The incredible multiverse of creatures that live inside your body, working opportunistically for or against your health. Dr. La Vella will teach how our gut and nervous system are connected and how to heal the connection between the gut and the brain so that actual healing capacity is achieved.

Erika La Vella, DO, FASMBS is a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon as well as a gut health expert. She studied nutrition and psychology at the University of Idaho and attended medical school at Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

She has long appreciated the direct relationship that food quality, digestion, lifestyle choices, and stress physiology have on wellness. She views food as medicine and promotes the neurodevelopment of the whole human and gut microbiome concepts in conjunction with her surgical practice.