Shipra Bansal, MD

She/Her/Hers

Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences and Community Health, College of Osteopathic MedicineCo-Director, Student Run Free Clinic

Areas of Expertise

  • Lifestyle Medicine
  • Chronic Disease Management

Biography

Dr. Bansal is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences and Community Health at Touro University, where she leads the institution’s Lifestyle Medicine Certification Program and directs culinary group visits focused on chronic disease management.

Previously, she served as a physician at the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and as a Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, where she practiced and taught lifestyle medicine. During her time at UCI, she developed and piloted successful diabetes group visit programs at an affiliated federally qualified health center, improving access to team-based, preventive care.

Dr. Bansal has also created and published a fully open-source lifestyle medicine curriculum designed for medical students, advancing the integration of evidence-based lifestyle interventions into undergraduate medical education. Her work centers on preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals with practical, evidence-based tools to treat and reverse chronic disease while optimizing whole-person health.

She completed her training at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in 2008 and is dual board-certified in Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a certified clinical health coach and is deeply committed to building collaborative, empowering relationships with her patients.

Clinical Specialty

  • Group Medical Visits
  • Culinary Medicine

Education

  • University of Arizona, Rural Faculty Development Fellowship, May 2010
  • Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Residency, June 2008
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, M.D., May 2005
  • University of California, Berkeley, B. A., May 1994

Certifications

  • Diplomate, American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, 2019-present
  • Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine through 2028
  • Certified Clinical Health Coach, 8/2021-present

Recent Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/shipra.bansal.1/bibliography/public/

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