Sandra Musial, MD, FAAP, DipABOM, DipABLM is a physician specializing in food as medicine who is dedicated to preserving health and reversing lifestyle-related chronic disease through whole, plant-based nutrition. Sandy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from the University of New Hampshire, and an MD degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Dr. Musial has worked in a private pediatric practice and at Hasbro Children’s Hospital teaching the pediatric residents and medical students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is a culinary coach from Harvard’s CHEF Coaching program, has a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell, and a health coaching certificate from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Sandy is triple board certified in lifestyle medicine, pediatrics, and obesity medicine, and started an obesity clinic and the first vegetable garden at Hasbro.

Though she has witnessed the healing power of conventional medicine, she has also seen its limitations, especially with regard to disease prevention through healthy nutrition. Sandy started the nonprofit Plant Docs as an avenue for people to learn about the power of plant-based nutrition to improve health.