About Us

My journey into lifestyle medicine probably took shape in medical school. Dr. Gillian Bice, a favorite professor, shared the 2009 Potsdam study emphasizing a whopping 80% reduction in developing deadly chronic diseases through combined healthy lifestyle factors —regular exercise, avoiding smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and healthy diet! She then taught us how to do it, starting with nutrition. She pointed out that a popular fast food chain created over 20 menu items with variations of the same FOUR basic ingredients. She motivated us to simplify our own lifestyle goals towards health. This influenced me personally and professionally. 

As both a physician and quality improvement and patient safety expert, I founded WellNEST Medicine™ LLC, inspired by wonderful feedback from my patients and peers. WellNEST Medicine™ empowers people and organizations to build a WellNEST for quality of life! In nature, nests are created with a specific purpose, often using building blocks from the local environment:
🟪 Nurturing activities
🟩 Exercising & Eating fruits and veggies
🟦 Sleep & Stress management
🟨 Timed mindful breaks.

In both medicine and quality improvement, our best solutions target the underlying cause of the problem. The evidence consistently identifies lifestyle behaviors as the cause of 80% of chronic diseases. As early as residency, I used individual and shared medical appointments to emphasize these principles to treat diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and mood changes in busy primary care practices. In short, I love celebrating progress with people!

Most critically, people gain more control over their health outcomes towards health equity. That is what Lifestyle Medicine through a quality improvement approach uniquely offers clinicians and patients—empowerment, independence, and support.

WellNEST Medicine™ uses a whole-person and compassionate approach to help prevent, treat, and even reverse disease!

Chief Wellness Officer, Seeds to Inspire Foundation | Dual Board-Certified Physician (Internal Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine) | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Healthcare Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Leader

Dr. Bisi Alli is a dual board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine with more than 10 years of full-time, direct patient care experience, along with nationally recognized leadership in healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, physician wellness, and preventive care.

As Chief Wellness Officer of the Seeds to Inspire Foundation, Dr. Alli leads strategic initiatives that advance individual and clinician well-being through evidence-based wellness strategies, lifestyle medicine, and sustainable health system transformation. Her work is grounded in the belief that optimal health is achieved not only by treating disease, but by preventing it and empowering people to live healthier, more resilient lives.

Dr. Alli is the creator of the nationally recognized Food as Medicine program, which includes a YouTube series and virtual teaching kitchen focused on practical, culturally relevant nutrition education. This innovative program is supported by a national grant from the American College of Physicians (ACP) and reflects her commitment to advancing nutrition education, lifestyle medicine, and preventive healthcare.

She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center (now the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix). During residency, she served as Chief Resident and was the Founding Medical Director of the Veterans’ Residency Clinic. Dr. Alli later served as faculty at Mayo Clinic Arizona, where she trained medical students and residents while leading system-wide quality improvement initiatives using her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt expertise.

Dr. Alli is the Principal of WellNEST Medicine in Phoenix, where she practices lifestyle medicine using the NEST framework—Nurturing activities, Exercise, Eating plant-powered foods, Sleep, and Stress management—to help individuals achieve sustainable, whole-person health. She also serves as Associate Clinical Professor and Discipline Steward of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine–Phoenix, educating future physicians in preventive, whole person-centered care.

In addition to her academic and clinical leadership roles, Dr. Alli serves in several national leadership and faculty positions with the American College of Physicians, including Faculty, Physician Coach for the ACP Physician Peer Coaching Program, and Faculty for the ACP Quality Improvement Leadership Training Pre-Course. Through this work, she partners with physicians and healthcare practices nationwide to drive measurable improvements in clinical outcomes, patient safety, leadership effectiveness, and high-value healthcare delivery. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), helping to shape national strategy that advances equity, leadership, physician wellness, and excellence in medicine.

An author and health educator, Dr. Alli’s work includes the #1 Early Release illustrated children’s book Tayo and the Super Produce Pals at the Grocery Store!, which promotes healthy eating habits through engaging, age-appropriate storytelling, evidence-based tips, and fun activities for health over a lifetime!

Passionate about mentorship, collaboration, and health equity, Dr. Alli is dedicated to transforming healthcare through lifestyle medicine, quality improvement, and physician leadership, with the goal of improving health outcomes for individuals, clinicians, and communities.