Lisa M. Davis

Certified Physician Assistant and Clinical Nutrition Specialist with expertise in internal medicine, weight management and clinical research.

Founder and President of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit farm animal rescue, Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary & Eco-Retreat, 2012-TD.

• Physician Assistant (PA-C), Current Medical License: State of Maryland
• Certified Nutrition Specialist since 2007
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider, Exp 3/2024
• Healthcare Provider BLS/AED, Exp 3/2024
• Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), 1995-2000

• Emerald Who’s Who for Executives and Professionals, 2009
• Richard and Barbara Hall Student Research Award - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
• Elsa Orent Keiles Fellowship in Biochemistry and Human Nutrition – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
• Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society, Immaculata University, 1993 – 1996

• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
• American Nutrition Association (ANA)

• Pressed Juicery Medical Advisory Board, 2015, TD
• Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary and Eco-Retreat, 2012, TD, Chair
• MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE) Advisory Committee, Villanova University, 2011, 2022
• Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, PA, 1998, 2001

• Rowe B. and Davis L. (2008). Anti-inflammatory Foods For Health. Fair Winds Press.
• Davis, LM. (2006).The Secret is Out, What Physicians Have Always Known About Weight Loss. Medifast Publishing.

• Cheskin LJ, Sonzone CM, Davis LM. Clinical strategies for managing the overweight neurology patient. Neurology Clinical Practice 2012; 1-7.
• Davis LM, Coleman D, Kiel J, Rampolla J, Hutchisen T, Ford L, Andersen WS, Hanlon-Mitola A. Efficacy of a meal replacement diet plan compared to a food-based diet plan after a period of weight loss and weight maintenance: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal 2010, 9:11.
• Davis LM, Chang SC, Mancini J, et al. Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent among African American adolescents. Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology 2010, 23:45-52.
• Davis LM, Michaelides M, Cheskin LJ, Moran TH, Watkins PA, Pei, Z, Contoreggi C, McCullough K, Volkow ND, Hope B, Thanos PK. Bromocriptine administration reduces hyperphagia and adiposity and differentially affects dopamine (DA) D2 receptor (D2R) and DA transporter (DAT) binding levels in leptin receptor-deficient Zucker (fa/fa) and diet-induced obese (DIO) rats. Neuroendocrinology 2009;89(2):152-62.
• Cheskin LC, Davis LM, Lipsky LM, Mitola AH, Lycan T, Mitchell V, Mickle B, Adkins E. Lack of energy compensation over 4 days when white button mushrooms are substituted for beef. Appetite 2008;51(1):50-57.
• Davis LM, Coleman C, Cheskin LJ, Andersen, WS. The effect of metabolism-boosting beverages on 24-hr energy expenditure. The Open Nutrition Journal 2008;2:38-42.
• Cheskin LC, Mitchell AM, Jhaveri AD, Mitola AH, Davis LM, Lewis RA, Yep MA, Lycan, TW.  Efficacy of meal replacements versus standard food-based diet for weight loss in type 2 diabetes: A controlled clinical trial. Diabetes Educator 2008;34(1):118-127.
• Rowe B, Davis LM. Bridging the divide between bariatric surgery and traditional weight loss programs. Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care 2007;2(2):109-112.
• Davis LM, Pei Z, Watkins P, McCullough K, Contoreggi C, Trush M, Moran T, Cheskin L. Bromocriptine improves fatty liver in obese rodent models.  Journal of Hepatology 2006;45:439-444.

• Research grant participation: as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Davol, Inc., Mushroom Council, Hahnemann University Hospital Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center, and Medifast, between 1995-2011.

• Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Villanova University (July, 2011)
• Research Associate, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (January 2006-December 2007)

• Significant media experience on TV, Radio, Podcasts and in Print, 2005-2022