Caroline Fontes, MD
Lifestyle Medicine Physician · Instituto Assaly Medicina Personalizada
Lifestyle medicine and nutrology with cardio-thoracic radiology training and family nutrition depth
About
Caroline Fontes, MD practices lifestyle medicine, nutrology, and integrative care at Instituto Assaly. She first trained as a radiologist, completing medical radiology residency at Hospital São Luiz / Rede D'Or, the AMB/CBR radiology specialist title, and a cardio-thoracic radiology fellowship at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. She then returned to Einstein for postgraduate work in lifestyle medicine and nutrology and completed American College of Lifestyle Medicine Foundations training. The resulting profile is preventive care informed by imaging, nutrition, gut health, and family-centered lifestyle habits.
What to Know
Signature approach
Fontes applies the lifestyle-medicine pillars to everyday prevention: food, movement, sleep, stress, social connection, and risk-substance reduction. Nutrology and gut-microbiome modulation support that foundation when symptoms or labs call for more targeted work. Her radiology background adds a risk-reading mindset, especially around cardiometabolic and cardio-thoracic findings.
What sets them apart
- Imaging-to-prevention arc. A radiology and cardio-thoracic imaging background gives her a pattern-recognition lens unusual in lifestyle medicine.
- ACLM plus Einstein training. Lifestyle-medicine foundations and Einstein postgraduate work formalize the prevention model.
- Family nutrition comfort. Pediatric nutrology and baby-led-weaning coursework fit Assaly's life-stage model from early family health through adult prevention.
Before You Book
- Care focus: Lifestyle medicine, nutrology, gut-modulation, and preventive consults. Procedural radiology is not what the Assaly visit is for.
- Visit format: In-person in Jardim Paulista.
- Language: Portuguese is native; English and Italian are conversational. Confirm support if you need a fully English visit.
- Who may benefit: Patients who want a broad prevention consult rather than a narrow specialty appointment.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Credentials
Education
MD, Medicine
Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis (2007)
Postgraduate Specialization, Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (2023)
Postgraduate Specialization, Nutrology
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (2023)
Fellowship, Cardio-Thoracic Radiology
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (2015)
Board certifications
Specialist in Medical Radiology
AMB / CBR (Associação Médica Brasileira / Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia)
Brazilian board certification in radiology — the Brazilian equivalent of an ABMS specialty board.
Residency
Medical Radiology
Hospital São Luiz / Rede D'Or
Fellowship
Cardio-Thoracic Radiology
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Additional certifications
Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review
American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
Foundational ACLM certificate covering the six pillars of lifestyle medicine — nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, social connection, and avoidance of risky substances.
Certification in Intestinal Modulation
Modulação Intestinal — Dr. Murilo Pereira
80-hour Brazilian certification in gut microbiome modulation.
Foundations of Integrative Health and Wellness (Bases de Saúde Integrativa e Bem-estar)
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Member — ABESO
Associação Brasileira para o Estudo da Obesidade e da Síndrome Metabólica
Pediatric Nutrology Course
Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (via Manole Educação)
Ayurvedic Therapist Training
Escola Yoga Brahma Vidyalaya
Course in Attention and Concentration in Meditative Practices
Associação Palas Athena
Years in practice
13
Affiliations
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