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Live Longer. Live Better.

Personalized physician-led care focused on metabolic health, disease prevention, healthy aging and lifelong vitality.

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Healthcare Designed for Prevention

Most healthcare begins after disease develops.

At Foundation Health MD, we focus on the daily habits and lifestyle factors that have the greatest impact on health, longevity, and quality of life.

Through evidence-based medicine and personalized lifestyle change, we help patients improve metabolic health, reduce disease risk, and build a foundation for lifelong wellbeing.

Areas of Focus

Personalized physician-led care focused on metabolic health, longevity, and sustainable lifestyle change.

Metabolic Health

Support for prediabetes, diabetes, insulin resistance, weight management, and metabolic optimization.

Healthy Aging & Longevity

Strategies designed to maximize healthspan, preserve function, and support long-term vitality.

Sustainable Lifestyle Change

Personalized nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and behavior change.

Meet Joshua Schulist, MD

Board-Certified Family Medicine
Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine

After years of practicing traditional primary care, I became increasingly interested in the lifestyle factors that drive many chronic diseases.

Foundation Health MD was created to give patients the time, education, and personalized support needed to understand their health, identify meaningful opportunities for change, and build lasting health.

My mission is simple:

Help people live longer, healthier, more vibrant lives.

Joshua Schulist, MD, lifestyle medicine physician, outdoors in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

How It Works

Step 1

Comprehensive Assessment

Review health history, lifestyle, goals, and available laboratory data.

Step 2

Personalized Plan

Develop practical recommendations tailored to your priorities and goals.

Step 3

Ongoing Support

Follow-up visits to implement, refine, and sustain meaningful change.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Whether your goal is improving metabolic health, reducing future disease risk, or optimizing longevity, Foundation Health MD provides a personalized and evidence-based path forward.

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What patients have said about Dr. Schulist

  • “Dr. Schulist is caring and knowledgeable and provides research-based lifestyle strategies.”

  • “He takes time to listen and explains his suggested treatment plan in an understandable way.”

  • “He is patient and caring and took time to answer my questions and address my concerns.”

  • “Well-versed and up to date, especially regarding plant-based nutrition.”

  • “Friendly, knowledgeable, energetic, trustworthy.”

  • “He was so caring. He carefully listened to what I said and asked questions. Wonderful doctor!”

  • “Very impressed. I felt extremely confident in him and would gladly see him again.”

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