Health Topics

Week of December 10, 2022

Inflammation, Stress and Disease
Menopause and Weight Gain: Is It Inevitable?

 

Dr. Shannon Cheffet joined the Lifewellness team in 2020 and has been practicing in San Diego County since 2006.  A graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, D. O. program in 2002, she completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Loma Linda University Medical Center.  Dr. Cheffet has worked as a medical director of a local Federally Qualified Health Center, as well as a hospitalist for Sharp Memorial Hospital.  Dr. Cheffet’s experience as both a practitioner and a mother of four have reinforced her passion to treat the entire person, not just their illness. Her special interest in wellness and obesity medicine, inspired her to become board certified in Obesity Medicine in 2021 and she recently completed a humanitarian trip to deliver much needed medical care to villages throughout Zambia. Dr. Cheffet is honored to be the wife of a Navy helicopter pilot who also believes in having an active lifestyle.  When they are not on the sidelines of a soccer, little league, or lacrosse game, they will often hop on a paddleboard or head to the mountains to hike with their dogs, Bear & Kona.