Who We Are
It all started with two moms who had a vision. Lisa R. Ramey, D.O., Medical Director of Integrative Pediatrics and Heather Quillen, a health care advocate with a focus on women and children, share a vision and passion for children’s health. Their journey started with an idea that became a mission and eventually culminated in an innovative, leading-edge medical health and wellness program called YoMedics™. Unwilling to sit by and watch the crushing tide of poor health continue to roll over today’s children, they knew action was needed, and it was needed now!
Dr. Lisa , in her Orlando-based pediatric medical practice, saw an alarming rise in the number of children coming to her office that were struggling with obesity and the consequences, including: depression, low self-esteem and chronic health conditions. Dr. Lisa also noticed a growing trend of frustrated parents unsure of how to help their children overcome obesity and who wanted to help their children avoid developing “adult” diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease but had no idea where to start or how to provide support to their children in a medically healthy way. These families were crying out for help and Dr. Lisa was determined to find a way to help.
Heather Quillen became increasingly aware of the childhood obesity epidemic through alarming reports from sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and through daily life, observing the growing number of obese children everywhere she went. Finding it heartbreaking for children to face difficulties that were clearly avoidable, Heather created an innovative, multi-disciplinary children’s fitness and wellness program that was adopted by public and private school systems called YoMagination™ Wellness & Education.
Learning of Dr. Lisa’s commitment to tackling the child obesity problem, Heather asked Dr. Lisa to serve as Medical Director for YoMagination™ Wellness & Education. Sharing a common belief in the whole child approach to children’s health and well being, it was the start of a beautiful relationship!
Seeing a need for a medical approach to whole body health and wellness, the two , co-founded YoMedics™. Heather and Dr. Lisa have created this flagship program which is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program offered exclusively to pediatricians, family physicians, hospitals and health care providers incorporating the holistic principles of YoMagination™ with the science of medicine. The twelve week YoMedics™ Kids Journey to YoPower for Life! program consists of sound medical principles and practices developed by Dr. Lisa and Heather along with a panel of leading experts, with a focus on both nutrition and exercise while offering a unique method of tracking progress and journaling in a format that is fun and appealing to children and easy for families to implement at home. YoMedics™ is intended to create and sustain balance, optimal weight and health for a lifetime through whole health education on prevention and wellness. To learn more about the program, click here!
