Lisa Doggett MD

Summary

• Dr. Lisa Doggett is a family and lifestyle medicine physician based in Austin. She currently serves as chief medical officer for Sendero, a community-based, nonprofit health plan in Central Texas. She also leads the PAVING the Path to Wellness program at the University of Texas at Austin’s Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center. Her award-winning memoir, Up the Down Escalator, chronicles her journey with multiple sclerosis as a doctor turned patient while directing a clinic for those without insurance. She is a columnist for the national news organization, Public Health Watch, and her articles have been published by the New York Times, NPR.org, and the Dallas Morning News. Dr. Doggett graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Cincinnati. She is board-certified in family medicine, lifestyle medicine, and obesity medicine, and she was a Vaccine Science Fellow with the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2021-22.