“5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became a Doctor” With Dr. Tania Elliott

“Lifestyle medicine, is true health care, not sick-care”

I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Tania Elliott, a television medical personality and health/medical expert. She is a board-certified Allergist and Internist, has published multiple papers on allergic skin disease, immunology, and telemedicine, and is nationally recognized as a leader in the telemedicine, technology and innovation space. She is regularly featured on Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Live! With Kelly and Michael, Dr. Phil, and as a co-host of the Emmy award-winning The Doctors TV show.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?

I’ve always been a bit of a science nerd, so at an early age (i’m talking age 7), I was already going to be “the doctor in the family”. What immigrant family wouldn’t push for that? So, I had a plastic doctors kit by age 5 and participated in every science olympiad fair out there until I was a teenager.

I was successful and popular in high school, played 3 sports, and was really into soccer. I was recruited by Haverford College, which is a great liberal arts school, to have a spot on the starting soccer team lineup, and I thought…