for the St. Luke’s University Health Network Anderson Campus Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency programs, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and as faculty advisor for the LKSOM/SLUHN medical student Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG). She serves as the current conference chair for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting and as a member of several national task force groups dedicated to the expansion of evidence-based lifestyle medicine services. Dr. Grega is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, serves on the governing Board of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and is board certified in both Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine.Child/Family health in general, and the obesity epidemic in particular, are issues in which Dr. Grega has had a long-standing interest. She believes the benefits of regular exercise, adequate sleep, supportive social connections, healthy food choices and the art of balance are the keys to improving our children’s future, as well as our own.
Experience
Residency Faculty Family Medicine and Internal Medicine - Anderson Campus
St. Luke's University Health Network
May 2019 — Present · Easton, PA, US
Education
Bucknell University
BS, Biochemistry/Cell Biology
1991 — 1993
Hunterdon Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program
Family Medicine, Family Medicine
1997 — 2000
University of Pennsylvania
MD, Medicine
1993 — 1997
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