Amy Doneen, DNP, ARNP
Amy L. Doneen, DNP is an international leader in the prevention of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes and is one of the most influential names in cardiology.[i] She is the cofounder and a principal instructor in the BaleDoneen Method, practiced by hundreds of clinicians around the world. This genetically guided, precision-medicine approach to the prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been shown in two recent peer-reviewed studies to halt, stabilize and even reverse CVD, helping people avoid heart attacks and strokes, even if they have already suffered one or more of these events.[ii],[iii]
Dr. Doneen is the owner and medical director of The Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center (HASPC) in Spokane, Washington, a highly sought private clinical practice that serves patients from all over the world using the BaleDoneen Method. Founded in 2003, HASPC was one of the first facilities of its kind in the United States to offer its patients a written guarantee of arterial wellness,[iv] stating that if they suffer a heart attack or stroke, they will get a refund of all fees paid that year.
Dr. Doneen holds professorships at the Washington State University School of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry and Texas Tech University Health Science Center. She has published her research in many leading medical journals, including the American Heart Association’s Circulation, Atherosclerosis, the official journal of the European Atherosclerosis Society, Postgraduate Medicine, Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Lipidology, Archives of Medical Science, The International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices, Journal of Clinical & Experimental Cardiology, and Physician’s Weekly. She is also the co-author of the best-selling book, Beat The Heart Attack Gene: The Revolutionary Plan to Prevent Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes (John Wiley and Sons), available in hardcover, paperback, audio and e-book formats from Amazon and other booksellers.
Since 2002, she has given nearly 1,000 lectures, presentations and keynote speeches to leading medical, dental, nursing and healthcare groups in the U.S. and abroad, including AAOSH, American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry, American Dental Association, American Heart Association, American Osteopathic Association, Cleveland HeartLab, MDVIP, International Atherosclerotic Society and the European Atherosclerosis Society. Dr. Doneen has served on many advisory boards and as a consultant to Cleveland HeartLab and MyGenetx.
Brad Bale, MD
Bradley Bale, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor WSU College of Medicine, Assistant Professor University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech Health Science Center, and runs a private practice in Gallatin, TN. Dr. Bradley Bale is one of the nation’s leading specialists in preventing heart attacks, stroke and diabetes. Since 2001, he’s given numerous presentations to medical and dental groups in the US and abroad.
Convinced that standard of care wasn’t doing enough to identify early stages of CVD and avert recurrences in heart attack and stroke survivors, he cofounded the Bale/Doneen Method with Amy Doneen in 2001. This personalized approach of CV risk assessment and management evolved to an effectiveness level sufficient to allow them to attach a ‘guarantee’ to their clinical practices.
Their research on CVD prevention has been published in such respected medical journals as Atherosclerosis, Post Graduate Medicine, Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Lipidology, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician’s Weekly, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Archives of Medical Science, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and ADVANCE for Healthy Aging. Dr. Bale is on the editorial board for the medical journal: Healthcare in Low-resource Settings. Dr. Bale has also served as a reviewer for American Journal of Cardiology and the CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease. Co-author Bale BF, Doneen AL (2014) Beat the Heart Attack Gene . Wiley General Trade, New York, NY.
Randy Kembel
Randy Kembel is Chief Operating Officer of BaleDoneen Method, a provider and patient focused methodology that focuses on the prevention of heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Randy is responsible for identifying solutions to attract, educate and engage providers and patients in the BaleDoneen Method while maximizing the reach and profitability both domestically and internationally. Prior to his role with BaleDoneen, Randy was President and Founder of Nuvodia / TROI IT Solutions which was formed in 2006 to provide both traditional and hosted technology consulting services to a diverse client base.
Randy has over 25 years of operations and technology experience for both startup and traditional organizations. His breadth of industry knowledge includes; manufacturing, mining, consumer services, hospitality, financial services, healthcare, technology and accounting.
He has demonstrated the ability to assist companies in achieving business objectives through efficient operations the effective use of technology. Before launching Nuvodia / TROI, Randy held several senior level executive positions in the Denver market.
Randy holds an MBA from the University of Idaho and a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Eastern Washington University, along with certifications of completion from leadership programs including Vanderbilt University’s “Leading a Fast Growing Business” executive program. Randy has served on several boards including: URM Stores Inc., Associated Industries, and EWU’s College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
In his free time, Randy enjoys running, golf and time with his wife Julie and their two sons, Corbin, Kramer and their families.
David Wright, MD, Executive Coach
For more than 30 years, Dr. David Wright has delivered tangible results to thousands of patients through a progressively refined, science-based, practical approach to the prevention of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. His career-long passion for teaching medical students and residents now focuses on helping his peers understand and apply the ever-changing science of the BaleDoneen Method in a real-world setting.
