Meet Dr. Siebel
Doctor of Pediatric Endocrinology, PH.d., M.D.
Dr. Stephon Siebel is an assistant professor of pediatrics (endocrinology) at Yale School of Medicine. After earning his MD from Heinrich Heine University, he completed his residency training in general pediatrics and clinical and biochemical genetics before completing a pediatric endocrinology fellowship and his PhD in the Investigative Medicine Program at Yale University. He is the Technical Director of the Chemical Metabolism Core and a research member of the Kibbey Lab. For the core, he oversees targeted and untargeted metabolomics, lipidomics, and stable isotope-based metabolic flux analyses. His research interests focus on the role of central carbon metabolism in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and obesity.
When Stephon Siebel, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist, treats children with diabetes, he makes sure he approaches them in nonjudgmental way.
“You can tell a child, ‘Take your insulin. Check your blood sugar.’ And even after the 100th time, they might not do it. The key is to not judge them, because then might get defensive,” Dr. Siebel says. “You want to create a warm and understanding environment, which makes them think, ‘Hey, this physician knows what he is talking about and has empathy to see this is not easy and that we are actually putting effort in.’”
Likewise, Dr. Siebel says he is compassionate when he delivers news of a chronic condition to family. “Parents want the best for their child, and all of a sudden, you crush certain hopes and dreams. For me, it then becomes a huge responsibility to provide the best care to help them along the path with this unforeseen change in life,” he says. “What drew me to pediatric endocrinology is my belief that if you implement early intervention or the latest cutting-edge therapeutics, we can give children with endocrine and metabolic disorders a really bright and meaningful future.”
In addition to diabetes, Dr. Siebel’s interests are hormonal disorders and metabolic syndrome (a cluster of conditions—including high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar—that occur together and increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes).
Dr. Siebel is an associate research scientist at Yale School of Medicine and his research explores liver metabolism and how it pertains to diabetes and obesity.
Scott Sayre
(Chef S)
Meet 'Chef S' (Scott Sayre)
Using Food As Medicine Since 1997
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Scott Sayre (Chef S) has been cooking professionally since 1997. He is an educator as well as a chef, having been certified for Multiple Subjects Credential K-12, in California, additionally he was trained in International Baccalaureate teaching methodology and comes from four generations of educators. He studied cooking, healing theory, and the energetics of food at the Kushi Institute in Boston, at the East West Center with his Sensei, Cecile Levin, (Author of renowned book on healing called, "Cooking For Regeneration.)
He has taught hundreds of ordinary people how to better their health with his special brand of "Food as Medicine." He was vegan for 20 plus years but found that he fell victim to judgement and left the practice for an occasional meal of animal products. He has cooked for over 500 at the OccupyLA movement, utilizing a staff of 3-4 homeless people at a local church. He has written a series of cooking/health related books (9 altogether), through his own publishing company called , "The Awakened Kitchen Publishing." He has created a system of food preparation and a virtual restaurant based upon a person's health concerns, making food that addresses their particular concern. Overall, he has written 26 books, 10 plays, 10 screenplays, created a database of health - utilizing foods and their healing properties. Additionally, he runs the marathon. Oh, and he plays classical guitar and jazz piano just for the fun of it!.
