Meet the Team

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

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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.

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Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Surgery

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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

Webb Smith
Webb Smith, PhD

Exercise Physiologist

Psychology

Subspecialists

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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.

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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