Dr. Shayla Nettey (known as Chef Shayla MD) is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine turned plant-based personal chef and health educator. She transitioned from a burned-out medical practice to cooking because she believes food is medicine and wanted to help people prevent and reverse chronic conditions through delicious, plant-based meals.

After experiencing exhaustion and burnout in her clinical medical career, Dr. Nettey decided to pursue her quiet dream of culinary arts. Blending her medical background with her passion for food, she realized she could better serve patients by actively showing them how to make healthy food taste amazing. She co-founded Cooking on Purpose Health to focus on preventing health issues and living a healthy lifestyle. She now operates out of the Greensboro, North Carolina, area offering weekly meal prep, personal chef services, and cooking inspiration.

Let her tell her story and check out the many mouth watering vegan dishes.