About
Richard Berardi, DO, FACP, FACOI, DABLM is an internal-medicine and lifestyle-medicine physician at PLC's Princeton headquarters. He earned dual biology and biochemistry degrees from Purdue University, his DO from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed internal-medicine residency at Atlantic Health / Overlook Medical Center. His credential stack goes beyond standard internal medicine: American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, Cornell plant-based nutrition and metabolic-health training, and Certified Blue Zone Physician status.
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What to Know
Signature approach
Berardi starts with food, habits, and metabolic signals as core clinical inputs. His visits read labs and lifestyle together, then build practical changes around nutrition, movement, weight, and prevention. The source posture is patient-centered: meet people where they are, then use lifestyle medicine to make the preventive exam actionable beyond the diagnostic day.
What sets them apart
- Lifestyle-medicine depth. DABLM, Cornell plant-based nutrition, Cornell metabolic-health training, and Blue Zone certification make his prevention lens unusually nutrition-forward.
- Long local recognition. NJ Top Doc recognition in Internal Medicine from 2011 through 2023 gives sustained regional credibility.
- Teaching and program-building. He previously directed an internal-medicine residency program and co-developed the Weigh to Live medically managed weight-loss program.
Before You Book
- Care focus. Food, habits, metabolic health, and lifestyle change as central parts of the prevention plan.
- Clinical lens. Choose him when you want internal medicine interpreted through nutrition and behavior, not imaging alone.
- Program context. If weight management is the main goal, ask how physician guidance pairs with PLC dietitian follow-up.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Credentials
Education
B.S., Biology
Purdue University (1984)
B.S., Biochemistry
Purdue University (1984)
DO, Osteopathic Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYIT) (1990)
Board certifications
Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Board certified to provide comprehensive care for adults across complex and chronic medical conditions.
Lifestyle Medicine (DABLM)
American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM)
Diplomate certification for evidence-based use of nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, and behavior change to prevent and treat chronic disease.
Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)
Continuous-certification alternative pathway recognized by hospitals and health plans.
Residency
Internal Medicine
Atlantic Health System / Overlook Medical Center
Additional certifications
DipACLM (Diplomate, American College of Lifestyle Medicine)
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Specialty designation in evidence-based lifestyle medicine.
Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate
Cornell University (T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies)
Cornell-administered training in whole-food, plant-based nutrition for clinicians.
Metabolic Health and Nutrition Certificate
Cornell University
Clinical training in metabolic health and dietary intervention.
Certified Blue Zone Physician
Blue Zones
Clinician training in the lifestyle patterns observed in the world's longest-lived populations.
Certified Correctional Healthcare Physician (CCHP)
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Specialty certification in correctional medicine.
Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
American College of Physicians
Fellow, American College of Osteopathic Internists (FACOI)
American College of Osteopathic Internists
Years in practice
36
NPI
1245244987
Affiliations
Thought Leadership
Media Appearances
- Embracing the Wisdom of Hippocrates, Personally and Professionally · NHA Health Science Magazine (National Health Association) · 2025-08
- Men: Take Steps for Better Health · Summit Health
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