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Name | Dr Casey Means |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | No confirmed information is available. |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | American |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Casey Means, MD is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of metabolic health company Levels. She also serves as the associate editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention.
Early Life and Education :
- Dr. Casey is originally from Washington, DC. There’s not much known about her personal life.
- She attended Stanford University and graduated with Honors with a degree in Human Biology, with a concentration in the Cellular and Genetic Basis of Disease.
- She went on to get her medical degree at Stanford School of Medicine. After that she trained for four years to be a Head and Neck Surgeon at Oregon Health and Science University before transitioning to Functional Medicine.
- She has also trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine where she studied to identify the root causes of people’s health concerns.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Casey has a brother named Calley Means. They are currently writing a book together about how preventable cellular dysfunction is at the root of nearly every chronic condition. It will be published by Penguin Avery, the same editors that worked with “Atomic Habits.”
- Calley has also studied in Stanford, same as Casey. He is also starting a company named “True Medicine.” It is built around the idea that food and other lifestyle habits like exercise and sleep is the medicine. The company’s goal is to make tax-advantaged spending on healthy food and exercise seamless.
- Calley is married to Leslie Voorhees. They both have also co-founded “Anomalie,” which is a custom wedding dress startup.
Career, Salary and Net worth :
- Dr. Casey worked at 23andMe right before getting into medical school. As a college student, she was very much in the mindset of “the human body is this unique biochemical blueprint,” but the difference between health and disease is environmental inputs like food and lifestyle.
- But then she went into medical school which is very different from philosophy. Traditional medicine is all about pattern recognition and she didn’t think that was enough.
- While Casey was training, she realized that a lot of conditions she was seeing in surgery were inflammatory in nature. She couldn’t figure out why they only had four hours of nutrition class when a vast majority of our healthcare conditions are related to diet.
- Dr. Casey Means started her career as a surgery resident, specializing in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgery. However, she soon left the surgical world and decided to focus more on longevity medicine and prevention.
- She finally realized that the future of medicine would be dealing with metabolic dysfunction, high blood sugar and insulin resistance.
- After her training she co-founded her company, Levels which works with customers and finds information about their health using a CGM. A CGM is a continuous glucose monitor that estimates what your glucose level is every few minutes and keeps track of it over time.
- Dr. Means and her team at Levels aim to empower individuals to monitor and improve their metabolic health through continuous glucose monitoring and personalized insights.
- Casey’s perspective on metabolic health has been recently featured in the New York Times, Men’s Health, Forbes, Business Insider, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Hill, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more.
- She has a book releasing in May 2024, called “Good Energy” with Penguin Random House. The book explains that nearly every health issue can be attributed to how effectively our body’s cells create and utilize energy. To lead a healthy life free from symptoms and diseases, it’s crucial to ensure that our cells are optimally powered to generate “good energy.”
- Dr. Casey emphasizes the importance of content creation in building a professional community. She believes that sharing her perspective and mission through podcasts, social media, and lectures helped attract like-minded individuals and opportunities.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Because of her work at Levels being a fully remote job, she mostly works at night because she finds herself more creative then.
- Casey follows intermittent fasting and tries fast around 14-16 each day.
I’m 89 years old. Just a note: 50 years ago I gave up sugar when I realized I was hooked on it and that is a NO NO. I ordered your book and received it Sunday 5/26 and I love it. Thank you.
I currently take Silver Sneakers live online classes (strength classes 45minutes) 3 times per week. No aerobics recently; I don’t have the energy. I have afib and take Xarelto 20mg for it. This was initiated after a mild stroke 15 years ago. Maybe I should invest in a CGM device and follow your book on my own.
Thanks again for the lovely book.