Job Title: Full-Time Physician – Lifestyle & Gut Health (MD – General Medicine)

 

Location: Chennai, India (in-Person)
Engagement: Full-Time | Fixed 8-Hour Schedule | No Night Duties
Department: Clinical Services – Lifestyle & Gut Health

 

Introduction: About Dr. Pal and the NewME Vision

Dr. Pal Manickam, a renowned gastroenterologist, one of the leading voices in gut health and preventive medicine, and the founder of the NewME Gut-First Wellness Movement, is establishing a flagship Lifestyle & Gut Health Clinic in Chennai. The centre represents a new era of clinically integrated lifestyle-care delivery.

Driven by his long-standing mission to integrate gut health, lifestyle medicine, and preventive care, this clinic will serve as a one-of-a-kind model in India, bringing together evidence-based medicine, nutrition science, behavioural coaching, fitness, and mental wellness under one clinical roof.

This clinic is Dr. Pal’s personal initiative, built on his decades of experience in gut health, chronic disease reversal, and lifestyle transformation. It will be directly super-headed and clinically guided by Dr. Pal, ensuring the highest standards of practice and continuous physician development.

We are now inviting full-time MD General Medicine physicians who are passionate about lifestyle medicine, preventive care, and gut-centric health transformation to join this pioneering clinical initiative. Physicians with a formal Lifestyle Medicine certification or a strong interest in pursuing one, will be ideal fits for this transformative clinical model.

 

About the Clinic

The upcoming dedicated Lifestyle & Gut Health Clinic in Chennai is built on the principles of Dr. Pal’s NewME program, a preventive, evidence-based, gut-first approach designed to reverse chronic diseases by integrating medicine with nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress management, and behavioural science.

This clinic will serve as a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary ecosystem for long-term metabolic and gut-health transformation. It will be based in Chennai, and all physicians must be Chennai-based or willing to relocate.

 

Role Overview

We are seeking a Full-Time Physician (MD – General Medicine) who is based out of Chennai and has formal training or certification in Lifestyle Medicine, and a strong foundation in holistic, preventive care. The ideal candidate is committed to root-cause clinical thinking and comfortable working in a collaborative, interdisciplinary model.
This role offers predictable daytime hours, no night duties, and an excellent work–life balance.

 

Key Responsibilities

The Physician will:

• Conduct detailed 30–45 minute consultation calls focused on lifestyle, metabolic health, gut health, and chronic disease patterns.
• Review and interpret clinical reports through a lifestyle-first, gut-centric framework.
• See approximately 8–10 patients per day, ensuring adequate depth, personalised guidance, and follow-through.
• Provide non-diagnostic, second-opinion consultations, helping patients understand their conditions without offering prescriptions.
• Collaborate closely with nutritionists, fitness specialists, sleep experts, and behavioural coaches to build integrated care strategies.
• Contribute to the development of personalised, non-prescriptive care plans based on each client’s goals, biomarkers, symptoms, and progress patterns.
• Ensure all recommendations are clinically sound, ethical, safe, and lifestyle-focused.
• Take part in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss cases, refine protocols, and improve clinical pathways.
• Participate in educational initiatives, webinars, workshops, or protocol development as needed.

 

Qualifications & Requirements

Required:

• MD / DNB in General Medicine (MCI/NMC registered).
• Certification in Lifestyle Medicine (or willingness to obtain certification as part of onboarding).
• Strong orientation toward holistic, preventive, root-cause care.
• Ability to communicate complex medical concepts in accessible, actionable language.
• Comfortable working within structured daytime hours, with no night shifts or emergency duties.
• Strong alignment with a gut-first, lifestyle-focused approach to chronic disease reversal.

 

Preferred:

• Experience managing metabolic and gut-related conditions.
• Familiarity with neuroplasticity, brain–gut physiology, behavioural change models, and integrated care systems.
• Prior exposure to wellness programs, patient education, or multidisciplinary environments.

 

Work Schedule & Environment

• Fixed 8-hour daytime shift, 6 days a week. (no shift rotations).
• No night duties, no on-call responsibilities, no emergency work.
• Predictable caseload of 8–10 patients per day, allowing meaningful, high-quality consultations.
• Collaborative environment working with a multidisciplinary clinical team.

 

What You Will Gain

• A rare opportunity to be part of a clinical rethink of gut-first care in India.
• A purpose-driven ecosystem focused on preventive health and long-term transformation, not transactional OPD models.
• Strong work–life balance through fixed working hours and a non-hospital, structured clinical environment.
• Exposure to a multidisciplinary, evidence-based lifestyle and gut health model.

 

To Apply

Please send the following to [email protected]:

• Your updated CV
• A short note of interest

Subject Line: Application – Full-Time Consultant (MD General Medicine – Lifestyle & Gut Health)