Dr. Wright became a speaker on the science of cardiometabolic prevention in 2011 for the BaleDoneen Method, Quest, and Cleveland HeartLab.
In 2019, he joined BaleDoneen Method as a Clinical Coach and Science Update presenter.
His concierge practice, Premier Prevention Memphis, opened in 2017 to use his experience, the latest science and effective patient engagement strategies to personally guide patients making transformative changes using the BaleDoneen Method.
Robert Darling, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Rob Darling serves as Medical Director for the Bale Doneen Method Telemedicine Practice. He is a 1985 graduate of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Following completion of a transitional internship at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1986 he entered basic flight training at the Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute (NAMI) Pensacola, Florida and was designated a Naval Flight Surgeon in 1987. He then served aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and became second seat qualified in both the F14 and A6 tactical jets. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in 1994.
Other assignments included service at the United States Naval Academy, the emergency department at the Naval Hospital, US Marine Corps base, Camp Pendleton, CA, and the US Army Medical Research Institute of Iinfectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
In 1996 he was selected as the first emergency medicine physician to serve the President of the United States at the White House. He cared for the president, the vice president, their families and the President’s cabinet as they traveled the world aboard Air Force One from 1996 until 1999.
He completed his 25 years of active duty military service at the rank of Captain as the Director of the Navy Medicine Office of Homeland Security in the office of the Navy Surgeon General in Washington, DC.
Following his retirement from the Navy in 2006, he returned to the USUHS School of Medicine as the Director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM). He has been in private practice since 2009 and has been practicing medicine for nearly 40 years.
He currently serves as Medical Director at Crisis24, Private Strategic Group. He serves on numerous boards. He has numerous publications and has lectured extensively. He lives in Bluffton, SC with his wife of 38 years Shari Darling.
Lindsey Schwaderer, ARNP, BaleDoneen Telemed Provider
Lindsey Schwaderer, an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), brings over 15 years of expertise in healthcare, with a specialization in cardiovascular medicine. Driven by a passion for heart health and wellness, she delivers expert, evidence-based care, emphasizing both the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. Lindsey is deeply committed to improving her patients’ long-term health outcomes through compassionate and personalized treatment.
Beyond her professional achievements, Lindsey is a devoted wife and mother to two energetic boys. Married to her husband for 13 years, she embraces an active and adventurous lifestyle. Her favorite pastimes include traveling, wake-surfing, skiing, hiking, and cherishing quality moments with her family.
Cheri LeBlanc, MD, BaleDoneen Telemed Provider
Cheri H. LeBlanc, MD is an internal medicine physician in Baton Rouge, LA, where she has been in private practice for 30 years. Dr. LeBlanc attended LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and then an internal medicine residency at Ochsner in New Orleans. In 2015 she discovered the BaleDoneen Method and became certified and trained by Drs. Bale and Doneen to offer BDM services to her patients including in person heart attack and stroke assessments.
She is married to her lifelong love, Joseph LeBlanc for 40 years; they have 2 children, Phillip and Heather, and 1 grandchild to Phillip and daughter-in-law Jinsol, Phillip co-founded his own AI company and Heather is finishing up training as a surgeon with the US Navy. Dr. LeBlanc loves to sew quilts and fishing.
Being one of the initial BDM Telemed providers affords Dr. LeBlanc the opportunity to bring her experience and passion to help people beyond her local community achieve their cardiovascular prevention health goals.
Natalia Darling, PA-C, BaleDoneen Telemed Provider
Natalia Darling is a Board-Certified Physician Assistant. Natalia has a passion for preventative medicine and has continued to foster that passion through her extensive training and knowledge in the BaleDoneen Method. She was born in Washington DC where she spent most of her childhood. She graduated from the University of South Carolina magna cum laude with a major in exercise science with an emphasis in health professions and a minor in Spanish in 2011. She then worked as a medical assistant for two years prior to enrolling and graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina with her PA degree in 2015. She has held positions as a PA in both pediatrics and in Emergency Medicine, which helped to foster her passion for preventative medicine and her interest in the BaleDoneen Method. She currently lives in Charleston, SC where she enjoys spending time outdoors and exercising, gardening, reading and boating.
Lindsey Heffner, PA-C, BaleDoneen Telemed Provider
Lindsey Heffner PA-C is a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 10 years of experience in multiple specialties including Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Primary care Telemedicine and Emergency Telemedicine. She received her Masters of Physician Assistant studies from the Medical University of South Carolina. Lindsey is passionate about the impact that the BaleDoneen Method has on patient lives.
Lindsey currently resides in Charleston, SC with her husband and daughter. In her free time she enjoys traveling and spending time on the water.