Episode 377: Dr. Vikash Modi

Low Carb MD Podcast

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Vikash Modi is the Medical Director of Preventative Medicine at Prenuvo, a company whose mission is “to flip the paradigm from reactive ‘sick-care’ to proactive health care.” Prenuvo accomplishes this goal by using their award-winning whole body scans to safely, quickly, and non-invasively detect early signs of cancer, aneurysms, and diseases. Dr. Vikash earned his BS degree in Neuroscience from Emory University and his MD from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

In this episode, Drs. Brian, Tro, and Vikash talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (04:04) How Dr. Vikash got into medicine and what he is passionate about
• (14:47) The work that Prenuvo does and how they are able to offer incredible value to people through full body scans
• (22:31) The medical-legal landscape and patient anxiety
• (29:21) Procedure-based insurance and preventative screening
• (34:17) The possible pros and cons of GLP-1 drugs
• (38:52) Prenuvo’s new 100,000 patient study looking into the long-term impact of preventative full body scans on health trajectory
• (40:19) Catching early stage cancers and other potential inflammation/structural issues using preventative full-body scans
• (50:31) The motivational power of a full body scan for helping patients seeing the need for being proactive about their health
• (52:08) The scans and other services offered by Prenuvo
• (55:54) How Prenuvo connects people with its services and its plans for future growth
• (57:54) Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

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Dr. Vikash Modi:

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikash-modi-04194a139/
• Prenuvo: https://prenuvo.com/
• Prenuvo Research: https://prenuvo.com/research
• Instagram: @docmodi

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website: https://www.doctortro.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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