Meet our Healthy Lifestyle Clinic Team
Our multidisciplinary Healthy Lifestyle Clinic helps children and adolescents manage their weight. After a comprehensive evaluation on the child’s first visit, we develop a personalized health plan aimed at reducing health complications and improving body composition and fitness. Children in our program follow-up regularly in clinic to monitor progress and receive individualized attention.
Medical Providers
Dr. Hare, a general pediatrician, is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She is certified by the American Boards of Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine. She has received National Institutes of Health funding for her obesity-related research efforts in both children and adults.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Surgery
Dr. Weatherall, a pediatric surgeon, is the surgical director of Le Bonheur’s Healthy Lifestyle Clinic. She completed her general surgery training at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, and her pediatric surgery fellowship training at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Her clinical focus includes adolescent bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, and other complex pediatric and neonatal surgical processes.
Exercise Specialists
Exercise Physiologist
Psychology
Subspecialists
Dr. Brown is the Genetics Division chief at Le Bonheur, and a professor and the St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics for Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Brown came to Memphis from Baylor College of Medicine, where he served for 20 years as a faculty member in the departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Pediatrics, and as training faculty in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He has spent much of his career focused on studying how genes control lean and fat body mass.
Dr. Yohannan specializes in general pediatric cardiology and non-invasive imaging. Dr. Yohannan is the medical director of inpatient pediatric cardiology within the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the director of the pediatric cardiology fellowship for the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty and is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Clinical Providers
Nutrition
Monica Porter, MA, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Jana Woodruff RD, LD, CDCES
Registered Dietitian
Occupational Therapy
Dana Kimberly, OT
Occupational Therapist
Nursing
Darla Hale, RN
Lead Nurse
Haley Sun, RN
Clinic Nurse
Raquel Mack, BSN, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
Jennifer Ferrel, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Administrative staff
Alexandra Davis
Clinic Coordinator