Meet the Team

Headshot of Dr. Ted Barnett, Founding President of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, promoting plant-based lifestyle medicine.

Ted Barnett, MD, FACLM
Founding President and Board Chair
Full-time unpaid volunteer

  • Dr. Barnett is the “High-Tech Doctor with Low-Tech Solutions”

  • BS from Yale University (1976), MD from Tufts University (1980)

  • Board Certified in Diagnostic Imaging (1984) and Vascular and Interventional Radiology (inaugural exam 1995) and has practiced Radiology in the Rochester area since 1986.

  • Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine (inaugural exam 2017)

  • Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (FACLM) and former board member.

  • Partner, Borg and Ide Imaging, Rochester, NY

  • He, his wife and three children have thrived on an exclusively plant-based diet since 1991.

Headshot of Dr. Susan Friedman, MPH, FACLM, Director of Clinical Studies and Board Vice Chair at Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute.

Susan Friedman, MD, MPH, FACLM
Director of Clinical Studies and Board Vice Chair

  • Trained at Northwestern and Johns Hopkins Universities

  • Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester

  • Board certified internist and geriatrician

  • Lead author of the White Paper on Healthy Aging published in 2018 by the American Geriatrics Society.

  • Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine, having passed the inaugural examination given by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine in October 2017.

  • Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (FACLM)

  • Completed eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate at T. Collin Campbell Center for Nutritition Studies.

  • Special interest in healthy aging

  • Recipient of numerous research grants

  • At home, she is happy to find new plant-based recipes for her husband, and 3 boys.

Headshot of Carol H. Barnett, PHD, JD, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Content Expert and Board Secretary/Treasurer.

Carol H. Barnett, PhD, JD
Content Expert and Board Secretary/Treasurer
Full-time unpaid volunteer

  • BA from St. Bonaventure University (class Valedictorian); PhD in English Language and Literature from Yale University; Law degree (JD) from Yale Law School

  • Co-Coordinator with husband Ted D. Barnett, MD of the Rochester Area Vegan Society since 1995

  • Vegan since 1991; raised three vegan children

  • Curriculum development for 15-Day Whole-Food Plant-Based Jumpstart Program

  • Curriculum development for CME program “Jumpstarting Health”

  • Curriculum development for alumni program “Plant-Based Together.”

  • Involved in town governance and green space protection, most recently as a founding member of the Rush Recreation and Park Association

  • Headshot of Lain Kahlstrom, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Executive Director.

    Lain Kahlstrom

    Executive Director

  • Headshot of Dr. Kerry Graff, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Medical Director.

    Kerry Graff, MD

    Medical Director

  • Headshot of Kim Taylor, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Jumpstart Program Director and Health Coach, NBC-HWC.

    Kim Taylor

    Jumpstart Program Director & Health Coach, NBC-HWC

  • Headshot of Marion Treece, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Director of Education and Programming.

    Marion Treece

    Director of Education &
    Programming

  • Headshot of Brian Bell, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Head of Operations.

    Brian Bell

    Operations

  • Headshot of Bruce Pollock, MBA, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Director of Community Engagement and Data Management.

    Bruce Pollock, MBA

    Community Engagement & Data Management

  • Headshot of Sarina Farb, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Program Facilitator and Membership Specialist.

    Sarina Farb

    Program Facilitator & Membership Specialist

  • Headshot of Deborah Chieli, NP, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Community Engagement and Program Facilitator.

    Deborah Chielli, NP

    Community Engagement
    & Program Facilitator

  • Headshot of Peg Haust-Arliss, LCSW-R, DipACT, CHHC, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Program Facilitator.

    Peg Haust-Arliss, LCSW-R, DipACT, CHHC

    Program Facilitator

  • Headshot of Jane Dorsey, NP, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Health Coach and Sleep Specialist.

    Jane Dorsey, NP

    Health Coach - Sleep Specialist

  • Headshot of Tobi James, RN, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute Program Facilitator.

    Tobi James, RN

    Program Facilitator