Ted Barnett, MD, FACLM (also known as Dr. Veggie) is the president and board chair of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute which he founded in 2015. 

Known as the “High-Tech Doctor with Low-Tech Solutions,” he is an Interventional Radiologist, Mammographer, Body Imager, and senior partner with Borg and Ide Imaging in Rochester, NY—where he has practiced since 1986. 

Like any good parents, Ted and his wife Carol performed an experiment on their children—in 1991, they became vegan. The experiment worked! All three children are now remarkably healthy and charming adult vegans (and their youngest even won a Grammy)!

As a fellow and former board member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine ACLM), Dr. Barnett is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine using the principles of Plant-Based nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Barnett received his undergraduate degree in 1976 from Yale and his medical degree in 1980 from Tufts, where he also completed his Diagnostic Imaging residency, and became board-certified in 1984.

11 years later, in 1995, he became one of the first physicians board-certified in Vascular & Interventional Radiology after passing the inaugural examination given by the American Board of Radiology.

22 years later, in 2017, he became one of the first 204 physicians board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine after passing the inaugural examination of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

In March 2020, adapting to the realities of the pandemic, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute began delivering its monthly ACLM-certified 15-Day Whole-Food Plant-Based Jumpstart using Zoom and the Google Classroom. As of March 2024, the program has reached over 2200 people in 44 states and 9 countries.